Margaret of anjou family tree

          Margaret of anjou husband.

          On 30th May 1445, a 15-year-old French girl was crowned Queen of England.

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          6. Her French name (Margueritte) literally meant ‘daisy’, a flower she took as her personal emblem. By her parents and siblings she was referred to affectionately as La Petite Creature (the little creature). Her English subjects would know her as Queen Margaret of Anjou.

          However, history (thanks to Shakespeare) would remember her as the She Wolf of France.

          No one could have guessed it in 1445, but this fresh-faced teenager was destined to play a critical role in English history. She emerged as one of the key players in the Wars of the Roses.

          Indeed, without her energetic leadership, it is unlikely the Lancastrian regime would have survived much beyond the First Battle of St Albans in 1455.

          But who was this 15-year-old girl the English chose to crown in the spring of 1445?

          In this piece, I take a closer look at the young Margaret and her life before she became Queen of England.

          The Spring of 1430

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