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- He succeeded to his father’s earldom when the elder Woodville was killed by rebels under Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, in 1469. Warwick drove Edward and Rivers into exile in October 1470, and, after their return to England in March 1471, Rivers helped defeat Warwick at the Battle of Barnet (April 14).
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Woodville participated in the French wars in the reign of Henry VI and was created Baron Rivers on 9 May 1448. When the dynastic strife known as the Wars of the Roses broke out, Richard initially give his support to the House of Lancaster, but switched sides after the Battle of Tewkesbury when the Lancastrian cause was all but lost and accepted ...
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.
Dec 16, 2015 · The earldom of Devon passed to cousins, the Courtenay family and the Isle of Wight was sold to the Crown. When Richard Woodville chose the title of Baron Rivers in 1448 (later elevated to Earl Rivers in 1466) he must have (let us assume) had in mind some connection to the illustrious Redvers family.
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Apr 4, 2024 · He succeeded to his father’s earldom when the elder Woodville was killed by rebels under Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, in 1469. Warwick drove Edward and Rivers into exile in October 1470, and, after their return to England in March 1471, Rivers helped defeat Warwick at the Battle of Barnet (April 14).
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A: Jacquetta of Luxembourg was the mother of Elizabeth Woodville and the wife of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers. Q: Who was Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers? A: Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, was Elizabeth Woodville’s second husband and an influential nobleman during the Wars of the Roses. Q: How did Elizabeth Woodville’s family ...
Elizabeth Woodville (also spelt Wydville, Wydeville, or Widvile; [a] c. 1437 [1] – 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. She was a key figure in the Wars of the Roses, a dynastic civil war between the ...
Woodville was created Baron Rivers by King Henry VI on 9 May 1448. Two years later, as Sir Richard, he was invested as a Knight of the Garter in 1450. He was appointed seneschal of Gascony in 1450 (but failed to reach it before its fall) then lieutenant of Calais in 1454–55.
