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Margaret of Anjou

1430 - 1482

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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. Born in the Duchy of Lorraine into the House of Valois-Anjou, Margaret was the second eldest daughter of René of Anjou King of Naples, and Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine. Margaret was one of the principal figures in the series of dynastic civil wars known as the Wars of the Roses and at times personally led the Lancastrian faction. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Margaret of Anjou is the 1,983rd most popular politician (down from 1,687th in 2019), the 641st most popular biography from France (down from 591st in 2019) and the 147th most popular French Politician.

Margaret of Anjou is most famous for being the wife of Henry VI of England and the mother of Edward IV and Richard III.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Margaret of Anjou ranks 1,983 out of 19,576. Before her are Lucius Junius Brutus, Nabis, Wied, Prince of Albania, Hafizullah Amin, Huni, and Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain. After her are Hans Luther, Jeconiah, Senusret III, Karl Renner, William II, Prince of Orange, and Seti II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1430, Margaret of Anjou ranks 3. Before her are Giovanni Bellini, and Antonello da Messina. After her are James II of Scotland, Carlo Crivelli, Heinrich Kramer, Dorothea of Brandenburg, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, Cosimo Tura, Antoine Busnois, Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu, and Francesco Laurana. Among people deceased in 1482, Margaret of Anjou ranks 3. Before her are Mary of Burgundy, and Hugo van der Goes. After her are Luca della Robbia, Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Federico da Montefeltro, Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Philibert I, Duke of Savoy, Gedik Ahmed Pasha, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī, and Louis of Cyprus.

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In France

Among people born in France, Margaret of Anjou ranks 641 out of 6,770. Before her are Claude of France (1547), Stephen, Count of Blois (1045), Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725), Ansgar (801), Joseph Proust (1754), and Karl Brandt (1904). After her are Camille Flammarion (1842), Jacques MacDonald (1765), Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608), Sophie Marceau (1966), Aristide Maillol (1861), and Madeleine of Valois (1520).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Margaret of Anjou ranks 147. Before her are Peter II of Courtenay (1155), Marine Le Pen (1968), Paul Doumer (1857), Caroline Bonaparte (1782), Avitus (395), and Christine of France (1606). After her are Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608), Alexandre Millerand (1859), Rudolph of France (890), Fulk, King of Jerusalem (1092), Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus (-90), and Paul Bocuse (1926).

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