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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 her marriage to King Edward IV on 1 May 1464 until Edward was deposed on 3 October 1470, and again from Edward's resumption of the throne on 11 April 1471 until his death on 9 April 1483.
Apr 16, 2024 · Elizabeth Woodville (born 1437—died June 7/8, 1492, London) was the wife of King Edward IV of England. After Edward’s death, popular dislike of her and her court facilitated the usurpation of power by Richard, duke of Gloucester ( King Richard III ). A woman of great beauty, she was already a widow with two sons when Edward IV married her ...
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- Who was Elizabeth Woodville?Elizabeth Woodville, or Wydeville, was the wife of King Edward IV of England. After Edward’s death, popular dislike of her and her court facilitate...
- How many children did Elizabeth Woodville have with Edward IV?Elizabeth Woodville bore Edward IV a total of 10 children, 7 of whom were girls and 3 of whom were boys.
- How did Elizabeth Woodville die?Elizabeth Woodville died in 1492, likely from plague. Her funeral was unremarkable and quick, lacking the typical ceremony accorded women of her ra...
Apr 24, 2019 · Learn about the life and legacy of Elizabeth Woodville, the commoner wife of Edward IV who played a key role in the Wars of the Roses and the succession battle between the Plantagenets and Tudors. Find out about her family background, marriage, children, and controversies from this comprehensive biography.
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A letter from a Venetian ambassador suggests that the queen consort of England, mother of the missing princes in the tower and grandmother of Henry VIII, was buried quickly and without ceremony due to fear of contagion. The letter supports the theory that Elizabeth Woodville, also known as the White Queen, contracted plague in 1492 and died of it.
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- Her parents’ marriage caused a scandal at court. Elizabeth Woodville was born in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire around the year 1437. Unlike most of her predecessors as Queen of England however, her family name was not always ‘great’, and at the time of her birth was even beset by scandal.
- She was married before Edward IV – to a Lancastrian! Through her parents’ strong links to the House of Lancaster, Elizabeth began much of her life on the side of the red rose during the Wars of the Roses.
- Legend surrounds her first meeting with the king. The story of Elizabeth Woodville’s meeting with Edward IV is something of a mystery. Legend tells that following her husband’s death, the future queen stood waiting beneath an oak tree with her two young boys, hoping that the king would pass by.
- Their marriage was not well-received. As her parents’ scandalous marriage had been, Elizabeth and Edward IV’s union was undertaken in secret on 1 May 1464.
Elizabeth Woodville was born in 1437 at Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire and was the eldest daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and his wife, Jacquetta of Luxembourg. Whilst her father’s family were respectable and wealthy, they were not of the nobility, something which would prove to become an obstacle for Elizabeth’s marriage to ...
Elizabeth Woodville, The White Queen. 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 ...
