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Margaret of Anjou. Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482) was the last Lancastrian queen, wife of Henry VI. She arrived in England in 1445, at the age of 15, and bore her only son, Edward of Westminster, in 1453. Until that point her queenship seems to have been conventional and there is no evidence of the partisan politics later imputed to her.
René I of Naples. Mother. Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine. Margaret of Anjou (March 23, 1429 – August 25, 1482) was the French-born Queen consort of Henry VI of England from 1445 to 1471, who led the Lancastrian contingent in the Wars of the Roses. She was the daughter of Rene of Anjou, titular king of Naples and Jerusalem.
René was born in the castle of Angers, and was the second son of Louis II of Anjou, King of Sicily (i.e. King of Naples), and of Yolande of Aragon. He was the brother of Marie of Anjou, who married the future Charles VII of France and became Queen of France.
René of Anjou, a well-born man. René was the son of Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon, daughter of King John I of Aragon. This powerful family, related to the King of France and allied with the Dauphin during the Hundred Years’ War, owned many lands and crowns, particularly in northern France, Provence and Italy.
Jan 26, 1996 · Medieval Sourcebook: Chronicle of the Counts of Anjou, c. 1100. From Louis Halphen and René Poupardin, Chroniques des Comtes d'Anjou et des Seigneurs d'Amboise (Paris: Picard 1913). This text was probably composed between about 1100-1140 by a monk of Anjou, a territory of western France.
Robert of Anjou ( Italian: Roberto d'Angiò ), known as Robert the Wise ( Italian: Roberto il Saggio; 1276 – 20 January 1343), was King of Naples, titular King of Jerusalem and Count of Provence and Forcalquier from 1309 to 1343, the central figure of Italian politics of his time. [2] He was the third son of King Charles II of Naples and Mary ...
Anjou-Naples. Father. Charles, Duke of Calabria. Mother. Marie of Valois. Joanna I, also known as Johanna I ( Italian: Giovanna I; December 1325 [1] – 27 July 1382), was Queen of Naples, [a] and Countess of Provence and Forcalquier from 1343 to 1382; she was also Princess of Achaea from 1373 to 1381. Joanna was the eldest daughter of Charles ...
