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Margaret of Anjou

Type Figure Region France Time 1430–1482 Also known as Queen Margaret

Niece of the French king Louis and daughter of René, Duke of Anjou, she married Henry VI of England in 1445 to become queen;…

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  1. 1430–1440Pont-à-Mousson · LorraineRaised at the French court and in the Anjou lands, receiving a royal education, she remained a princess in France from 1431 to 1440, not yet involved in English politics.
  2. 1445–1453London · LondonEntering England through the Anglo-French dynastic marriage, she presided over the court and bore Prince Edward, actively taking part in government and factional mediation before Henry VI's mental collapse.
  3. 1454–1461England · EnglandAfter the king became incapacitated, she convened parliaments and appointed generals as queen, personally mustering troops at battles such as St Albans and Towton, becoming the Yorkists' greatest political adversary.
  4. 1462–1482Anjou · AnjouAfter defeat in 1461 she went into exile in France; at the Battle of Towton in 1471 she lost her husband and only son, and spent her later years on French royal charity, dying in Anjou.

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