# Grandes Chroniques de France

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MINIATURIST, French](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/miniaturist-french-rd9e7509475278b>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Manuscript \(Royal 20 E VI\)

## Commentary

The sixth \(the last\) volume of the Grandes Chroniques opens \(folio 9\) with the image of the marriage of Henry V \(1413-1422\) and Catharine of Valois, with the initials of the royal couple, &#39;K de France&#39; and &#39;H. le Einglieshe&#39;, inscribed at their feet. The marriage was arranged by the Treaty of Troyes \(1420\), which guaranteed the English succession in France. The wedding scene included in a book for Henry VII must have had a special meaning to the King&#39;s own royal identity. Queen Catharine, who secretly married Owen Tudor after Henry V&#39;s death, was Henry VII&#39;s grandmother.

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## Attribution

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