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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.
Apr 26, 2022 · "Richard Woodville (or Wydeville), 1st Earl Rivers, KG (1405 – 12 August 1469) was an English nobleman, best remembered as the father of Elizabeth Woodville and the maternal grandfather of Edward V and the maternal great-grandfather of Henry VIII." ===== Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Woodville,_1st_Earl_Rivers
- Maidstone
- circa 1405
- "Richard Wydeville"
- Maidstone, Kent, England (United Kingdom)
Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers. Richard Woodville (c. 1410-1469) was a knight in the service of John Duke of Bedford and married Bedford’s widow, Jacquetta. He was made Baron Rivers in 1448 and despite fighting for the Lancastrians at Towton had become one of Edward IV’s counsellors by 1463.
1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg Richard Woodville, first of the Woodville family to step out onto the pages of history, was born in 1405 at Maidstone in Kent, the son of Richard Wydeville, a soldier and politician and Joan Bittlesgate, the daughter of Thomas Bittlesgate of Knightstone.
The Wars of the Roses. Ballantine Books, 1996. Richard Woodville, Earl Rivers, father of Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of King Edward IV of England during the Wars of the Roses.
When Sir Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers was born on 12 August 1405, in Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, Sir Richard Wydeville, was 20 and his mother, Joan Bedlisgate, was 15. He married Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Duchess of Bedford, Countess Rivers before 23 March 1437.
May 29, 2018 · Richard Woodville Rivers, 1st Earl, d. 1469, English nobleman. He was knighted (1426) by Henry VI [1] and acquired wealth and power by marrying (c.1436) Jacquetta of Luxemburg, widow of John of Lancaster, duke of Bedford.
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