Henry V -- family trees

French Royal genealogy

• Philip III

  • Philip IV

    • Louis X, Philip V, Charles IV, Isabella (marries Edward II of England)

      • Edward III (son of Isabella & Edward)

  • Charles of Valois

    • Philip VI

Edward III English geneology

• Henry IV and Duke of Exeter — half brothers

  • Richard II (their cousin)

• Henry V, Duke of Clarence, Duke of Bedford, Duke of Gloucester

  • brothers; sons of Henry IV

• Henry VI

  • son of Henry V and Katherine (French princess)

Henry’s French descent

Edward III (son of Isabella of France and Edward II of England)

• Edward, “the Black Prince”

  • Richard II

• John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster

  • Henry IV

    • Henry V

inheritance mix-up (first act)

Exeter got it wrong — inheritance cannot pass through the woman in France, not Germany. This means that Henry’s claim to the French throne is illegitimate because Isabella was a woman.