The Shadow of the Tower is a historical drama that was broadcast on BBC2 in 1972. It was a prequel to the earlier serials The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Elizabeth R and featured several actors who ha
Margaret of York, also known as Margaret of Burgundy, was Duchess of Burgundy from 1468 to 1477 as the third wife of Charles the Bold, and after his death acted as a protector of the Burgundian State.
Portrait by anonymous painter, c. 1468
Margaret of York before the resurrected Christ, c. 1468, from her copy of Nicolas Finet's Dialogue de la duchesse de Bourgogne
Crown of Margaret of York, Aachen Cathedral Treasury
Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, Margaret of York's husband, by Rogier van der Weyden