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Richard Grey was the younger son of Sir John Grey of Groby and Elizabeth Woodville. [1] . Richard was a 3-year-old child when his father was killed fighting for the House of Lancaster at the Second Battle of St Albans on 17 February 1461. When Richard was 6 his mother married the Yorkist king, Edward IV, in secret, on 1 May 1464.
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.
Apr 24, 2019 · Lady Jane Grey was also a great-granddaughter of Elizabeth of York, a daughter of Elizabeth Woodville by her second marriage. Richard Grey was born in about 1458. He died 25 Jun 1483, executed by Richard III with his uncle, Anthony Woodville.
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Sir Richard Grey. Second son of Elizabeth Woodville. Born in the same year as Henry Tudor (1457) and by 1483, half brother to both Princes in the Tower. Before she met and married Edward IV, Elizabeth had been married to Sir John Grey who was killed at 2 nd St Albans (1461).
Based on this rumour, Richard was rightfully king and was subsequently crowned King Richard III, leaving Elizabeth, the dowager queen to be stripped of her lands and was now referred to as “Dame Elizabeth Grey”. The battle for the crown however was far from over.
Richard Grey, Elizabeth Woodville’s Second Son. 8 Comments / Grey Family, Woodville Family / By Susan. Richard Grey was the younger of Elizabeth Woodville’s two sons by her first husband, Sir John Grey, who died at the second battle of St. Albans on February 17, 1461. Richard’s birth date is unknown, although his older brother, Thomas ...
Elizabeth Woodville was one of 13 children born to Richard Woodville (later named Baron Rivers) and Jacquetta of Luxembourg, widow of Henry V's brother John, Duke of Bedford. So, though the Woodville family certainly had connections Elizabeth was not considered nobility, a fact which would come to be quite significant later in her life.
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