S3.37 Margaret of Anjou: Review

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4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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After doing a full-length Biography episode, this time it's all a review for Margaret of Anjou, queen consort to Henry VI. Plenty for us to get our teeth into - Margaret leading the Lancastrians in the wars of the Roses, rumours of affairs and transgressive behaviour, having to do the job of kinging. And, of course, the most important question - will she get the Rex Factor? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Rex Factor!
0:10.0	This week Margaret of Anjou with you
0:19.0	with your host Graeme Duke and Ali Hood
0:24.0	Hello and welcome to Rex Factor Reviewing
0:29.0	all the Queen of Prince Consort of England
0:31.0	from Ellsworth to Prince Philip.
0:33.0	And today we are reviewing Margaret of Anjou
0:36.0	Queen Consort to Henry VI.
0:38.0	Last time we did her biography
0:39.0	so you can check that out to hear the full story
0:41.0	but first off, a quick reminder of her dramatic life
0:44.0	and Queenship before moving on to the review.
0:46.0	Biography!
0:48.0	Born in 1430 Margaret was the daughter
0:50.0	of Duke Rene of Anjou and Isabella of Lorraine
0:53.0	as niece to King Charles VII of France
0:56.0	she was married to King Henry VI of England
0:58.0	in 1445 as a union that was supposed to bring peace
1:01.0	to the Hundred Years' War.
1:03.0	Unfortunately England soon lost almost
1:05.0	all of their French territories.
1:07.0	Margaret in 1443 gave birth to a son, Prince Edward
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