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Sep 18, 2015 · Elizabeth was always described as a beautiful woman, as was her daughter, Elizabeth of York. The first image below is one that I found through the National Portrait Gallery and have never seen before now. This is by far my favorite portrait of Elizabeth Woodville. It is unlike the others I’ve seen.
Oct 20, 2023 · Oct 20 2023. Welcome to the mini of the Wars of the Roses video we posted last week: • The True Story That Became "The Game ... Today we will reveal re-creations of Edward, and his wife of...
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www.historyhit.com · facts-about-elizabeth-woodville10 Facts About Elizabeth Woodville - History Hit
- Her Parents’ Marriage Caused A Scandal at Court
- She Was Married Before Edward IV – to A Lancastrian!
- Legend Surrounds Her First Meeting with The King
- Their Marriage Was Not Well-Received
- She Built A Powerful Faction Around Her
- She Was The ‘True Founder’ of Queens’ College, Cambridge
- Richard III Became Her Mortal Enemy
- She Lost Most of Her Close Male relatives to The Wars of The Roses
- She Arranged A Monumental Marriage For Her Eldest Daughter
- She Was Present at The Birth of Henry VIII
Elizabeth Woodville was born in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire around the year 1437. Unlike most of her predecessors as Queen of England however, her family name was not always ‘great’, and at the time of her birth was even beset by scandal. Her mother, the eminent noblewoman Jacquetta of Luxembourg, had secretly married lowly knight Richard Woodv...
Through her parents’ strong links to the House of Lancaster, Elizabeth began much of her life on the side of the red rose during the Wars of the Roses. In 1452, aged only 15, she married her first husband Sir John Grey of Groby, who too was a Lancastrian supporter. They had two sons – Thomas and Richard. In 1461, the bloody Second Battle of St Alba...
The story of Elizabeth Woodville’s meeting with Edward IV is something of a mystery. Legend tells that following her husband’s death, the future queen stood waiting beneath an oak tree with her two young boys, hoping that the king would pass by. In desperation, she sought to petition him for the reinstatement of their lands, yet got far more than s...
As her parents’ scandalous marriage had been, Elizabeth and Edward IV’s union was undertaken in secret on 1 May 1464. By September however, the news was out – to the horror of the Privy Council. Edward IV had taken the throne from the Lancastrians only 3 years before at the Battle of Towton, and was still dangerously susceptible to losing it. The E...
Now widely hated at court, Elizabeth sought to build a strong contingent of supporters around her. Bringing 12 siblings into the royal fold, she soon set about arranging advantageous marriages for each of them, such as the union of her 19-year-old brother to the elderly yet powerful and wealthy Duchess of Norfolk. Such actions aided in her lasting ...
Queens’ College, Cambridge was first founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou, Henry VI’s fierce queen consort. Her mission to ‘laud and honour [the] sex feminine’ in establishing the college clearly resonated with her successor and rival Elizabeth however, as when Edward IV sought its dissolution following his ascension to the throne, she stepped in t...
Following her husband’s unexpected death from probable pneumonia in 1483, Elizabeth entered into a vicious battle for control of her young son Edward V. Richard of Gloucester, the king’s brother and future Richard III, was named Lord Protector to the 12-year-old boy and swiftly removed him from under the protection of his Woodville relations. Belie...
Being so violently close to the centre of the wars took a huge toll on Elizabeth and her family. Through the entire conflict spanning 1455-87, she saw the death of her first husband in battle, the executions of her father, two of her brothers and her son Anthony, and the infamous disappearance of her two youngest sons. They are widely remembered as...
Having suffered losses so great in her lifetime, Elizabeth was determined to forge a better future for her descendants. She joined forces with Margaret Beaufort, another of the period’s most influential women, and together made a plan to join their two great houses in marriage. The union of Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Woodville’s eldest daughter, ...
With a sense of peace now achieved, Elizabeth Woodville retreated to Bermondsey Abbey in Surrey to live out her life as queen dowager. She occasionally returned to court and was present at the birth of two grandchildren – Margaret, the future Queen of Scotland, and Henry, the future Henry VIII. On 8 June, 1492 she died at Bermondsey aged 55 and was...
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May 16, 2018 · Elizabeth Woodville was a commoner whose stunning beauty and strength of character proved irresistable to King Edward IV. But winning over the rest of the royal court was more challenging.
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Elizabeth Woodville was the wife of King Edward IV of England. After Edward’s death, popular dislike of her and her court facilitated the usurpation of power by Richard, duke of Gloucester (King Richard III). A woman of great beauty, she was already a widow with two sons when Edward IV married her.
