The
college was founded in
1448 by Margaret of Anjou, and again by Elizabeth Woodville in
1465; the
plurality of its foundresses accounts for the position of the
apostrophe in its name.
It is certainly not a rich college, and never really has been, as a consequence of which it is a good example of the medieval college architecture that the others swiftly knocked down when gothic and rennaissance styles came into fashion.
Queens' is home to the Mathematical Bridge, and supposedly the world's only moondial. Also, there is the Fitzpatrick Hall, one of the main reasons why the above write up is true: it is a multipurpose entertainment hall where plays are staged, films are shown, badminton is played and bops are thrown up in.
Erasmus, Stephen Fry and Michael Foale all studied here, although the list of alumnae stops shortly after that. No Nobel Prize winners or anything.