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  1. 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.

  2. Apr 25, 2024 · The Woodville family are synonymous with the Wars of the Roses. While much has been published on the family as a whole, especially Elizabeth, wife of Edward IV, Anthony Woodville – the favourite sibling of Elizabeth – has been largely overlooked by history. He is famed for his arrest and execution in June 1483, but there is much more to ...

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  4. 4 days ago · Laynesmith explores a wide range of themes within the ‘ideology and practice of queenship’ during this last half-century of the medieval epoch, in which four quite different women were crowned as queen of England. Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Woodville, Anne Neville and Elizabeth of York each had distinct backgrounds, personalities and ...

  5. I enjoyed The White Queen, but go into it aware that it is fiction loosely based on actual events. And if I remember correctly, Philippa Gregory did co-author a non-fiction book called "The Women of the Cousins War" which gives a brief biography of Elizabeth Woodville & Margaret Beaufort. Editing to add Amy Licence's - Edward IV & Elizabeth ...

  6. Apr 25, 2024 · But now the secret was out in the open, so Elizabeth Woodville was crowned Queen of England on May 26, 1465. The King’s mother, Cecily Neville, was the original Evil Mother-In-Law and hated Elizabeth because she was 1) #TeamLancaster 2) a commoner and 3) Cecily hadn’t gotten to choose her son’s wife.

  7. Apr 24, 2024 · The eldest surviving son of King Edward IV and Queen Elizabeth (Woodville), Edward was born at Westminster Abbey while his father, momentarily deposed, was in exile in Holland. In June 1471, after Edward IV had crushed his foes and reclaimed his crown, young Edward was made prince of Wales.

  8. Apr 25, 2024 · I do think Woodville would have stood out in any generation, but it didn’t hurt that his sister was Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of England. Anthony Woodville, as the queen’s brother, was at the centre of events during the reign of Edward IV. He accompanied his brother-in-law into exile when Henry VI briefly reclaimed the throne in 1470-71.

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