Quick Facts
Born:
March 23, 1430, probably Pont-à-Mousson, Lorraine, Fr.
Died:
Aug. 25, 1482, near Saumur (aged 52)
House / Dynasty:
house of Lancaster
Notable Family Members:
spouse Henry VI

Margaret of Anjou (born March 23, 1430, probably Pont-à-Mousson, Lorraine, Fr.—died Aug. 25, 1482, near Saumur) was the queen consort of England’s King Henry VI and a leader of the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses (1455–85) between the houses of York and Lancaster. Strong-willed and ambitious, she made a relentless, but ultimately unsuccessful, effort to obtain the crown for her son, Prince Edward (1453–71). Margaret was the daughter of René I of Anjou, titular king of Naples. Her marriage to the ineffectual, mentally unbalanced Henry VI in April 1445 was arranged as part of a truce in the ...(100 of 383 words)