What is Margaret of Anjou?
{{more footnotes|date=June 2022}} {{Use British English|date=September 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox royalty |consort = yes |image = MargaretAnjou.jpg |caption = Margaret of Anjou, detail from the [[Talbot Shrewsbury Book]] |succession = [[Queen consort of England]] |reign = 23 April 1445&nbsp;– 4 March 1461 |reign-type = 1st tenure |coronation = 30 May 1445,<br /> [[Westminster Abbey]] |reign1 = 3 October 1470&nbsp;– 11 April 1471 |reign-type1 = 2nd tenure |spouse = [[Henry VI of England]] |issue = [[Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales]] |house = [[House of Valois-Anjou|Valois-Anjou]] |father = [[René, King of Naples]] |mother = [[Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine]] |birth_date = 23 March 1430 |birth_place = [[Pont-à-Mousson]], [[Duchy of Lorraine|Lorraine]], France |death_date = 25 August 1487 (aged 57) |death_place = [[Anjou]], France |burial_place = [[Angers Cathedral]], Anjou |religion = [[Catholicism]] }} '''Margaret of Anjou''' ({{lang-fr|link=no|Marguerite}}; 23 March 1430&nbsp;– 25 August 1487) was the [[Queen consort]] of [[England]] by marriage to [[Henry VI of England|King Henry VI]] from 1445 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471. She was born in the [[Duchy of Lorraine]] into the [[House of Valois-Anjou]]. Margaret was the second eldest daughter of [[René, King of Naples]] and [[Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine]]. Margaret was important in the [[Wars of the Roses]]. At times, she personally led the [[House of Lancaster]] into battle. Her husband had several [[Mental breakdown|nervous breakdowns]]. They were seen as [[Madness|insanity]], so Margaret ruled the kingdom in his place. It was she who called for a Great Council in May 1455 that excluded the [[House of York]] headed by [[Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York]]. This started a civil conflict that lasted for more than thirty years. This conflict caused the deaths of thousands of men. One of those who died was her only son [[Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales]], at the [[Battle of Tewkesbury]] in 1471. Margaret was taken