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Elizabeth Woodville (also spelt Wydville, Wydeville, or Widvile; c. 1437 – 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.
Jun 21, 2024 · Elizabeth Woodville, or Wydeville, 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 Plantagenet, duke of Gloucester (King Richard III).
Apr 24, 2019 · Elizabeth Woodville (1437–June 7 or 8, 1492, and known variously as Lady Grey, Elizabeth Grey, and Elizabeth Wydevill) was the commoner wife of Edward IV, who had a key role in the War of the Roses and in the succession battle between the Plantagenets and Tudors.
Elizabeth Woodville (Also known by Elizabeth Wydeville) was the wife of King Edward IV of England. She was the mother of King Edward V of England. She was also the mother of Elizabeth of York, the queen consort of King Henry VII of England. [2]
A central figure in the War of the Roses, Elizabeth Woodville found herself on both the winning and losing side, as the battle between the Yorkist supporters and Lancastrians directly impacted not only her time as Queen consort but the fate of her two young sons known as “the Princes in the Tower”.
A biography of Elizabeth Woodville (1437 - 1492), 'The White Queen', wife of Edward IV.
Mar 6, 2023 · Elizabeth Woodville was Queen of England during one of the country’s most volatile periods, the Wars of the Roses. Her marriage to the Yorkist king, Edward IV, in 1464 sent shockwaves through the English court, intensifying political strife that would last for decades between the houses of York and Lancaster.
May 23, 2018 · Elizabeth Woodville ( c. 1437–92), queen of Edward IV. Elizabeth was a widow with two children when she married Edward IV secretly at Grafton Regis (Northants) on 1 May 1464. She was the daughter of Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg.
Jun 8, 2018 · DIED: 8 JUNE 1492. Wife of Edward IV, mother of Elizabeth of York and maternal grandmother of Henry VIII. Her first marriage was to Sir John Grey (by whom she had two sons) who died and left her a widow. She then married King Edward IV and bore him as many as 11 children.
Elizabeth Woodville was born in 1437 into a house of solid supporters of Lancaster. Her first husband lost his life fighting for his king at the second battle of St Albans and left his 23-year-old wife a widow with two young sons aged six and five.
