No no, yes yes

#OTD in 1422 Henry V died of dysentery in France, aged just 35, leaving the infant Henry VI to enjoy a long and glorious reign (hmm). Immortalised as England's golden boy by Shakespeare, Henry is regarded as one of the great English warrior-kings. 

Which means, of course, that he also comes in for a torrid storm of criticism: no no, he was really a vicious sod with a horrid scar on his face who trashed France and left an impossible legacy. No no, yes yes, hee hee, ho ho. 

Whatever. The real Henry was clearly a competent soldier and administrator, though it is doubtful he would have imposed a permanent conquest of France. If he had lived another 20-30 years, I suspect England would have held onto Aquitaine and parts of northern France, and there would have been no Wars of the Roses.