#Margaret of Anjou

[eve-to-adam]

Elizabeth of York, fashion character design. Mourning outfit, c. 1482.

#the wars of the roses #15th century #medieval #middle ages #historical #british history #medieval england #art #illustration #sketch #edward iv #elizabeth woodville #elizabeth of york #henry vii #henry vi #margaret of anjou #margaret beaufort #isabel neville #richard iii #the white queen #the white princess #medieval fashion #historical fashion #character design #artists on tumblr #medieval costume #royals #house of york #plantagenets

[adderstones]

It's almost Valentine's! I was able to finish the Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou piece for my Wars of the Roses series <3

Henry VI tends to be brushed off as a mentally-ill and ineffective monarch to this day, and it's difficult to find information that does not infantalize or malign him. Margaret of Anjou, my favorite figure from this period, would was a steadfast pillar of support for Henry until the day he died. A lot of historians paint Margaret as only supporting her husband to secure the throne for their son, but I find that narrative difficult to be the only reason. Margaret campaigned for Henry's release from captivity tirelessly and worked extremely hard to gather support for his reign and even raised armies for him. While their relationship doesn't have the passion and flare that Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville did, I think their kind of devotion is exemplary in royal diplomatic marriages from the period.

#art #wars of the roses #henry vi #margaret of anjou #english history #english costume #watercolor #colored pencil #artists on tumblr #anyway justice for henry vi every account i read of him either speculated on his mental illness or his lack of sex drive but usually both #also margaret is depicted as this like stone cold bitch thank youuuuu shakespeare

[kosemsultanim]

THE WHITE QUEEN 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY WEEK | Day 7 (August 20): Free Day → Favorite Costumes

#the white queen #twqedit #perioddramaedit #twq10 #elizabeth woodville #Margaret Beaufort #Margaret of Anjou #Anne Beauchamp #Anne Neville #Cecily Neville #Elizabeth of York #Lady Sutcliffe #costume edits #my edits

[moxyphinx]

SOPHIE OKONEDO as Margaret of Anjou in THE HOLLOW CROWN: HENRY VI, Part 1 (2016)

#sophie okonedo #margaret of anjou #queen margaret #the hollow crown #henry vi #hollowcrownedit #tvedit #shakespearedit #femaledaily #dailywomen #dailywoc #gif #mine #so* #* #sophie okonedo saturday #feeling so very !!! about her in this role #had to break it into 3 sets #sophie spanning decades in a role like only she can #the range from 1 to 5 to 10 in the same fit BLOWS MY MIND

[lady-arryn]

THE WHITE QUEEN 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY WEEK | Day 5 — best queens

#twq10 #tvedit #perioddramaedit #twqedit #the white queen #elizabeth woodville #anne neville #margaret of anjou #margaret beaufort #** #*gif #*the white queen

[threesonsofyorks]

VEERLE BEATENS and FAYE MARSAY as MARGARET OF ANJOU and ANNE NEVILLE THE WHITE QUEEN (2013) | 1x05 "War at First Hand"

#I would be shitting my pants aaaaaaaaaaah “ yeah yeah sorry i'll think about it... please stop looking at me” #the white queen #margaret of anjou #anne neville #faye marsay #veerle beatens #house of lancaster #house of york #the wars of the roses #tv series #tvedit #weloveperioddrama #onlyperioddramas #twqedit #annenevilledit #mine #byfefa #margaretofanjouedit #userbennet #usergif #usersjen #valyrianpoem #violaobanion #userzaynab

[wardrobeoftime]

Britain's Bloody Crown + Costumes

Margaret of Anjou's red, silver & black dress in Episode 01.

// requested by @garnetbutterflysblog

#Britain's Bloody Crown #Margaret of Anjou #costumes #costume drama #costumesource #period drama #perioddramaedit #1400s #15th century #red #silver #black #London #England #Britain #Europe #requests

[georgescitadel]

Historical figures that have served as inspiration for the women in ASOIAF - George R.R. Martin interview

Interviewer: What women through history have inspired and helped you on your way to creating these female characters that we love?

George: There are some very interesting queens in both English and French history who have, at least partially, inspired the characters in Game of Thrones. Many people have observed that Game of Thrones is based, in part, on the Wars of the Roses and that is certainly true, although I don't do a one-for-one translation. If you go and say “This character is based on that character” you're gonna be partly right, but also partly wrong, because I like to mix and match and throw a few twists, making the characters my own. Certainly, the wife of Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville, was one of the most interesting queens in English history. She was the mother of the princes in the tower and married secretly. She was a Lancastrian, but she married the Yorkist claimant secretly and that produced all sorts of trouble, and she was in the middle of all that stuff with Richard III. She was fascinating! On the other side, the Lancastrian queen, Margaret of Anjou: she was pretty amazing and definitely hardcore! She was married to the idiot king, Henry VI, and she basically had to command her side after some of the leading Lancastrian supporters were killed in the early parts of the war. If you go back a hundred years before, Isabella, the wife of king Edward II, the She-Wolf of France, she was a pretty amazing one too. She basically got rid of her husband, imprisoned him, and allegedly had him killed by having a hot poker thrust up his ass while he was in captivity and then she and her lover took over and ran the kingdom until her son Edward III rose up against his own mother and imprisoned her. All of this stuff, I play with it, but I can't claim to really have invented any of it. There are some things in history that are just as violent and twisted and bizarre and amazing as anything in my books.

- George R.R. Martin, Supanova Expo

#Cersei Lannister #Elizabeth Woodville #Margaret of Anjou #Isabella of France #Female Characters #Inspiration #George R.R. Martin #ValyrianScrolls #ASOIAF

[awkward-sultana]

(Almost) Every Costume Per Episode + Margaret of Anjou’s purple gown with gold print and pearl embellishments in 1x04

#The White Queen #TheWhiteQueenEdit #perioddramaedit #weloveperioddrama #period drama #costumeedit #Margaret of Anjou #The Bad Queen #costumes #costume drama #Almost Every Costume Per Episode #historical drama #Awkward-Sultana

[cowperviolet]

I am going to take part in a major writing competition organized by an independent British publisher, and if I win, I’m going to be offered a five-book contract on novels about the women of the Wars of the Roses (well, except Catherine de Valois for book 1).

Like, yes, the prize is specifically a contract for this specific brief, I’m not hallucinating.

Please, please, wish me luck

Philippa Gregory eat your heart out

@theladyelizabeth @cinemaocd

#writeblr #amwriting #writers of tumblr #writers on tumblr #wip #writeblr community #writing community #writing #wars of the roses #anne neville #margaret of anjou #elizabeth of york #Catherine de Valois

[willwriteforruns]

THE WHITE QUEEN 10-Year Anniversary Week -> Best Queen(s): Anne Neville and Margaret of Anjou

#the white queen #twqedit #twq10 #perioddramaedit #perioddramasource #periodedits #onlyperioddramas #userperioddrama #userbennet #tusereliza #userrobin #tvfilmsource #tvfilmspot #tvfilmcentral #gifshistorical #anne neville #margaret of anjou #faye marsay #mygifs #veerle baetens

[eve-to-adam]

Elizabeth of York, fashion character design, c. 1472-1473.

The fleur-de-lys on the dress make me think of the moment when Elizabeth was engaged to Charles, the Dauphin of France.

#the wars of the roses #15th century #british history #middle ages #sketch #illustration #art #drawing #my art #edwars iv #elizabeth woodville #elizabeth of york #henry vii #henry vi #margaret of anjou #isabel neville #richard iii #plantagenets #royals #the white queen #the white princess #house of york #historical #fashion design #medieval fashion #medieval costume #artists on tumblr

[wonder-worker]

What were the symbols of Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Wydeville and Elizabeth of York? Do we know why they chose them?

Hi!

Margaret of Anjou used the marguerite daisy, which was white tipped in red. We see it in the Talbot-Shrewsbury book and the ‘Book of the Skinners Company’ in 1475. This flower seems to have been a common symbol/emblem for women named Margaret in England: iirc, Margaret Holland Duchess of Clarence and her granddaughter Margaret Beaufort were also represented by it at times.

Elizabeth Woodville used a deep red gillyflower or clove pink. These were strongly associated with Virgin Mary's iconography; this specific shade symbolized virtuous love, betrothal and marriage; and it was also known as the ‘queen of delights’, giving it distinctly royal associations. Compared to both predecessor and her daughter, Elizabeth’s had no ‘default’ symbol to use, so she evidently got creative.

Elizabeth of York used the white rose of York, one of her father’s most important symbols. This was not just a personal emblem but distinctly dynastic: it emphasized Elizabeth's identity as the Yorkist heiress and contributed to Tudor image politics, in turn symbolized by their now-iconic red-and-white rose.

Hope this helps! If anyone wants to add anything, feel free <3

#elizabeth of york #elizabeth woodville #margaret of anjou #ask #queue #my post

[kosemsultanim]

THE WHITE QUEEN 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY WEEK | Day 2 (August 15): Favorite Villian → Margaret of Anjou

I've never been liked. I'm damned twice in most men's eyes. I'm the woman who dared to rule when her husband could not and who fought to ensure her only son's position. Now, how could I do such a thing?

#the white queen #twqedit #perioddramaedit #twq10 #margaret of anjou #Veerle Baetens #S1E04 The Bad Queen #S1E05 War at First Hand #my edits #cw flashing

[moxyphinx]

SOPHIE OKONEDO as Margaret of Anjou in THE HOLLOW CROWN: HENRY VI, Part 2 (2016)

#sophie okonedo #margaret of anjou #queen margaret #the hollow crown #henry iv #hollowcrownedit #tvedit #shakespeareedit #femaledaily #dailywomen #dailywoc #gif #mine #* #so* #cw flashing #cw blood #i spent TOO long watching the tear form on sight in the last one #like... !!! #wtf who can do that?! #don't even get me started on the tear stream in 5 #rip mat cauthon no. 1 son #sophie ☝🏾 okonedo #random drop just bc

[isabelleneville]

❁ THE WHITE QUEEN 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY WEEK ❁

Day Seven - Free Day >> Favourite Costumes, designed by Nic Ede

#the white queen #twqedit #perioddramaedit #twq10 #janet mcteer #veerle baetens #rebecca ferguson #faye marsay #eleanor tomlinson #amanda hale #freya mavor #my edits #jacquetta of luxembourg #margaret of anjou #elizabeth woodville #anne neville #isabelle neville #margaret beaufort #elizabeth of york