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Why did Margaret of Anjou reject the Act of Accord?
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Margaret of Anjou rejected the Act of Accord because it disinherited her son, Prince Edward, from the royal succession.1
Following the capture of King Henry VI by Yorkist forces in July 1460, the Act of Accord was introduced as a compromise that declared Richard, duke of York, the heir to the throne instead of the King's own son. As a strong-willed and ambitious leader of the Lancastrians, Margaret refused to accept this arrangement, choosing instead to uphold her son's claim to the crown and continue the struggle against the House of York.1