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Margaret of Anjou
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Mar·gar·et of An·jou  (märg-rt, -grt; n-j, ä-zh) 1430?-1482.
French-born queen consort of Henry VI of England. She led the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses and was captured (1471) and ransomed to France (1476).

Margaret of Anjou
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(Biographies / Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482) F, French, POLITICS: 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


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