In October 1462, Marguerite, Prince Edward and her force of 2,000 men made for the English coast of Northumberland. Louis XI sent ships to harry the English coast, which put the sitting Edward IV on notice of a Lancastrian invasion. In exchange for granting Calais to Louis XI, Marguerite gained a force of 2,000 men, the authority to muster men in Normandy and 20,000 francs to finance her campaign. In 1462, with the Wars still raging, Marguerite returned to France with her son where she was able to muster a force through the help of her father and King Louis XI. She returned with the northern army that successfully defeated the Yorkists during the second Battle of St Albans in 1461. In her attempts to protect the rights and safety of both her husband and son, Marguerite fled to Scotland. Richard, Duke of York, died in 1460, leaving his son, the future Edward IV, to take up the Yorkist cause. In 1459, Marguerite outlawed the Yorkist leaders in an attempt to quell the Yorkist faction's agitation toward the throne. Marguerite was to play an important role in the Wars of the Roses, so named for the badges of the houses of Lancaster and York, which were the red rose and white rose, respectively. Albans resulting in the defeat of the Lancastrian faction. Marguerite's conflicts with the Duke of York in 1455 culminated in the start of the Wars of the Roses, with the premier battle of St. The Duke of York had been heir to the throne until Edward was born. At this time, Richard, Duke of York, was appointed to the protectorate until Henry VI recovered his sanity. After the birth of her son, Marguerite retired from London to Greenwich to raise the infant Edward. Henry VI was known to suffer bouts of insanity. Sadly, her husband was suffering an indisposition. Marguerite gave birth to Edward of Westminster on 13 October 1453.
However, her reach was rather limited as she had yet to produce an heir. Marguerite was slowly increasing her political position in England, having taken an interest in pecuniary matters after the fall of a noble close to the king, the Duke of Suffolk. The heraldic arms of the present-day college are those of Marguerite, with an added green border to symbolize the college. The marriage of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou from Vigilles de Charles VIIĪn intellectual who valued education, Marguerite founded Queen's College, Cambridge, in 1448. Marguerite was upset at not knowing she was in the presence of the king. After Henry VI departed, she was informed that the squire was actually Henry VI. Marguerite was so engrossed in reading the letter from her future husband that she simply did not notice him and kept the king, still dressed as a squire, on his knees. The letter was written by him, the King of England. When Marguerite first arrived in England, her future husband was so excited to meet her that he disguised himself as a squire and delivered a letter to Marguerite. Marguerite was crowned queen consort on at Westminster Abbey. Marguerite was betrothed to Henry VI in 1444 and married him on 23 April 1445, one month after her sixteenth birthday. She was already renowned in France for her beauty and wit and her lofty spirit of courage." It was this lofty spirit of courage, recognized in Marguerite at such a young age, that would carry her through her time as Queen of England. It was written of Marguerite by the Burgundian chronicler Berante that, "here was no princess in Christendom more accomplished than my lady.
In 1443, fourteen-year-old Marguerite was sent to live at the French court with her paternal aunt, Queen Marie of France.
"La petite créature", as little Marguerite was affectionately known, grew up in luxurious surroundings boasting of such fine things as silk and Chinese porcelain. Marguerite was tutored by her well-educated mother and may have received some lessons from Antoine de la Salle, who tutored Marguerite’s brothers. Young Marguerite spent her early years in the castle of Capua in Naples, Italy, where her father was titular king, and in the castle of Tarascon on the Rhône River.
The Moselle river flows through Pont-à-Mousson and the skyline boasts the impressive Norbertine abbey, which was built in 1121. Pont-à-Mousson lies in modern north-eastern France, close to the countries of Luxembourg and Lichtenstein. Marguerite d'Anjou, more commonly known as Margaret of Anjou and wife to Henry VI of England, was born to René, Duke of Anjou, and Isabella, daughter of the Duke of Lorraine, in Pont-à-Mousson, France on 23 March 1429. Darsie for writing this bio of Margaret of Anjou for us. Crop from the Book of Romances, presented to Marguerite by the Earl of Shrewsbury.
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