Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers
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He reconciled himself to the victorious Edward IV, his future son-in-law. On 1 May 1464, Edward married Rivers' daughter Elizabeth, widow of Lancastrian knight Sir John Grey. Richard Woodville was created Earl Rivers in 1466, appointed Lord Treasurer in March 1466 and Constable of England on 24 August 1467.
- 1405
- Richard Wydeville
- Joan Bittlesgate
- Jacquetta of Luxembourg
Richard Wydeville (also written contemporaneously as Wydville and Woodville) (died 1441) was an English landowner, soldier, diplomat, administrator and politician. His son married an aunt of King Henry VI and they were the parents of the wife of the next king, Edward IV .
Nov 19, 2023 · Retrieved 17 March 2011. Sir Richard Wydeville, or Woodville (1385 - 1441) was steward to the Duke of Bedford, Constable of the Tower of London, and Sheriff of Kent. He was also Captain of English Calais. Wydeville's spouse was Elizabeth Joan Bedelgate (1390 – 1448).
- Maidstone
- Maidstone, Kent, England (United Kingdom)
- 1375
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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."
- Maidstone
- circa 1405
- "Richard Wydeville"
- Maidstone, Kent, England (United Kingdom)
Richard Woodville, also known as Wydeville, was a Lancastrian soldier and a powerful courtier under Edward IV. He was the father of Elizabeth Woodville, the queen of Edward IV, and was executed by Warwick in 1469.
Feb 14, 2023 · He married before 1475 Joan (or Jane) Wydeville, daughter of Richard Wydeville, K.G., 1st Earl Rivers, Constable of England, Lord High Treasurer, by Jacquette, daughter of Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol (in Artois) and Brienne (in Champagne). She was the sister of Queen Elizabeth Wydeville wife of King Edward IV of England.
