The French Noblewoman Who Became England's Fiercest Queen | Margaret of Anjou | Wars of the Roses

Thanks for watching! And apologies for my croaky voice - I have yet another cold! 😂 So what are your thoughts on Margaret of Anjou? Pushy queen, or necessary leader?

Its very unfortunate that Margaret has been villanised throughout history for doing what any mother would do for her child: protecting him and his interests above all things. Its so sad in the end, she had to do all of that just to outlive her husband and her son. RIP to her

Burns me up to talk about how now women are strong. There have been strong women throughout history and some of them and many unrecorded Margaret was surely a remarkable and admirable woman.♥️

Aside from the fact that they share a first name, Margaret of Anjou's fierce dedication to seeing her son on the throne, reminds me of Margaret Beaufort, and all she did to see her son Henry become King of England. Unfortunately, they were given the "overbearing mother" label for it by history. I thoroughly enjoy your videos, and have watched those about the Wars of the Roses many times. I have anxiety, and your voice, it's cadence, and the music, are very soothing, and listening to your videos helps me get out of my own head, sometimes... so thank you for that! 😊

Margaret was a great intelligent queen. Very courageous until the end when she lost it all.

Margaret was a she-wolf. But that isn´t a bad thing. She was very strong and capable. Unfortunately for her she over planned her son´s return to England.

Queen Margaret of Anjou really led a very difficult life of uncertainties that concluded in the deaths of both her husband and son. One can only imagine and take pity on the emotional toll it must have taken on her health and well-being. This was an excellent video of an, unfairly in my opinion, maligned queen. Thank you very much and have a great week! :)

Henry IV was from the Plantagenet house (Anjou), his mother Catherine was from the Valois house, he married Marguerite from the Anjou-Valois house, this marriage had great meaning politically and in terms of lineage, especially when the Plantagenet king of England wanted the throne of France. At that time the King of France was Charles VII (House of Valois) married to Marie (House of Anjou). The Anglo-French War was just a french dispute between Angevins (Plantagenet/Maison Anjou) of England and their Valois cousins of France.

This is the best video on Margaret of Anjou I've ever seen so far. I've learned much more about her, so insightful and impeccably narrated. Thank you🙏

Il say 1 thing, that woman had a lot of courage x

Her older sister Iolanthe is the subject of an opera by Tchaikovsky where she is portrayed as a beautiful blind princess though there is no evidence she was blind.

BRAVO! I have seen Shakespeare's play about the War of the Roses and what got me was that he made Queen Margret as the horrible She-Wolf but made Elizabeth Woodville almost a saint. In my opinion Elizabeth Woodville was the She-Wolf as was Isabella Henry II's Queen. But in those days any woman showing intelligence and courage was considered a She-Wolf Thank you for doing this video, I hope now many will change their minds about Margaret of Anjou, she has always deserved better than what she got.

Really interesting comments you make My enthusiasm for Margaret continues beyond my biography of her in the course of which I visited her place of birth and Chateau Dampierre where she died a private residence Just so full of spirit to add to her beauty intelligence and loyal wife and a affectionate mother Great lady!

I have a lot of sympathy for this woman.

If people could die of melancholy, I believe our population would drop drastically.

*Side note: Margaret and Henry VI were 3rd cousins as their great grandpas were brothers. His Mom and her Dad were 2nd cousins as was Margaret's aunt who married Henry's uncle (they were also 2nd cousins).

She never stood A chance because the nobility at the time had A deep distrust in foreigners.

Thank you for her story. Margaret, is definitely worth knowing about in history.

17:15 I would love to learn more about Mary of Guelders! The part of Germany where I'm from would have been Guelders in the 15th century. You can still see this heritage in many German and Dutch town crests! It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that a princess from my small hinterland was thrust into the political turmoil of Scotland and England at the time. And she did her duty, even though politics and warfare where not usually part of a princesses education here at the time!

She fought but lost so much… Great respect-and pity- Have a nice week!!