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   Who was Richard Woodville rivers?

   • He was one of the first victims when the Kingmaker rebelled in 1469, being killed at Edgecote Field. Anthony James Pollard Richard Woodville Rivers, 1st Earl, d. 1469, English nobleman. He was knighted (1426) by Henry VI and acquired wealth and power by marrying (c.1436) Jacquetta of Luxemburg, widow of John of Lancaster, duke of Bedford.

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   What happened to Richard Woodville rivers?

   • However, he had made his peace with Edward IV by 1463. After his daughter became queen, he rose rapidly in favour, incurring the hatred of the earl of Warwick. He was one of the first victims when the Kingmaker rebelled in 1469, being killed at Edgecote Field. Anthony James Pollard Richard Woodville Rivers, 1st Earl, d. 1469, English nobleman.

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   Who is Richard Woodville?

   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (died Aug. 12, 1469, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, Eng.) was the father-in-law of the Yorkist king Edward IV of England (reigned 1461–70, 1471–83).

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   When did Woodville become Baron Rivers?

   • Woodville was created Baron Rivers by King Henry VI on 9 May 1448. Two years later, as Sir Richard, he was invested as a Knight of the Garter in 1450. He was appointed seneschal of Gascony in 1450 (but failed to reach it before its fall) then lieutenant of Calais in 1454–55.

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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.

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   Apr 4, 2024 · Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (died Aug. 12, 1469, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, Eng.) was the father-in-law of the Yorkist king Edward IV of England (reigned 1461–70, 1471–83). Nobles opposed to Rivers initiated the uprising that temporarily drove Edward into exile in 1470.

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   Apr 26, 2022 · "Richard Woodville (or Wydeville), 1st Earl Rivers, KG (1405 – 12 August 1469) was an English nobleman, best remembered as the father of Elizabeth Woodville and the maternal grandfather of Edward V and the maternal great-grandfather of Henry VIII."

   • Location: Maidstone
   • Birthdate: circa 1405

   • Also Known As: "Richard Wydeville"
   • Birthplace: Maidstone, Kent, England (United Kingdom)

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   1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. Richard Woodville, first of the Woodville family to step out onto the pages of history, was born in 1405 at Maidstone in Kent, the son of Richard Wydeville, a soldier and politician and Joan Bittlesgate, the daughter of Thomas Bittlesgate of Knightstone. Wydeville himself was the son of John ...

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   May 29, 2018 · Richard Woodville Rivers, 1st Earl, d. 1469, English nobleman. He was knighted (1426) by Henry VI [1] and acquired wealth and power by marrying (c.1436) Jacquetta of Luxemburg, widow of John of Lancaster, duke of Bedford.

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   The Restoration. King Charles II. King James II. Images. Richard Woodville, Earl Rivers, father of Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of King Edward IV of England during the Wars of the Roses.

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   Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers. Richard Woodville (c. 1410-1469) was a knight in the service of John Duke of Bedford and married Bedford’s widow, Jacquetta. He was made Baron Rivers in 1448 and despite fighting for the Lancastrians at Towton had become one of Edward IV’s counsellors by 1463.