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Henry V, also known as The Cronicle History of Henry the fift, is based on the life of King Henry V of England. It deals with the events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years' War. On the basis of an apparent positive allusion to Essex's failed mission to quell Tyrone's Rebellion, the play is thought to date from the first few months of 1599.
The play is the final part of a tetralogy: it is preceded by Richard II, Henry IV, part 1 and Henry IV, part 2. The original audiences would thus have already been familiar with the title character, who was depicted in the Henry IV plays as a wild, undisciplined lad known as Prince Hal. In Henry V, the young prince has become a mature man and embarks on an attempted conquest of France.