Margaret of Anjou 1429 - 1482 - Queen consort to King Henry VI, and key player in the series of civil uprisings called the "War of the Roses". Having lost her only son Edward of Westminister, in the battle of Tewkesbury, the Lancastrians were defeated by the Yorkists. She lived out her last years penniless in France.

Margaret of Anjou 1429 - 1482 - Queen consort to King Henry VI, and key player in the series of civil uprisings called the "War of the Roses". Having lost her only son Edward of Westminister, in the battle of Tewkesbury, the Lancastrians were defeated by the Yorkists. She lived out her last years penniless in France.