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Apr 30, 2024 · Margaret of Anjou (born March 23, 1430, probably Pont-à-Mousson, Lorraine, Fr.—died Aug. 25, 1482, near Saumur) was the queen consort of England’s King Henry VI and a leader of the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses (1455–85) between the houses of York and Lancaster.
1 day ago · Margaret of Anjou and the Unpopular Peace Henry‘s marriage in 1445 to the fifteen-year-old Margaret of Anjou was meant to secure a truce. But the bride came without a dowry and at a terrible diplomatic cost: the cession of Maine and Anjou to the French crown.
May 3, 2024 · Henry VI's pious but weak rule led to many bitter squabbles over the succession, culminating in the Wars of the Roses. After Henry lapsed into insanity, his Queen, Margaret of Anjou, became the main Lancastrian protagonist in the struggles with the House of York for the coveted royal crown.
The very different backgrounds of Margaret of Anjou and Elizabeth Woodville illustrate that a queen’s family ties always could be regarded as problematic. In Margaret’s case, it was that a foreign queen might be suspected of using her position to benefit her native country; in Elizabeth’s case, that a subject exalted to the throne altered ...
5 days ago · Burdett's third chapter considers how this era's theatres represented two armed Shakespearean queens, Lady Macbeth and Margaret of Anjou. [End Page 511] She considers these figures through the lens of Marvin Carlson's theory of "ghosting": the haunting recollection in the theatre of something previously encountered within an altered context (82).
May 10, 2024 · Letters of Queen Margaret of Anjou and Bishop Beckington and others (ebook) by Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI et al. Call Number: Online - free - HathiTrust Digital Library. Written in the reigns of Henry V. and Henry VI. From a ms. found at Emral in Flintshire.
5 days ago · Definition. Henry VI of England ruled as king from 1422 to 1461 CE and again from 1470 to 1471 CE. Succeeding his father Henry V of England (r. 1413-1422 CE), Henry VI was crowned the king of France in 1431 CE but he could not prevent a French revival led by Charles VII of France (r. 1422-1461 CE) and such figures as Joan of Arc (c. 1412-1431 CE).
