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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. Some of her contemporaries, such as the Duke of Suffolk, praised "her valiant courage and undaunted spirit", and the 16th-century historian Edward Hall described her personality in these terms: "This woman excelled all other, as well in beauty and favour, as in wit and policy, and was of stomach and courage, more like to a man, than a woman".

Owing to her husband's frequent bouts of insanity, Margaret ruled the kingdom in his place. It was she who called for a Great Council in May 1455 that excluded the Yorkist faction headed by Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York. This provided the spark that ignited a civil conflict that lasted for more than 30 years, decimated the old nobility of England, and caused the deaths of thousands of men, including her only son, Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, at the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.

Margaret was taken prisoner by the victorious Yorkists after the Lancastrian defeat at Tewkesbury. In 1475, she was ransomed by her cousin, King Louis XI of France. She went to live in France as a poor relation of the French king, and she died there at the age of 52.

Henrijs VI (angļu: Henry VI of Lancaster; dzimis 1421. gada 6. decembrī, miris 1471. gada 21. maijā) bija Anglijas karalis no 1422. līdz 1461. gadam un no 1470. līdz 1471. gadam. Līdz 1437. gadam valsti pārvaldīja reģenti, pretendēja arī uz Francijas karaļa titulu no 1422. līdz 1453. gadam. Viņa valdīšanas laikā Anglijā notika Sarkanās un Baltās rozes karš.

Laikabiedru rakstos Henrijs VI parādīts kā miermīlīgs valdnieks, nepiemērots valdīšanai. Karaļa rakstura īpašību un psihiskā neveseluma dēļ valsti pārvadīja Henrija sieva Anžū Margarita. Kad 1471. gadā pilsoņu karā virsroku ņēma Jorkas hercogi, Henriju VI sagūstīja un nogalināja. Īsi pirms tam kaujā pie Tuksberijas krita viņa vienīgais dēls Velsas princis Eduards - Plantagenetu dzimtas Lankasteru atzars pārstāja pastāvēt. Tās vietā Anglijas Karalistes tronī kāpa Jorku dinastija.