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Margaret of Anjou was Queen of England by marriage to King Henry VI from 1445 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471. Through marriage, she was also nominally Queen of France from 1445 to 1453. Born in the Duchy of Lorraine into the House of Valois-Anjou, Margaret was the second eldest daughter of René, King of Naples, and Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine.
Margaret of Anjou. Margaret of Anjou (1430–1482) was the daughter of René, Duke of Anjou (also Duke of Bar, Lorraine, Calabria, Count of Provence and Piedmont, and titular King of Naples, Sicily and Jerusalem), and wife of King Henry VI of England. She issued her Charter to establish the Queen’s College of St Margaret and St Bernard on 15 ...
23 March 1430 - 25 August 1482. Margaret of Anjou was born on the 23rd of March 1429 at Pont-à-Mousson in the Duchy of Lorraine. She was the daughter of René, Duke of Anjou and Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine. Her father, René, of the House of Valois-Anjou, was Duke of Anjou and titular King of Naples, Sicily and Jerusalem and her mother was ...
Apr 22, 2018 · John Rous. Margaret of Anjou was Queen Consort to King Henry VI. Born into an important French family, Margaret was politically important from birth. Her relationship with her French relations and allies, along with her role in the Royal Court of England, have been been the subject of a great deal of scrutiny.
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 .
Queen Consort of Henry VI Margaret was born in the duchy of Lorraine, of the House of Anjou, and she married King Henry VI in 1445. When her husband was captured and threatened with deposition by Richard, Duke of York, Margaret managed to escape, and raised an army in Wales and the north of England. She led the Lancastrian contingent in the Wars of the Roses (1455-87). In 1461, the Lancastrian ...
Aug 3, 2023 · Marguerite d'Anjou, more commonly known as Margaret of Anjou and wife to Henry VI of England, was born to René, Duke of Anjou, and Isabella, daughter of the Duke of Lorraine, in Pont-à-Mousson, France on 23 March 1429. Pont-à-Mousson lies in modern north-eastern France, close to the countries of Luxembourg and Lichtenstein. The Moselle river flows through Pont-à-Mousson and the skyline ...
