Margaret of Anjou

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Mar·gar·et of An·jou

(mär′gə-rət, -grət; ăn-jo͞o′, äN-zho͞o′) 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).

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Margaret of Anjou

(Biography) 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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Mar′ga•ret of An′jou

(ˈmɑr gə rɪt, -grɪt)
n.

1430–82, queen of Henry VI of England.

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? The Lowry / thelowry.com / 0843 208 6000 / Friday, September 14, 8pm / PS12 Theatre / Queen Margaret Written by Jeanie O'Hare, Queen Margaret is a new work which draws on four of Shakespeare's history plays - the three parts of Henry VI and Richard III - to retell the War of the Roses through the eyes of Margaret of Anjou, the wife of Henry VI.

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Among them is one woman, who portrays Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI, who owing to her husband's insanity, ruled the kingdom in his place.

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Mary-Rose McLaren compares Margaret of Anjou as she is represented in BL, MS Egerton 1995 (Gregory's Chronicle) to her character in 3 Henry VI.

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Set 17 years after the death of Henry V, England is ruled by the Duke of Gloucester (Hugh) and tensionsbuild when Margaret of Anjou (Sophie Okonedo) is introduced at court Benedict reckons bringing such a good cast together could only happen on TV.

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Sarah Yates, recently widowed actress and mother, played a London benefit performance of Francklin's Earl of Warwick, winning her audience's sympathy for her "mama grizzly" portrayal of Margaret of Anjou.

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Margaret of Anjou was the wife of Henry VI, last sovereign of the house of Lancaster.