The next installment of Kathy's Kings and Queens altered book

In case you missed the first five installments of this altered book, which should be read in order, you can find the first post here, the second here, the third here, the fourth here, and the fifth here.

This page is all about King Henry VI.

I know several of you commented that the kings married quite young.  Some became kings quite young, too.

When Henry VI died, the House of York became the royal house of the kingdom.

Margaret was not a nice lady, at least according to what I have read about her.

She fueled the War of the Roses by calling the Great Council, then refused to include the House of York.

This made her a major player in the War of the Roses.

When Henry VI was put to death in the Tower of London, the House of York became the ruling house.  This did not put an end to the War of the Roses, though.

I found this in an old encyclopedia, but the timeline is a bit late because both Richard II  and Henry IV were mentioned.

The first Yorkist King, Edward IV was able to restore order, despite the temporary return to the throne of Henry VI who briefly reigned between1470 and 1471.  Edward was well known for his reduction of the Crown's debt.

Once again, Kathy spent more time printing images of Queen Consorts, than she did the Kings.

Because Elizabeth was a commoner, she and Edward married secretly.

She and Edward had two sons who survived their father.

Edward V was the boy King who reigned for 86 days, but was never crowned.  He and his younger brother Richard were declared illegitimate, taken to the heavily guarded Royal apartments at the Tower of London which also housed a Royal residence. Neither was ever seen again. Skeletons, allegedly theirs, found there in 1674 were later buried in Westminster Abbey.

This is the first time I have used my handmade paper in this AB.

Responsibility for the the King's and Duke's deaths is widely attributed to Richard III, but the lack of any solid evidence and conflicting contemporary accounts suggest there were other primary suspects.

According to Wikipedia:

Edward V is one of four English monarchs since the Norman Conquest never to have been crowned. If he died close to the time of his disappearance he is the shortest-lived male monarch in English history.

I obviously liked how these two pages looked together, since this is the first time I've taken a picture of a two page spread.

That's all I have for the moment.  I may have to change how I work on this book, since it's going so slowly.  Therefore, I ask that you forgive me if I make myself scarce until I get a bit farther along in this monster.  That doesn't mean I don't love and appreciate your gracious and wonderful comments, because you KNOW I do.