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May 4, 2024 · The Woodvilles were a family synonymous with the Wars of the Roses and the rise of King Edward IV. Some of the more notable names from this family include Jacquetta Woodville, the family’s matriarch, and Elizabeth Woodville, the controversial choice for King Edward IV’s wife.
May 18, 2024 · 1 hour ago Author: Claire Ridgway. No comment yet. On this day in Tudor history, 18th May, Catherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham and Bedford, sister of Elizabeth Woodville, died, and scholar William Thomas was executed for treason after being implicated in Wyatt's Rebellion... 1497 – Death of Catherine Woodville, wife of Henry Stafford ...
2 days ago · It is known to every reader of history how Elizabeth Woodville, the Queen of Edward IV., in the year 1471, escaped from the Tower, and registered herself and her companions here as "Sanctuary women;" and how here, "in great penury, and forsaken of all her friends," she gave birth to Edward V., who was "born in sorrow and baptised like a poor ...
I enjoyed The White Queen, but go into it aware that it is fiction loosely based on actual events. And if I remember correctly, Philippa Gregory did co-author a non-fiction book called "The Women of the Cousins War" which gives a brief biography of Elizabeth Woodville & Margaret Beaufort. Editing to add Amy Licence's - Edward IV & Elizabeth ...
4 days ago · Elizabeth Beauchamp 1415–1448: Dukedom of Somerset (1st creation) extinct, 1444: Claimed titles here are disputed: Earl of Worcester (4th creation), 1449: Margaret Beaufort 1443–1509: Elizabeth Woodville c. 1437 –1492: Henry Beaufort 1436–1464 3rd Duke of Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, 5th Earl of Dorset: Edmund Beaufort c. 1438 –1471
May 17, 2024 · Price: £35.00. This is a fascinating and much-welcomed addition to the steadily increasing body of work on medieval queenship that has emerged with the development of this (still) fresh historical discipline over the last twenty years. Rooted in the research behind the author’s doctoral thesis – ‘English queenship, 1445–1503’ (York ...
May 10, 2024 · William was a staunch Yorkist, and his first wife was Mary Woodville, the sister of Elizabeth Woodville, the wife of the Yorkist King Edward IV. William and Mary had one daughter, Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert, her father’s only child and heir. The death of William’s wife Mary Woodville in 1481 weakened his links with the House of ...
