Margaret of Anjou (French: Marguerite; 23 March 1430 – 25 August 1482) was Queen of England and nominally Queen of France by marriage to King Henry VI from 1445 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471.
- Valois-Anjou
- Henry VI of England, (m. 1445; died 1471)
Feb 28, 2023 · Margaret of Anjou, (born March 23, 1430, probably Pont-à-Mousson, Lorraine, Fr.—died Aug. 25, 1482, near Saumur), 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.
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Jul 23, 2019 · Margaret of Anjou (March 23, 1429–August 25, 1482) was the queen consort of Henry VI of England and a leader of the Lancastrian side in the Wars of the Roses (1455–1485), a series of battles for the English throne between the houses of York and Lancaster, both of which descended from Edward III.
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Margaret of Anjou, detail from the Talbot Shrewsbury Book Queen consort of England 1st tenure 23 April 1445 – 4 March 1461 Coronation 30 May 1445, Westminster Abbey 2nd tenure 3 October 1470 – 11 April 1471 Born 23 March 1430 Pont-à-Mousson, Lorraine, France Died 25 August 1482 (aged 52) Anjou, France Burial Angers Cathedral, Anjou Spouse
- 23 April 1445 – 4 March 1461
- 23 March 1430, Pont-à-Mousson, Lorraine, France
- 3 October 1470 – 11 April 1471
- 30 May 1445, Westminster Abbey
- Margaret of Angoulême (1492–1549)
- Margaret of Alsace (c. 1135–1194)
- Margaret Maultasch (1318–1369)
- Margaret Maultasch.
Born in 1272, [1] Margaret was a daughter of Charles II of Naples and his queen Mary of Hungary, the daughter of Stephen V of Hungary. Her father ceded to her husband, Charles of Valois, the Counties of Anjou and Maine as her dowry. [2] She married Charles of Valois, a son of Philip III of France, at Corbeil in August 1290. [2]