(redirected fromMargaret of Anjou (queen of England)) Encyclopedia Mar·gar·et of An·jou (mär′gə-rət, -grət; ăn-jo͞o′, äN-zho͞o′)1430?-1482. French-born queen consort of Henry VI of England. She led the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses and was ca...
Margaret was imprisoned in England for five years. In 1476, the king of France paid a ransom to England for her, and she returned to France, where she lived in poverty until her death on Aug. 25, 1482, in Anjou. Legacy As Margaret and later Queen Margaret, Margaret of Anjou has playe...
The daughter of Louis VII and daughter-in-law of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, Margaret had to witness a number of major political conflicts as Queen of England. Henry the Young King's failed rebellion against his father in 1173 and the war between the brothers Young Henry and Richard...
MARGARET(1489-1541), queen of Scotland, eldest daughter of Henry VII., king of England, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV., was born at Westminster on the 29th of November 1 4 89. Before she was six years old negotiations were opened, which dragged on for several years, for...
The younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret drew attention for a personal life marked by controversial relationships.
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The use of the name subsequently spread to other English-speaking countries by the end of the 11th century. In England, the name was later known from Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482), the French queen consort of Henry VI of England. It also appeared as a royal name in many other countries...
At the time, the Church of England would not sanction a marriage of a divorced person. The Queen, who was preparing for her Coronation and then Commonwealth tour, asked the couple to wait a year. Hoping to dissuade them, she also had Townsend transferred to her own household. F...
QUEEN MARY AND PRINCESS ELIZABETH Queen Mary and Princess Elizabeth visiting research laboratories at GEC factories. ENGLAND: QUEEN AT COVENT GARDEN. Scenes of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Mother and Princess Margaret with Viscount Waverley and Mr. R Arnell Haskell, at Covent Garden. ...