One of the most formidable women in English history, Margaret of Anjou was the wife of the mad Henry VI who fought to secure the English throne for her son Edward, the Prince of Wales.
Defeated at the battle of Townton, Margaret retreated to France only to return to England via Weymouth to continue the fight. In the spring of 1471, mother and son were at Cerne Abbey in Dorset when news arived that the Earl of Warwick, "the king-maker", had been killed and defeated at the battle of Barnet and that Henry was incarcerated in the Tower.
Rather than return to France, they rallied an army but were defeated and both captured by the Yorkists at the battle of Tewkesbury. The Prince of Wales was murdered and Margaret, her cause spent, was allowed to return to France after a period of imprisonment.
| 1429.Mar.23 | | Birth of Margaret of Anjou, future wife of king Henry VI, at Pont-�-Mousson, Lorraine, France | | | | 1444 | | Marriage by proxy of king Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou, daughter of Ren� d\'Anjou, duke of Anjou, by Isabel de Lorraine | | BAAAGCRH | | 1445 | | Marriage of king Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou at Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire | | BAAAGCRH | | 1448.Apr.15 | | Margaret of Anjou issues a charter establishing Queen\'s College of St Margaret and St Bernard, Cambridge
The foundation stone was laid the same day | | BAAAGCRH BAAAGBJF | | 1453 | | England lost all its French possessions excepting Calais | | BAAAGDKP BAAAGCCR BAAAGCRH BAAAGBKY | | 1453 | | Birth of Prince Edward of Lancaster to king Henry VI by Margaret of Anjou | | BAAAGCRH | | 1454.Mar | | King Henry VI lost his reason and Richard of York became Protector | | BAAAGCRH BAAAGDKP | | 1454.Nov | | King Henry VI recovers and Richard of York is deposed as Protector. Queen Margaret of Anjou persuades the king to dissolve Parliament and raise an army tocrush those she percieves as his opponents
One of the contributing factors to the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses | | BAAAGCRH BAAAGDKP | | 1455.May.22 | | Battle of St Albans, the first battle of the Wars of the Roses between the Houses of Lancaster (supporting Henry VI) and York
Richard of York regained his position as protector and was promised the succession by Henry VI | | BAAAGDKP BAAAGCRH BAAAGEFP BAAAGEFQ | | 1461 | | Queen Margaret
travels from Wales to Scotland with her husband, Henry VI, and her son surrendering Berwick to the Scots for their help | | BAAAGCRH BAAAGEKC | | 1461 | | Henry VI and the Lancastrians defeated at Towton
Henry VI and his wife Margaret of Anjou shelter in Wales | | BAAAGCRH | | 1462 | | Queen Margaret leaves Scotland for France to enlist foreign aid | | BAAAGCRH BAAAGEKC | | 1463 | | Margaret of Anjou secures aid for an abortive invasion of England | | BAAAGCRH | | 1470 | | Louis of France brokers the break of the Earl of Warwick with Edward IV and his reconciliation with Margaret of Anjou and Henry VI | | BAAAGCRH | | 1471.Apr | | Margaret of Anjou lands at Weymouth in Dorset | | BAAAGCRH | | 1471.Apr.14 | | Henry VI defeated at the Battle of Barnet and incarcerated in the Tower. The Earl of Warwick slain | | BAAAGDKP BAAAGCRH BAAAGEFP BAAAGEFQ | | 1471.May | | Lancastrians badly defeated at the Battle of Tewkesbury; Jasper Tudor and the young Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) sought refuge in the duchy of Brittany
Margaret of Anjou imprisoned and her son slain | | BAAAGBXA BAAAGBRG BAAAGBKP BAAAGCRH BAAAGEFP BAAAGEFQ | | 1475 | | Louis XI secures the release of Margaret of Anjou by paying a ransom | | BAAAGBRG BAAAGCRH | | 1482.Aug.25 | | Death of Margaret of Anjou, wife of king Henry VI, at at Ch�teau de Damp�re, Saumur, France | | |
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Margaret of Anjou Queenship and Power in Late Medieval England
by Helen E Maurer, publisher Boydell, Woodbridge, 2003 (paperback ISBN0851159273)
Margaret of Anjou
by P Erlangertranslated by 1970
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