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Margaret of Anjou (French: Marguerite; 23 March 1430 – 25 August 1482) was Queen of England by marriage to King Henry VI from 1445 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471. Through marriage, she was also nominally Queen of France from 1445 to 1453.
He was elected Speaker of the House in the 1455 Parliament. He may also have served in the 1460 Parliament. [4] He was escheator for Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire in 1438–9, and he early entered the service of Margaret of Anjou, being first usher of the chamber, and about 1450 chamberlain to her.
Arms of Beaufort: Royal arms of King Edward III within a bordure compony argent and azure for difference of Beaufort Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, 4th Earl of Somerset, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1st Marquess of Dorset styled 1st Count of Mortain, [a] (1406 – 22 May 1455), was an English nobleman and an important figure during the Hundred Years' War.
Son of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou Killed in battle at Tewkesbury on 4 May 1471 [418] Queen consort of England: Margaret of Anjou Wife of Henry VI Died of natural causes on 25 August 1482 [419] Duke of Somerset: Henry Beaufort † Killed in battle at St Albans on 22 May 1455 [91] Henry Beaufort Son of Henry Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset
Despite the opposition of Margaret of Anjou, York was appointed Protector of the Realm and Chief Councillor on 27 March 1454. York's appointment of his brother-in-law, Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, as Chancellor was significant. Henry's burst of activity in 1453 had seen him try to stem the violence caused by various disputes between ...
Margaret Stewart (born c. 1455/1456 – c. 1480/1500?) was the younger daughter of James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders.Once engaged to the Lancastrian Prince of Wales, Margaret instead became the mistress of William Crichton, 3rd Lord Crichton (an enemy of her brother, James III), and the mother of his illegitimate daughter, Margaret Crichton, later Countess of Rothes, and his son, Sir ...
James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormond, Earl of Wiltshire KG (24 November 1420 – 1 May 1461) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman and soldier.Butler was a staunch Lancastrian and supporter of Queen consort Margaret of Anjou during the Wars of the Roses.
Edward was born at the Palace of Westminster, London, [1] the only child of Henry VI of England and his wife, Margaret of Anjou.At the time, there was strife between Henry's supporters and those of Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, who had a claim to the throne and challenged the authority of Henry's officers of state.