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Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers (1453 – 6 March 1491) succeeded his brother, Anthony Woodville, as the third Earl Rivers. He was the son of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. Richard was the brother of the English queen Elizabeth Woodville.
- 1483–1491
- Jacquetta of Luxembourg
On 1 May 1464, Edward secretly married his daughter Elizabeth, the widow of Sir John Grey of Groby who had been killed at the Second Battle of St Albans in 1461. Edward created his father-in-law Earl Rivers in 1466, appointed him Lord High Treasurer in March 1466 and Constable of England on 24 August 1467.
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- Grafton Regis
- circa 1458
The marriage of his eldest daughter, Elizabeth, widow of Sir John Grey of Groby, to Edward on the 1st of May 1464, secured the fortunes of his family. Rivers was appointed Treasurer on the 4th of March 1466, and a little later created Earl.
Richard died on March 6, 1491, without issue. He was the last of the Woodville brothers. In his will, he requested burial at the Abbey of St. James at Northampton and bequeathed his lands to his nephew Thomas, Marquis of Dorset (Elizabeth Woodville’s surviving son by her first husband). He asked that the underwood at Grafton be sold so as to ...
Family Time Line. Spouse and Children. Parents and Siblings. Sir Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers. 1405–1469. Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Duchess of Bedford, Countess Rivers. 1415–1472. Lady Mary Ann De Wydeville. 1430–1489. Sir Anthony Woodville 2nd Earl Rivers. 1442–1483. Lionel Woodville, Bishop of Salisbury. 1447–1484. Martha Woodville. 1452–1500
Elizabeth Woodville was born in about 1437 (no record of her birth survives), at Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire. She was the firstborn child of a socially unequal marriage between Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, and Jacquetta of Luxembourg, which briefly scandalised the English court.
