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Now it’s Margaret of Anjou’s turn….

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Margaret of Anjou

Spotlight. Queen Margaret of Anjou. Your time starts…now!

http://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Those-Women-say-ImWithHerHighness-9148135.php

 

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  1. The Traitor’s Arms? | murreyandblue

    […] Margaret of Anjou, youngest surviving daughter of René of Anjou and his first wife Isabella Duchess of Lorraine, was born in Pont-a-Mousson, Lorraine on 23rd March 1430. During her childhood her father succeeded to the titles Count of Piedmont, Duke of Bar (1430), Duke of Lorraine (1431), Duke of Anjou, Count of Provence (1434), King of Sicily and Naples, titular King of Jerusalem (1434). But none of these titles was uncontested and René was forced to fight for his inheritance. Between 1431-32 and 1435-37 he was imprisoned by the Duke of Burgundy leaving his wife, Isabella to manage his estates and campaign on his behalf. It was said of Margaret’s formidable mother that “within the body of a woman the Duchess carries the heart of a man”[74] and while she laid claim to her husband’s Italian inheritance, her mother-in-law, René’s redoubtable mother, Yolande of Aragon took care of Margaret’s upbringing. “Yolande of Aragon was at the heart of the diplomatic and military campaigns that united 15th-century France”[75]. One of the most politically important figures of her day, Yolande took personal command of the Angevin army which defeated the English at Saumur on 21st March 1421 and continued to oppose English rule through her support for the House of Valois and sponsorship of Joan of Arc[76]. […]

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  2. Medieval spies…. | murreyandblue

    […] is a point where Arthurson mentions that in 1471 Edward IV sent out spies to follow the progress of Margaret of Anjou and her army from Bristol to Gloucester and then on to Tewkesbury, where of course, the battle […]

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  3. Gloucester’s contribution to the Battle of Tewkesbury…. – murreyandblue

    […] of the celebratory action. After all, Gloucester did contribute a lot to the outcome, by ensuring Margaret and her forces were obliged to take a stand in a place they wouldn’t have chosen. The queen […]

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  4. Lancastrian Sword Returns to Coventry – murreyandblue

    […] was a Lancastrian town, loyal to Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou, and was England’s fourth biggest city at the time. It was also briefly made the royal […]

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  5. Margaret of Anjou was married to Henry IV, Bosworth was in 1495 and Edward VI won at Tewkesbury….! – murreyandblue

    […] Lancaster king Henry IV, who allowed his court to descend into a bitter rivalry between his queen, Margaret of Anjou and her circle….” The wrong Henry, I fear. Margaret of Anjou wouldn’t have found Henry IV […]

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  6. The Touchet/Audley Family in the Fifteenth Century. – murreyandblue

    […] 1459, at a time when Margaret of Anjou and her son were touring the area handing out livery badges to all comers, Audley found himself […]

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  7. The OTHER MARGARET BEAUFORT – murreyandblue

    […] ‘Edmund’, an uncommon in either France or Wales.) Edmund was also rumoured to be the father of Margaret of Anjou’s son, Edward of Westminster. If he was fathering all these children, Edmund was certainly […]

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  8. Various Goings on in the General Area of Cheshire. – murreyandblue

    […] will be recalled that prior to the Battle of Blore Heath, Margaret of Anjou and her son, the child Edward, Prince of Wales, were very active in this area, distributing the […]

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  9. HENRY VI’S STATUE IN COVENTRY – murreyandblue

    […] and at one point the old king was even thought to be more popular than Thomas Becket. Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou moved to Coventry during the early part of the Wars of the Roses for four years, bringing the Crown […]

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