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Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers KG (1405 – 12 August 1469), also Wydeville, was the father of Elizabeth Woodville and father-in-law of Edward IV. Early life
The first creation was made for Richard Woodville, 1st Baron Rivers, in 1466 and remained in this family until 1491.As borne by the Woodvilles the title was not derived from the name of a place, but from an ancient family name, Redvers, or Reviers, members of this family, whose arms are quartered on the Rivers shield, having been sometime Earls of Devon.
Richard (died 1469), who married Jacquetta, widow of the Duke of Bedford, and was created Earl Rivers. Their daughter Elizabeth was the queen consort of King Edward IV, [1] [2] becoming the ancestor of all ruling monarchs of England from 1509 on and of Scotland from 1513 on. Joan (died 1462), who married the Kent MP William Haute, of ...
Richard Woodville may refer to: Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1405–1469), English nobleman, father of Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV; Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers (1453–1491), son of the above, brother of Elizabeth Woodville; Richard Woodville (died 1441), father-in-law of William Haute (MP), Captain of Calais and High ...
Eleanor Woodville (d. c. 1512), married Sir Anthony Grey, son of Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent. Margaret Woodville (c. 1450 – 1490/1), married Thomas Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel. Martha Woodville (d. c. 1500), married Sir John Bromley of Baddington. Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers (1453 – March 1491).
Katherine was the daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. When her sister Elizabeth married Edward IV of England, the King elevated and promoted many members of the Woodville family. Elizabeth Woodville's household records for 1466/67 indicate that Katherine was being raised in the queen's household.
Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers (1453 – 6 March 1491) succeeded his brother, Anthony Woodville, as the third Earl Rivers. He was the son of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. Richard was the brother of the English queen Elizabeth Woodville.
Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (1452-1456) Henry Tudor, 2nd Earl of Richmond (1478-1485) [from 1485 King Henry VII of England] Earl Rivers. Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1466-1469) Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers (1469-1483) Earl of Rutland (Second Creation) Edmund, Earl of Rutland (1446-1460) Earl of Salisbury (Second Creation)