Fall Asleep to The TRAGIC Life of England's Most Powerful Queen — Margaret of Anjou

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Welcome to Sleepy Crown, where history whispers you to sleep. 🌙 In this complete 3-hour journey through the life of Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482), we explore the dramatic transformation of a French princess into England's most powerful and controversial queen—from her hopeful arrival as a teenage bride to her tragic defeat as a warrior mother who lost everything in the Wars of the Roses. Witness fifteen-year-old Margaret leave her home in Lorraine to marry the gentle but mentally unstable King Henry VI, crowned amid pageants celebrating peace between England and France. Follow her eight-year struggle to produce an heir while navigating treacherous court politics and the growing threat of Richard Duke of York. Experience Margaret's fierce awakening as a mother when she finally bears Prince Edward in 1453, only to watch her husband descend into catatonic illness. See her transform from decorative queen to political force, leading the Lancastrian faction against York's ambitions as England slides toward civil war. Enter the bloodiest battlefields of medieval England—from her stunning victory at Wakefield where York dies, to the catastrophic defeat at Towton that drives her into exile. Watch Margaret spend a decade in France, refusing to surrender, plotting her return while raising her son to reclaim his stolen throne. Witness the unlikely alliance with her mortal enemy Warwick the Kingmaker, the brief restoration of Henry VI, and Margaret's fateful return to England. The climax unfolds at Tewkesbury in 1471, where exhausted armies clash and Margaret watches her only son killed, her husband murdered, and her cause destroyed forever. Discover Margaret's years of imprisonment in the Tower of London, her ransom by the French king, and her final years living in poverty—a forgotten queen who had once commanded armies, dying alone far from the throne she fought so desperately to preserve. Chapter Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Introduction: England's Warrior Queen 00:45:30 - A Princess Becomes Queen (1430-1453) 01:32:15 - The Wars of the Roses Begin (1455-1461) 02:18:40 - Exile, Alliance & Return (1461-1471) 02:42:20 - Tewkesbury: A Mother's Nightmare 02:50:45 - Captivity, Ransom & Final Years (1471-1482) 💬 Comment which moment from Margaret's warrior queen story moved you most. 👍 Like if this helped you understand the Wars of the Roses. 🔔 Subscribe for more peaceful historical journeys through medieval England. Sweet dreams, and welcome to Sleepy Crown. 💤👑