According to the Shakespearean play, the French DID try to have him murdered before he set out for the war. What if they succeeded? Or if he had died through accident or illness?
The next King would have most likely been Thomas, 1st Duke of Clarence, the next oldest son of Henry IV, would have become King...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_of_Lancaster,_1st_Duke_of_Clarence
The next King would have most likely been Thomas, 1st Duke of Clarence, the next oldest son of Henry IV, would have become King...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_of_Lancaster,_1st_Duke_of_Clarence