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Tudor portraits aren't exactly flattering, but by all accounts, Elizabeth Woodville was hot stuff. She was statuesque with shining blonde hair, fair skin, and entrancing eyes. In a painting of Woodville, they look hazel, but sources describe them as "lynx eyes" and "the eyes of a dragon."
King Edward V of England and his younger brother Prince Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, sons of Elizabeth Woodville & Edward IV of England. 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.
May 16, 2018 · May 16, 2018. Elizabeth Woodville: More Than Just A Pretty Face. The first thing that seems to come up in most biographies of Elizabeth Woodville is her phenomenal beauty. Legend has it that one look at her blonde beauty and King Edward IV threw caution to the wind to marry her.
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- Elizabeth Woodville was deeply loved by her husband. Elizabeth Woodville’s first husband, Sir John Grey of Groby, was killed during the Second Battle of St. Albans in 1461, leaving her as a widow.
- She was a firm believer in higher education. Following their marriage, and before her coronation, Woodville took it upon herself to provide funding to one of the scholarly institutions of the time, Queens’ College in Cambridge.
- Her coronation was full of artful propaganda. Woodville was made queen consort on May 26, 1465, at Westminster Abbey, the location of every English Coronation since 1066.
- She had magic powers (according to her enemies) Despite the royal efforts to convince the English that Woodville was an ideal queen, there were many who still disliked the woman.
Mar 9, 2015 · The White Queen: The Best “Queen Elizabeth” Who You Know Nothing About. Elizabeth Woodville, known as the White Queen, pissed off the royal family so much they wanted to kill her. Which naturally makes her one of the most interesting figures in royal history. Of all the Queen Elizabeths in history, Elizabeth Woodville was definitely the ...
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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 ...
Feb 7, 2022 · Sarah Gristwood unpicks the mysteries surrounding Elizabeth Woodville, Edward IV’s controversial queen... Could she have saved her sons from Richard III? Did she mastermind an uprising against Henry VII?
