Margaret of Anjou

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

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Margaret of Anjou British  

noun

1. 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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Margaret of Anjou

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 ● Jul. 13, 2018

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 ● Aug. 26, 2017

Cersei Lannister and Margaret of Anjou probably would have been total frenemies.

From Time ● Jun. 15, 2014

Cersei Lannister, Robert’s ambitious, conniving widow, is thought by many to have been inspired by the hot-headed Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI, the king Edward IV helped depose.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2012

Margaret of Anjou, as exhibited in these tragedies, is a dramatic portrait of considerable truth, and vigor, and consistency—but she is not one of Shakspeare's women.

From Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)