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Elizabeth, now styled simply 'Dame Elizabeth Grey', was stripped of all her lands granted by Edward IV. While still in sanctuary she plotted to oust Richard and put her son on the throne. After it was suspected that the ' Princes in the Tower ' were dead, she threw her support behind an alliance with Richard's enemy, Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond.
Oct 28, 2021 · Elizabeth Woodville: 8 Key Facts About the Queen. Elizabeth Woodville was a remarkable medieval woman. King Edward IV, married her for love, not political gain. Yet, her life as queen was marred by scandal and heartbreak. Elizabeth Woodville has enjoyed a revival of late, due to Phillipa Gregory’s novel, The White Queen, based on her life ...
Mar 4, 2023 · Lady Elizabeth Grey, née Woodville, was a queen whose origins broke all established conventions for English queenship. Later allegations of her family’s malign influence and a perception that she was “no wife” for a king would make this marriage “one of the defining factors” of Edward IV’s reign and would play a critical part in ...
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 8382021. Source citation. British Monarch, Queen consort of King Edward IV. The eldest daughter of Sir Richard Woodville and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. She married John Grey, a Lancastrian knight, in 1452. She had two sons by this marriage. Grey was killed at St. Albans in 1461. She secretly married Edward, the Yorkist ...
May 19, 2019 · Known for: Mother of Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of England, consort of King Edward IV, and through her, ancestress of the Tudor rulers and subsequent rulers of England and Great Britain. And through Jacquetta, Elizabeth Woodville was descended from several English kings. Ancestor of Henry VIII and all following British and English rulers.
Apr 26, 2022 · "Elizabeth Woodville (also spelled Wydeville or Widvile; c. 1437 – 8 June 1492) was Queen consort of England as the spouse of King Edward IV from 1464 until his death in 1483. Elizabeth was a key figure in the series of dynastic civil wars known as the Wars of the Roses.
Bridget. v. t. e. Anne of York (2 November 1475 – 23 November 1511), was the fifth daughter of King Edward IV of England and his queen consort Elizabeth Woodville . Soon after the death of her father and the usurpation of the throne by her uncle Richard III, Anne, who was about eight years old, was declared illegitimate among the other ...
