The Battle of Agincourt was a
major English victory against a numerically superior French army in the Hundred
Years' War. The battle occurred on Friday, 25 October 1415 (Saint
Crispin's Day), near modern-day Azincourt, in northern
France. Henry V's
victory crippled France and started a new period in the war, during which,
first, Henry married the French king's daughter and, second, his son, Henry VI, was
made heir to the throne of France (although Henry VI later failed to capitalise
on his father's battlefield success).
Henry V led his troops into
battle and participated in hand-to-hand fighting. The French king of the time, Charles VI,
did not command the French army himself as he suffered from severe, repeating
illnesses and moderate mental incapacitation. Instead, the French were
commanded by Constable
Charles
d'Albret and various prominent French noblemen of the Armagnac party.
The battle is notable for the use
of the English
longbow, which Henry used in very large numbers, with English and Welsh archers forming most
of his army. The battle is also the centrepiece of the play Henry V, by William Shakespeare.
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