Queens' College, Cambridge
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Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the 16 "old colleges" of the university, founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. Its buildings span the River Cam with the Mathematical Bridge and Silver Street connecting the two sides.
Queens' College Gatehouse
Bird's eye view of Queens' College, Cambridge by David Loggan, published in 1690
Plan of Queens' College, 1574
Cloister Court
Margaret of Anjou
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Margaret of Anjou 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, King of Naples, and Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine.
The marriage of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou is depicted in this miniature from an illustrated manuscript of Vigilles de Charles VII by Martial d'Auvergne
Titchfield Abbey in 2014
Portrait medallion of Margaret of Anjou, by Pietro di Martino da Milano, 1463