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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.
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3 days ago · Richard and Edward were forced to flee to Burgundy in October 1470 after Warwick defected to the side of the former Lancastrian queen Margaret of Anjou. In 1468, Richard's sister Margaret had married Charles the Bold, the Duke of Burgundy, and the brothers could expect a welcome there
- 26 June 1483 – 22 August 1485
- Cecily Neville
3 days ago · The House of Plantagenet (/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 the Houses ...
- 12th century
- Geoffrey V of Anjou
6 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 ...
6 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.
Apr 19, 2024 · Margaret of Anjou: She-Wolf of France, Twice Queen of England In 1445 a fifteen-year-old French girl left her homeland to marry the son of the great warrior Henry V. Sixteen years later, her husband had lost his throne and she had fled into exile.
Apr 25, 2024 · Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482) Nominally the Queen of France and praised by many for her courage and wit as well as her savvy in politics, she was a key player in England during the Wars of the Roses (a dynastic struggle between York and Lancaster).
