Queens' College

Queens' College
Queens' Gatehouse
University	Cambridge University
Location	Silver Street (map)
Full name	The Queen's College of St Margaret and St Bernard
Motto	Floreat Domus (Latin)
Motto in English	May this house flourish
Founders	Margaret of Anjou (1448) Elizabeth Woodville (1465)
Established	1448 Refounded 1465
Named for	Margaret the Virgin; Bernard of Clairvaux
Sister colleges	Pembroke College, Oxford Ezra Stiles College, Yale
President	The Lord Eatwell
Undergraduates	525
Postgraduates	370
Website	www.queens.cam.ac.uk

Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. Queens' is one of the oldest and largest colleges of the university, founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou (the Queen of Henry VI, who founded King's College), and has some of the most recognisable buildings in Cambridge. The college spans both sides of the river Cam, colloquially referred to as the "light side" and the "dark side", with the world-famous Mathematical Bridge connecting the two.

The college's alumni include heads of government and politicians from various countries, royalty, religious leaders, astronauts and Oscar nominees, its distinguished alumni include Stephen Fry, Abba Eban and T. H. White. Its most famous matriculant is Desiderius Erasmus, who studied at the college during his trips to England between 1506 and 1515.

The college has a financial endowment of £54.9 million

The current President of the college is the senior economist and Labour Party adviser, Lord Eatwell. Past Presidents of the college include Saint John Fisher.

Queens' College was founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou (the Queen of Henry VI), and refounded in 1465 by Elizabeth Woodville (the Queen of Edward IV). This dual foundation is reflected in its orthography: Queens', not Queen's, although the full name is "The Queen's College of St Margaret and St Bernard, commonly called Queens' College, in the University of Cambridge".

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