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Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers KG (c. 1440 – 25 June 1483), was an English nobleman, courtier, bibliophile and writer. He was the brother of Queen Elizabeth Woodville who married King Edward IV. He was one of the leading members of the Woodville family, which came to prominence during the reign of King Edward IV.
Apr 4, 2024 · Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers was an English noble, a leading supporter of his brother-in-law, the Yorkist king Edward IV. Anthony and his father, Sir Richard Woodville (afterward 1st Earl Rivers), fought for the Lancastrians against the Yorkists in the early years of the Wars of the Roses.
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Anthony Woodville (c. 1440 – 1483) was the eldest brother of Elizabeth, Edward IV’s queen. He acquired the title Lord Scales through his first marriage, in 1460, and became Earl Rivers on his father’s death in 1469.
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Rivers, Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl (1442–83). The eldest brother of Elizabeth Woodville, he benefited from the marriage of his sister to Edward IV. He fled into exile with Edward IV in 1470, returning in triumph in 1471.
ANTHONY WOODVILLE, 2nd EARL RIVERS, or Wydeville, statesman and patron of literature, and author of the first book printed on English soil, was born probably in 1442. He was the son of Richard de Wydeville and his wife, Jacquetta de Luxemburg, Duchess of Bedford.
Nov 15, 2021 · Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers. Anthony WYDEVILLE or Woodville. 2nd Earl of Rivers. Baron Scales in his wife's right. Vitals. b. abt 1440 Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire. d. 25 JUN 1483 Beheaded at Pontefract Castle, Yorkshire, arrested by Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III), and executed. Family. m.
Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers. Born: c. 1440. Died: June 25, 1483. Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England (Age c. 43) Earl Rivers in History. The Woodville family can be described as an ambitious one to say the least. They worked their way up from the lower depths of the nobility all the way to England's throne.
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