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Richard Woodville (or Wydeville), 1st Earl Rivers KG (1405 – 12 August 1469) was an English nobleman, best remembered as the father of Queen consort Elizabeth Woodville and the maternal grandfather of Edward V and the maternal great-grandfather of Henry VIII.
Apr 26, 2021 · From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard-Woodville-1st-Earl-Rivers-Wikipedia. Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers KG (1405 – 12 August 1469), also Wydeville, was the father of Elizabeth Woodville and father-in-law of Edward IV.
Jan 21, 2024 · Richard Woodville (or Wydeville), 1st Earl Rivers (1405 12 August 1469) was an English nobleman, best remembered as the father of Queen consort Elizabeth Woodville and the maternal grandfather of Edward V and the maternal greatgrandfather of Henry VIII. Born at Maidstone in Kent, he was the son o
The Earl of Warwick became aware of this and arranged a raid led by John Dinham to steal the ships. Early in the morning of the fifteenth of January the Yorkists supporters attacked the dockyard and stole those ships that were seaworthy. Richard Woodville (Earl Rivers), his wife Jacquetta and their son Anthony were captured. ¹
Elizabeth Woodville was born in about 1437 (no record of her birth survives), at Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire. She was the firstborn child of a socially unequal marriage between Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, and Jacquetta of Luxembourg, which briefly scandalised the English court.
Eleanor Woodville (d. c. 1512), married Sir Anthony Grey, son of Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent. Margaret Woodville (c. 1450 – 1490/1), married Thomas Fitzalan, 17th Earl of Arundel. Martha Woodville (d. c. 1500), married Sir John Bromley of Baddington. Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers (1453 – March 1491).
Apr 26, 2022 · Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers died 6 March 1491) succeeded his brother, Anthony Woodville, as the third Earl Rivers. He was the son of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg, and was the brother of Elizabeth Woodville, wife and Queen of King Edward IV of England. Richard Woodville was the last of his family to hold ...
