Margaret of Anjou

noun

1. 1430–82, queen of Henry VI of England.

Margaret of Anjou

noun

1. Margaret of Anjou14301482FFrenchPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1430–82, queen of England. She married the mentally unstable Henry VI of England in 1445 to confirm the truce with France during the Hundred Years' War. She became a leader of the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses and was defeated at Tewkesbury (1471) by Edward IV

Example Sentences

The historian Lauren Johnson has unearthed evidence showing that when Margaret of Anjou visited her husband’s bedroom for marital relations, they were sometimes joined by trusted courtiers.

From The Guardian

Queen Margaret of Anjou is the tale’s voice of protest, hurling curses near the top of the play, and Lizan Mitchell delivers the warnings with mythic fervor.

From Washington Post

The remarkable and ruthless Margaret of Anjou appears in Shakespeare's Henry VI parts one, two and three, and in Richard III.

From BBC

Impeachments on this ground were a constant beginning with the charges against William de la Pole in 1450 for his role in arranging the marriage of Henry VI to Margaret of Anjou.

From Slate

She resembles the villainous Margaret of Anjou, queen by marriage to the feeble King Henry VI. Margaret was also ruthless and highly influential.

From BBC