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Apr 28, 2024 · “Queen Elizabeth Woodville instructed her brother, Earl Rivers, to promptly escort her son Edward V to London - alongside an armed escort of 2,000 men. Richard of Gloucester reacted accordingly, and on April 30th, 1483, he had the Earl Rivers, and several other nobles arrested and sent to the north, where they would not be a threat to him.
May 4, 2024 · BIOGRAPHY. 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. His father was raised to the peerage in his son's infancy, and was made ...
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- Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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5 days ago · Answer: Edgecote. After switching from the Lancastrian side following his daughter's marriage to the Yorkist king, Richard was made Lord Treasurer of England. 9. Elizabeth's 20-year-old brother, John Woodville, married the wealthy 65-year-old Dowager Duchess of Norfolk. Answer: True.
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May 4, 2024 · Margaret Woodville married 2nd by 1479 to Sir Robert Poyntz, Sheriff of Gloucestershire, Seneschal of Berkeley Castle, Constable of St. Briavels Castle. He was born circa 1451 at of Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, England; Age 17 in 1468.2, died 1520, so of John Poyntz, Esq. and Alice Cox. He survived Margaret.
Apr 25, 2024 · Richard did his best to be slightly less terrible and swore a public oath that he wouldn’t harm Elizabeth Woodville or her daughters. So, she and the girls emerged from hiding and re-joined the royal court, pretending like they didn’t all hate Richard and blame him for having murdered Prince Edward and Prince Richard.
Apr 14, 2024 · Prince Edward was placed under the supervision of the queen's brother Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, a noted scholar. In a letter to Rivers, Edward IV set down precise conditions for the upbringing of his son and the management of the prince's household. He was to "arise every morning at a convenient hour, according to his age".
May 1, 2024 · Possible date for Edward IVs secret marriage Elizabeth Woodville (born 1437), daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, the widow of a Lancastrian. It was later claimed that he was at that time already – also secretly – married to Eleanor Talbot, who was still alive at this time. Therefore the marriage to Elizabeth Woodville …
