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- So in 1464 when Anthony was about 24 years old, his sister Elizabeth who was a young widow married King Edward IV. This wasn’t just a personal win for the family, it signaled Anthony’s ascent into the echelons of power. With the Woodvilles now intimately connected to the throne, Anthony’s status skyrocketed.
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Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers KG (c. 1440 – 25 June 1483), was an English nobleman, courtier, bibliophile and writer. He was the brother of Queen Elizabeth Woodville who married King Edward IV. He was one of the leading members of the Woodville family, which came to prominence during the reign of King Edward IV.
Apr 4, 2024 · Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers was an English noble, a leading supporter of his brother-in-law, the Yorkist king Edward IV. Anthony and his father, Sir Richard Woodville (afterward 1st Earl Rivers), fought for the Lancastrians against the Yorkists in the early years of the Wars of the Roses.
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Mar 18, 2024 · Growing up amidst the Wars of the Roses, Anthony witnessed firsthand the shifting allegiances and power struggles of the era then. Of course, things took a turn for Anthony when his sister Elizabeth Woodville became the Queen of England through her marriage to Edward IV.
In 1469 Anthony was promoted to be Lieutenant of Calais and Captain of the King's Armada, while holding other honorary posts. His father and brother were beheaded after the Battle of Edgecot, and he succeeded in August of that year to the earldom.
Mar 23, 2023 · On April 29, nearly three weeks after Edward IV’s death, Richard dined with Anthony Woodville, who’d spent the past decade preparing his young nephew Edward for his eventual reign, and the ...
views 3,661,252 updated. Rivers, Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl (1442–83). The eldest brother of Elizabeth Woodville, he benefited from the marriage of his sister to Edward IV. He fled into exile with Edward IV in 1470, returning in triumph in 1471.
Elizabeth Woodville (also spelt Wydville, Wydeville, or Widvile; [a] c. 1437 [1] – 8 June 1492), later known as Dame Elizabeth Grey, was Queen of England from 1 May 1464 until 3 October 1470 and from 11 April 1471 until 9 April 1483 as the wife of King Edward IV. She was a key figure in the Wars of the Roses, a dynastic civil war between the ...
