MARGARET OF ANJOU

ănˈjoo, Fr. äNzhooˈ, 1430?–1482, queen consort of King Henry VI of England, daughter of René of Anjou. Her marriage, which took place in 1445, was negotiated by William de la Pole, 4th earl (later 1st duke) of Suffolk (see under Pole, family). Margaret soon asserted influence at the English court, allying herself with Suffolk and Edmund Beaufort, 2d duke of Somerset, in their rivalry with Richard, duke of York, heir presumptive to the throne. When the king became temporarily insane in 1453, York was made protector, but the birth (1453) of Margaret's son, Edward (which destroyed Richard's chances of succession), and Henry's recovery of his faculties (1454), allowed Margaret to regain the ascendancy. With the clash between the followers of York (the Yorkists) and the supporters of the king (the Lancastrians) at St. Albans (1455), the Wars of the Roses began (see Roses, Wars of the). Margaret was very active in the warfare; for 16 years she fought in defense of her son's claim to the throne. Richard of York was killed (1460), but Richard Neville, earl of Warwick, and Edward, the new duke of York (later Edward IV), took up the Yorkist cause. After the Lancastrian defeat at Towton (1461), Margaret went to Scotland with her son and husband and thence to France, where she secured aid for an abortive invasion (1463) of England. Thereafter she was forced to bide her time until, following the quarrel between Warwick and Edward IV, she made common cause with Warwick to invade England and restore Henry VI to the throne (1470). The next year Edward IV triumphed at Tewkesbury, where Margaret was captured and her son killed. The payment of ransom by Louis XI enabled her to return to France (1476), where she spent her last years in poverty.

See biography by P. Erlanger (tr. 1970); E. F. Jacob, The Fifteenth Century (1961); J. H. Dahmus, Seven Medieval Queens (1972).

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Margaret of Anjou: Queenship and Power in Late Medieval England
Book by Helen E. Maurer; Boydell Press, 2003
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Edward Iv, 1461-1483, Great Britain--History--Henry Vi, 1422-1461, Margaret--Of Anjou, Queen, Consort Of Henry Vi, King Of England--1430-1482, Power (Social Sciences)--Great Britain--History--To 1500, Queens--Great Britain--Biography
...13 Bagley, Margaret of Anjou, p. 77. 14 Erlangers Margaret of Anjou (1970) is written in the overheated style...nothing new to the narrative. 15 Dunn, Margaret of Anjou, demonstrates the normality of Margarets...
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The Last Medieval Queens: English Queenship 1445-1503
Book by J. L. Laynesmith; Oxford University Press, 2004
Subjects: Anne--Queen, Consort Of Richard Iii, King Of England--1456-1485, Elizabeth--Consort Of Edward Iv, King Of England--1437?-1492, Elizabeth--Queen, Consort Of Henry Vii, King Of England--1465-1503, Great Britain--History--Lancaster And York, 1399-1485--Biography, Margaret--Of Anjou, Queen, Consort Of Henry Vi, King Of England--1430-1482, Monarchy--Great Britain--History--To 1500, Queens--Great Britain--Biography
...Lee, Reflections of Power: Margaret of Anjou and the Dark Side of Queenship...ig6i), trans. E. Hyams as Margaret of Anjou, Queen ofEngland (London...Haswell, Theflrdent Queen: Margaret of Anjou and the Lancastrian Heritage...
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England under the Norman and Angevin Kings, 1075-1225
Book by Robert Bartlett; Clarendon Press, 2000
Subjects: Anjou, House Of, England--Civilization--1066-1485, Great Britain--History--Angevin Period, 1154-1216, Great Britain--History--Norman Period, 1066-1154, Normans--England
...Richard I in Sicily IIO o Matilda of Anjou, dau. of Fulk of Anjou 46 Matilda of Boulogne, wife...dau. of Malcolm Canmore and Margaret of Scotland, wife of Henry I...emperor Henry V and Geoffrey of Anjou (d. I I67) 4, 5 (family tree...
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England under the Angevin Kings
Book by Kate Norgate; Haskell House, 1969
Subjects: Anjou, House Of, England--Civilization--1066-1485, Great Britain--History--Angevin Period, 1154-1216
...into Le Mans, and sent for the little Margaret to be kept under his own protection until...for one brief moment, the homage due to Anjou was heard of no more. The rapid decline...more fatal than either. The house of Anjou was divided against itself. From the...
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Brittany and the Angevins: Province and Empire, 1158-1203
Book by J. A Everard; Cambridge University Press, 2000
Subjects: Anjou, House Of, Brittany (France)--History, France--Relations--Great Britain, Great Britain--Relations--France, Henry--Ii--King Of England--1133-1189
...159 , 168 , 169 70, 173 abbeys at 5 Anjou, county of 5 , 27 , 78 , 167 170 , 173...William des Roches, Aimery de Thouars Anjou, counts of 9 , 32 , 37 , 66 Geoffrey...see Bertha, Constance, Ermengard, Margaret dukes of, see Alan III, Alan IV, Arthur...
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The Irregular Aesthetic of the Blazing-World
Journal article by Angus Fletcher; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 47, 2007
Subjects: Aesthetics--Portrayals, Cavendish, Margaret Lucas--Works, Humans and nature--Portrayals, Romance fiction, Romance literature, Romances (Fiction), The Blazing-World (Fictional work), Women authors--Works, Women writers--Works
...such as Eleanor of Castile and Margaret of Anjou, his Gallery reveals how the antimisogynist...For an excellent introduction of Margaret Cavendishs natural philosophy...The Philosophical Innovations of Margaret Cavendish," British Journal for...
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Personal Politics and Thomas Gascoigne's Account of Chaucer's Death
Journal article by Miceal F. Vaughan; Medium Aevum, Vol. 75, 2006
Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey--Death of, Chaucer, Geoffrey--Portrayals, Death--Portrayals, Dictionarium Theologicum (Essay collection)--Criticism and interpretation, Gascoigne, Thomas--Criticism and interpretation, Gascoigne, Thomas--Works
...for Henry VIs marriage to Margaret of Anjou and the resultant loss of...1450s: the espousal of Margaret of Anjou to King Henry VI: Regnum...and delivered Maine and Anjou at the request of his queen Margaret, the daughter of the Duke...
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Fifteenth-Century Political Verses from the Holkham Archives
Journal article by Richard Beadle; Medium Aevum, Vol. 71, 2002
Subjects: English language--Middle English, 1100-1500, Politics in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...handing over of the provinces of Anjou (`Hangoy, line 45) and...after Henry VI was married to Margaret, daughter of Rene of Anjou, in 1445. Suffolk, Moleyns...northern troops raised by Margaret of Anjou in the Lancastrian cause...
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The Occasion, Author, and Readers of Knyghthode and Bataile
Journal article by Daniel Wakelin; Medium Aevum, Vol. 73, 2004
...Haswell, The Ardent Queen: Margaret of Anjou and the Lancastrian Heritage...Myers, The household of Queen Margaret of Anjou, 1452-53, in his Crown...Hatteclyff had been avener to Margaret of Anjou in the 1450s (Myers, Household...
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Royal Carnality and Illicit Desire in the English History Plays of the 1590s
Journal article by Charles R. Forker; Medieval & Renaissance Drama in England, Vol. 17, 2005
...Suffolks passion for Margaret of Anjou receives more serious...and into accepting Margaret instead-the dowerless...nuptials; the loss of Anjou and Maine as well as...Joan of Arc, and Margaret of Anjou) or victims of male...
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Margaret of Anjou: Queenship and Power in Late Medieval England
Magazine article by A.J. Pollard; History Today, Vol. 53, November 2003
Subjects: Margaret of Anjou: Queenship and Power in Late Medieval England (Book)--Reviews
Margaret of Anjou: Queenship and Power in Late Medieval...BOOKSHOP PRICE 25.95 pounds sterling MARGARET OF ANJOU, the notorious she-wolf of France...wheels. Now things are changing. Margaret of Anjou came to England as the fifteen-year...
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The Other Joan of Arc: Beautiful, Clever and Determined, Yolande of Aragon Was at the Heart of the Diplomatic and Military Campaigns That United 15th-Century France. Margaret L. Kekewich Charts Her Career
Magazine article by Margaret L. Kekewich; History Today, Vol. 59, January 2009
Subjects: Military maneuvers--History, Military operations--History, Princesses--Appreciation, Princesses--History, Yolande of Aragon--Appreciation, Yolande of Aragon--History
...with her granddaughter, Margaret of Anjou, the second daughter...when she was twelve, Margaret was bought rich fabrics...Marie, Charles of Anjou (who also received her lands in Provence) and Margaret. She declared that she...
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The Tudor Queens of England
Magazine article by Derek Wilson; History Today, Vol. 59, May 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Tudor Queens of England (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...moves on to tell the stories of Margaret of Anjou, Henry VIs queen, Elizabeth...author also presents a typology. Margaret of Anjou is characterised as a dominatrix...with Henry VI. Ills consort, Margaret of Anjou, could have stayed in the background...
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The Kings' Mother: Joanna Laynesmith Examines Claims That Edward IV Was a Bastard and Tells the Dramatic Story of His Mother, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York
Magazine article by Joanna Laynesmith; History Today, Vol. 56, March 2006
Subjects: Duchesses--Behavior, Edward IV, King of England--Behavior, Illegitimacy, Kings and rulers--Behavior, Kings--Behavior, Neville, Cecily--Behavior
...entertaining Henry VIs new queen, Margaret of Anjou, on her journey to England...instance Cecily spoke directly with Margaret shortly after the Queen had visited...Warwick had reportedly accused Margaret of Anjou of committing adultery with men...
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Battle of St Albans, 1455: Anthony Pollard, on the 550th Anniversary of the Battle of St Albans, Describes What Happened, and Asks Whether the Battle Should Rightly Be Seen as the Launch of the Wars of the Roses
Magazine article by Anthony Pollard; History Today, Vol. 55, May 2005
Subjects: Battles--1455 AD, Battles--Analysis, Battles--History, Yorkshire, England
...interpreting the role played by Margaret of Anjou. There can be little doubt that...discern. Once it was easier. Margaret, the she-wolf of France...2004); Helen E. Maurer, Margaret of Anjou (Boydell and Brewer, 2003...
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Coventry - a New Capital for the Kingdom; COVENTRY: THE MAKING OF A CITY
Newspaper article by David Mcgrory; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), October 19, 1999
...Coventry took place in 1437. Henry married Margaret of Anjou in 1445 when he was twenty-four...giving back French soil, (Maine and Anjou) to Margarets father, the landless King of Anjou. Margaret, an independent, beautiful woman...
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Fiery French She-Wolves; Variously Saints and She-Wolves, Shakespeare's Martial Maids Figure Prominently in His Henry VI Trilogy Which CHRISTINE CHAPMAN Makes the Focus of This Week's Feature
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), March 2, 2011
...females, Joan La Pucelle and Margaret of Anjou. The trilogy opens with the...Lord Protector. Historically, Margaret of Anjou was 15 when she married Henry by proxy. Shakespeares Margaret is a much more worldly creature...
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Witchcraft, War Make Gregory's Latest Lively
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 21, 2011
Subjects: Gregory, Philippa, News agencies, Rivers, The Associated Press, Witchcraft
...favorite of the kings wife, Margaret of Anjou, while her husband is appointed...most compelling characters is Margaret of Anjou, a spirited teen who becomes...and the bitter and egotistical Margaret Beaufort, featured in "The...
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The Queens Who Ruled like Kings
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 21, 2010
Subjects: Castor, Helen
...France; and Henry VIs wife, Margaret of Anjou. In each case, their rules...subjects -- Isabella of France and Margaret of Anjou -- ruled England due to the...men such as Piers Gaveston. Margaret was forced into leadership by...
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Tell Sad Stories of the Death of Kings; as the Contest to Find the North East's Favourite Shakespeare Character Enters the Last Lap, CHRISTINE CHAPMAN Ponders the Lot of Kings in Richard II and Henry VI, Part 3
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), March 16, 2011
...other down and full of tears. Abandoned by war-like Margaret, saintly Henry sits on a molehill analysing life...Bolingbroke: Son of John of Gaunt and later Henry IV. Margaret of Anjou: Feisty wife of Henry VI who leads troops against...
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encyclopedia articles on: Margaret of Anjou  - 14 results

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Margaret of Anjou
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MARGARET OF ANJOU an joo, Fr. aNzhoo , 1430? 1482, queen consort of King Henry VI of...4th earl (later 1st duke) of Suffolk (see under Pole , family). Margaret soon asserted influence at the English court, allying herself with Suffolk...
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Anjou
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1246, Louis IX of France gave Anjou in appanage to his brother Charles...Charles II of Naples gave Anjou as dowry to his daughter Margaret when she married Charles of Valois...King Philip VI of France, Anjou was again reunited to the French...
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Margaret of Valois
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MARGARET OF VALOIS valwa , 1553 1615...one of mutual toleration. Margaret took part in the intrigues...Francis , duke of Alencon and Anjou. In 1583 her brother King...her last years in Paris. Margaret plays a conspicuous role in...
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Roses, Wars of The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of Somerset ; and the queen, Margaret of Anjou ) that controlled the weak Lancastrian...and the birth of a son to Margaret of Anjou displaced York as heir. The...there became reconciled with Margaret of Anjou. Supported by Louis XI of France...
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RenÉ
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Provence. He was also called Rene of Anjou and Good King Rene. The second...Louis III of Naples, he inherited Anjou, Provence, and the claim to the...Angers. In 1445 his daughter, Margaret of Anjou , married Henry VI of England...
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