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Jun 14, 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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Margaret of Anjou was the wife of England’s King Henry VI....
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4 days ago · 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 of Lancaster and York, two of the Plantagenets cadet branches.
Jun 17, 2024 · house of Plantagenet, royal house of England, which reigned from 1154 to 1485 and provided 14 kings, 6 of whom belonged to the cadet houses of Lancaster and York. The royal line descended from the union between Geoffrey, count of Anjou (died 1151), and the empress Matilda, daughter of the English king Henry I.
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4 days ago · Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Woodville, Anne Neville and Elizabeth of York each had distinct backgrounds, personalities and expectations that they brought to the office, and were led by outside circumstances into quite different queenship experiences, but all adapted themselves, their goals and their operations to the parameters of a long ...
Jun 17, 2024 · Henry VI experienced spells of madness and was dominated by his queen, Margaret of Anjou. In 1453, when Henry lapsed into insanity, a powerful baronial clique installed Richard, duke of York , as protector of the realm.
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- The Wars of the Roses were fought between the houses of Lancaster and York for the English throne. The wars were named many years afterward from th...
- In the mid-15th century great magnates with private armies dominated the English countryside. Lawlessness was rife and taxation burdensome. Henry V...
- Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) defeated and killed Richard III at Bosworth Field on August 22, 1485, bringing the Wars of the Roses to a close. By h...
2 days ago · However, the intervening period also marked the political emergence of Henry VI's formidable queen, Margaret of Anjou, which did little to promote reconciliation. In the face of what she saw as York’s unwonted ambition, Margaret was determined to protect the rights of her husband and infant son.
4 days ago · Within a few weeks of Humphrey's death, Margaret of Anjou seized the Palace at Greenwich and occupied it herself.
