27 - Margaret of Anjou (1): The Last Lancastrian Queen

Queens of England Podcast

James Boulton

Education, History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2016

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

As English rule in France approached its end, England sought one final bride from the kingdom it claimed to rule. Margaret of Anjou would be the last queen of the House of Lancaster, and thanks to Shakespeare, become the most infamous queen of Mediaeval England.

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For more on the topics discussed in this show click on the links below!

History of the County and Duchy of Anjou (wikipedia)

Margaret's father, Rene of Anjou (wikipedia)

An article about the end of the Hundred Years War (History Today)

Order of the Knights of the Bath (wikipedia)

The fall of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (WarOfTheRoses.co.uk)

Cade's Rebellion (WarOfTheRoses.co.uk)

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1:22.1	Episode 27, Margaret of Anjou, the last Lancasterian queen.
1:40.0	Thank you. Margaret of Anjou, the last Lancasterian queen. Marco de Vanjou is, thanks largely to Shakespeare, England's most controversial queen.
1:45.3	One of the leading players in the Wars of the Roses, she can also lay claim to being England's
1:49.3	most powerful medieval queen, thanks largely to the ineffectual relationship of her husband
1:54.0	and her ferocious devotion to protect the claim of the throne of her son against the Yorkists.
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