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Elizabeth Woodville was born in about 1437 (no record of her birth survives), at Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire.She was the firstborn child of a socially unequal marriage between Richard Woodville and Jacquetta of Luxembourg, which briefly scandalised the English court.
Elizabeth of York (11 February 1466 – 11 February 1503) was Queen of England from her marriage to King Henry VII on 18 January 1486 until her death in 1503. [1] She was the daughter of King Edward IV and his wife, Elizabeth Woodville, and her marriage to Henry VII followed his victory at the Battle of Bosworth Field, which marked the end of the civil war known as the Wars of the Roses.
Elizabeth Woodville (aged about 14) was married to Sir John Grey, of Groby (aged about 20), in about 1452. Elizabeth would later become Queen consort of England as the wife of Edward IV. Through her daughter Elizabeth of York, she would eventually become the maternal grandmother of Henry VIII.
The marriage was controversial at the time as Woodville was a Lancastrian, a commoner, brought no dowry and already had children. In spite of the legend, the couple may have met earlier when Woodville's parents served Edward's father in Normandy or when Edward stayed in Groby in 1461; however, the first recorded meeting is certainly 13 April 1464.
The younger Thomas Grey's paternal grandparents were Queen Elizabeth Woodville (c. 1437–1492) and her first husband Sir John Grey of Groby (c. 1432–1461), son and heir of Elizabeth Ferrers, Lady Ferrers of Groby, [19] so his father the first marquess was a stepson of King Edward IV and a half-brother of King Edward V. [1]
Elizabeth Woodville (born ca 1437), later Queen of England as the wife of Margaret's husband's rival, King Edward IV, purportedly served Margaret of Anjou as a maid of honour. However, the evidence is too scanty to permit historians to establish this with absolute certainty; several women at Margaret's court bore the name Elizabeth or Isabella ...
In The Crown, the Queen ultimately decides not to abdicate (shocker) and her speech at Charles and Camilla's wedding is short, funny, and sweet.In real life, the Queen did in fact discuss her ...
Elizabeth Woodville: Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers Jacquetta of Luxembourg: c. 1437 1 May 1464 [2] 26 May 1465 9 April 1483 Husband's death: 8 June 1492 St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle: Edward IV: Anne Neville: Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick Anne Beauchamp, 16th Countess of Warwick: 11 June 1456 12 July 1472 26 June 1483 Husband ...