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'''HENRY III''' (1207-1272), King of England (1216-1272), was only nine when he succeeded his father [[King John]]. This was at a time of crisis, with a [[French]] army controlling much of the south of a kingdom already wracked by the civil war between his father and the [[barons]]. He was fortunate that the barons saw fit not to transfer their grievances from the father to the son; and that the regency of England was in the hands of the remarkable old warrior and diplomat, [[William Marshal]], who, with papal help, came to terms with the French and secured the kingdom.  

 

'''Henry III''' (1207-1272), King of England (1216-1272), was only nine when he succeeded his father [[King John]]. This was at a time of crisis, with a [[French]] army controlling much of the south of a kingdom already wracked by the civil war between his father and the [[barons]]. He was fortunate that the barons saw fit not to transfer their grievances from the father to the son; and that the regency of England was in the hands of the remarkable old warrior and diplomat, [[William Marshal]], who, with papal help, came to terms with the French and secured the kingdom.  

He was crowned in [[Gloucester]] on the death of his father and again at [[Westminster]] in 1220. He did not, however, rid himself of a council of advisers and begin his personal rule until 1234. Two years later he married Eleanor of Provence, who was to bear him two sons, and four daughters, and cause much resentment at the overbearing and grasping ways of her retinue.

He was crowned in [[Gloucester]] on the death of his father and again at [[Westminster]] in 1220. He did not, however, rid himself of a council of advisers and begin his personal rule until 1234. Two years later he married Eleanor of Provence, who was to bear him two sons, and four daughters, and cause much resentment at the overbearing and grasping ways of her retinue.