Marguerite d'Anjou, Queen consort of England and France

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Marguerite d'Anjou, Queen consort of England and France

Also Known As: "Queen Consort of England"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Pont-a-Mousson, Lorraine, France
Death: August 25, 1482 (52)
Chateau de Dampiere, Saumur, Anjou, France
Place of Burial: Angers, Anjou, France
Immediate Family:

Daughter of René I d'Anjou, titular King of Naples and Isabelle, duchesse de Lorraine
Wife of Henry VI of England
Mother of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales
Sister of Jean II d'Anjou, duc de Lorraine et de Calabre; Louis d'Anjou, marquis of Pont-à-Mousson; Nicolas de Lorraine; Yolande de Bar d'Anjou, Duchess of Lorraine; Charles d'Anjou and 2 others
Half sister of Madeleine d'Anjou; Jean de Glandevès-Faucon, marquis de Pont-à-Mousson, seigneur de Saint-Rémy et de Saint-; René d'Anjou and Blanche d'Anjou

Occupation: Wife of King Henry VI of England; started the War of Roses
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About Marguerite d'Anjou, Queen consort of England and France

Primary Sources

1444. Prid. Kal. Jan. St. Peter's. Rome. (f. 120.)
To Henry, king of England. Dispensation, at his petition (containing that for the peace and tranquillity of the realms of France and England he has contracted marriage per verba legitime de presenti with Margaret, daughter of René (Renati), king of Sicily, and for the said reason desires its speedy consummation; and adding that the sea voyage to England is during the winter apt to be prolonged by reason of storms and tempests), to solemnly celebrate the nuptials before the church and consummate the said marriage on days when it is forbidden to do so. Apostolice sedis. (Cincius | xxxxv. Bonannus. Jo. de Mota. B. de Callio. Coll[acionata] per me P. Parui Johannis.)

'Vatican Regesta 363: 1444-1445', in Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 8, 1427-1447, ed. J A Twemlow (London, 1909), pp. 249-250. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-papal-registers/brit-ie/vol8/p... [accessed 22 September 2017].


another possible birth year is 1429

Margaret Valois-Anjou Princess of Neapels

By marriage Queen Consort Margaret of England on 30 May 1445. To Henry VI King of England and France.

Wikipedia Links:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_von_Anjou

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Anjou

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_d%27Anjou_%281429-1482%29

other / more links:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8375049

http://www.geneall.net/F/per_page.php?id=9495

http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/margaretanjou.htm

http://www.nndb.com/people/077/000095789/

http://thepeerage.com/p10186.htm#i101860

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Marguerite d'Anjou, Queen consort of England and France's Timeline

1430
March 23, 1430
Pont-a-Mousson, Lorraine, France
1453
October 13, 1453
Westminster Palace, London, England
1482
August 25, 1482
Age 52
Chateau de Dampiere, Saumur, Anjou, France
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Acceded: 30 MAY 1445, Westminster Abbey, London
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Angers Cathedral, Angers, Anjou, France