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1 day ago · t. e. The House of Plantagenet [a] ( /plænˈtædʒənət/ plan-TAJ-ə-nət) was a royal house which originated in the French County of Anjou. The name Plantagenet is used by modern historians to identify four distinct royal houses: the Angevins, who were also counts of Anjou; the main line of the Plantagenets following the loss of Anjou; and ...
- 12th century
- Geoffrey V of Anjou
4 days ago · 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 ...
1 day ago · 5 Young Margaret of Anjou. 6 The Treaty of Tours – Peace in Our Time 1444. 7 The Downfall of Good Duke Humphrey. 8 The Lancastrian Debt Crisis. References and further reading. Henry VI, Margaret of Anjou and the Wars of the Roses, Keith Dockray, 2016, Fonthill Media. Lancaster & York: The Wars of the Roses, Alison Weir, Pimlico, 1998
4 days ago · It was hardly the first time Shakespeare wrote of a powerful, man-eating queen. In the War of the Roses tetralogy, Shakespeare depicts Margaret of Anjou, the queen of Henry VI, who effectively ruled England as her husband fell deeper into schizophrenia. Today, in contemporary popular culture, Lady Macbeth seems to be everywhere.
3 days ago · Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. ... Margaret of Anjou, she was brought back to be detained at the castle.
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5 days ago · He started building a palace near the river, to be named Bella Court, and enclosed the rectangular area of land which now comprises the Old Royal Naval College, the National Maritime Museum, and Greenwich Park. When he died in 1447 the manor reverted to the Crown, and Bella Court became the residence of Margaret of Anjou, the wife of Henry VI.
5 days ago · 1471 – Execution of Edmund Beaufort, styled 3rd Duke of Somerset, in Tewkesbury market place. He had headed Margaret of Anjou's troops at the Battle of Tewkesbury, and after their defeat had tried to take sanctuary at Tewkesbury Abbey. Edward IV broke into the abbey and captured him. See video below.
