The role of Queen Margaret of Anjou in the struggle for the English throne 1450- 1471
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Queen Margaret of Anjou had an influential role in the struggle for the English throne, which sparked an internal war in England, known in European history as the war of the roses, which started from 1455 to 1485, and this war was punctuated by many battles that took place over the English lands, driven by the raging struggle for the English throne between the Lancaster families led by Queen Margaret of Anjou, and York led by Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York.
The role of Queen Margaret of Anjou would not have ended in the struggle for the English throne had it not been for the death of her son Prince Edward-the sole heir of the Lancasters - at the hands of King Edward IV after the end of the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471, after which Queen Margaret of Anjou lived in complete isolation from what was happening in England, its crown, and everything related to the English throne, and remained in this state until her death in August 1482.
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