Margaret D'ANJOU

1429 - 1482  (53 years)

• Name	Margaret D'ANJOU
  Birth	23 Mar 1429	Pont-a-Mousson, Lorraine, France
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Queen of England
  Burial	IN 1482	Angers Cathedral, Maine-et-Loire, France
  Death	25 Aug 1482	Chateau de Dampiere nr Saumur, Maine-et-
  Notes	Owing to Henry's weak intellect, Margaret was virtual sovereign. In 1447, she and the Beaufort party had Gloucester arrested for treason; five days later he was found dead in his bed, but there is no there is no proof that he was murdered. The war of 1449, in which Normandy was lost, was laid to her charge. Margaret took up leadership of the Lancastrian faction until her capture at the Battle of Tewkesbury. She lay in the Tower for 4 years until ransomed by Louis XI, retiring to France. {Chamber's Biographical Dictionary}
  Person ID	I6743	Gadd
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2006

  
  

  Father	Rene I D'ANJOU, "the Good",   b. IN 1409   d. IN 1480, Aix-en-Provence, Bouche-du-Rhone, France (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Isabelle
  Family ID	F2455	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry VI LANCASTER, King of England,   b. 6 Dec 1421, Windsor Castle, Berkshire d. 21 May 1471, Tower of London, London, England (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	22 Apr 1445	Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire, England
  Children	1. Edward LANCASTER, Prince of Wales,   b. 13 Oct 1453, Palace of Westminster, London, England d. 4 May 1471, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England (Age 17 years)
  Family ID	F2454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart