Henry V of Anglia (The Kalmar Union)

Henry V was King of Anglia in the late 17th and early 18th century. His reign was almost completely overshadowed by the Kalmar-Wessex War, much of which was fought on Anglian soil.

Born in Kassel, in 1660, the eldest child of John of Battenberg and Catherine of Moers-Saarwerden, Henry's early years were marked by a relative hardship. The Landgravate of Hesse-Kassel had been hard hit by the still raging Fifty Years War and the family was almost penniless. Even when Louis was chosen by the Anglian Witenage to succeed the childless John V the frugal Louis made sure the family lived comfortably within its means.

Louis was aware he had been elevated to the throne by a legal slight of hand and hence he was keen to tie his large and growing family into the Anglian nobility. Henry was betrothed to the young Countess of Bedford, Elizabeth Clarke. The marriage was considered a good match; her natural ease with the His mother and father would both die of measles in March 1686 and Henry was proclaimed king by the Witenage on 1st April.

The Anglian army under the command of Henry's uncle, Count Philip of Kaltenholzhausen, was in good shape thanks to the reforms of Louis' reign and was slightly ahead of Wessex in terms of equipment, tactics and logistics.

Henry himself would see action at

Only two of Henry and Elizabeth's children would reach adulthood; Henry and Amoena.

Henry died in 1715. He was succeeded by his 'exceedingly dull' son Henry, however he would die after only 2 and 1/2 year on the throne.