Elizabeth Woodville

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Elizabeth Wydevill was also known as Elizabeth Woodville. From circa 1452, her married name became Grey. As a result of her marriage, Elizabeth Wydevill was styled as Queen Consort Elizabeth of England on 26 May 1465. Her marriage to Edward IV Plantagenet, King of England was annulled on 25 June 1483 by an Act of Parliament, known as the 'Titulus Regius', because of King Edward's alleged precontract to Eleanor Butler. The marriage was ultimately recognised as valid in October 1485 by the firstAct of Parliament of King Henry VII.2

Notes: one of Queen Margaret's ladies, married while still in her teens to Sir John Grey, heir of Lord Ferrers of Groby, a strong supporter of the House of Lancaster. Sir John was killed fighting for Lancaster at the second Battle of St. Albans. Elizabeth returned to her family home with her two young sons. The romantic story relates that Elizabeth waylaid Edward in the forest to plead for the protection of her widows' jointure and the rights of her sons and he was so ensnared by her feminine wiles that he wanted her to become his mistress but she refused anything except marriage. Whether this is true or not they were certainly secretly married in May 1464. The marriage was not made public for several months, during which time Warwick continued to press Edward to cement an alliance with France by marrying the sister-in-law of the French King.The seeds were thus sown of the rift which eventually led to the fall of the House of York. Edward was induced to provide grants of land and office for her father and her brothers and her sisters nearly all made advantageous marriages, three of them to minors. Only one of Elizabeth Woodville's brothers made a marriage at all out of the ordinary and that was brother John (aged 20) to Catherine Neville, dowager Duchess of Norfolk (aged more than 65). Such a marriage was not totally unheard of, but it offended Warwick's ally the Duke of Norfolk. Several others of the marriages were really only offensive to the Nevilles and their allies.

Elizabeth married John Grey about 1460. John (son of Edward Grey and Elizabeth Ferrers) was born on 17 Feb 1432 in Groby, Leicestershire, England; died on 17 Feb 1461 in Battle of St. Albans. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas Grey was born in 1455 in Groby, Leicestershire, England; died on 20 Apr 1501 in Astley, Warwickshire, England; was buried in Collegiate Church of Astley, Warwickshire, England.
2. Richard Grey was born in 1460; died on 13 Jun 1483 in Pontefract Castle, England.

Elizabeth married Edward, IV in 1464. Edward (son of A. of York) was born on 28 Apr 1442 in Rouen, France; died on 09 Apr 1483 in Westminster Palace, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Edward V Tudor was born on 04 Nov 1470; died on 09 Apr 1483 in Tower of London, England; was buried in Tower of London, England.
2. Richard Tudor was born on 17 Aug 1474; died after 1483 in Tower of London, England; was buried in Tower of London, England.
3. Elizabeth Plantagenet was born on 11 Feb 1465 in Westminster Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England; died on 10 Feb 1503 in Tower of London, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England.

Other Events:

• Military: In command of the forces during the French wars
• Occupation: Knight of the Garter
• Occupation: Lord High Constable
• Occupation: Treasurer of the Exchequer

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Richard was assigned to accompany Jacquetta, the beautiful young widow of the Duke of Bedford,on a voyage to England from Rouen, where the Duke had died.
Woodville later married the widow. The marriage did not meet with universal approval and the young couple had to pay a fine of 1000 for marrying without the King's permission. Woodville was a loyal servant of King Henry and was rewarded with the Rivers Barony in 1448. His wife was high in Queen Margaret's favour. Beheaded 1469.

Total Number of Children: 15

Richard married Jacquetta De Luxembourg before 23 Mar 1436. Jacquetta (daughter of Pierre De Luxembourg and Margaret de Baux) was born in 1416 in St. Po, Artois, France; died on 30 May 1472 in Grafton, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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was daughter of Pierre de Luxembourg, Comte de Saint Pol, Conversano etBrienne and his wife Margaret de Baux (Margherita del Balzo of Andria).

On April 22, 1433 she married John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford atTherouenNE He was a son of King Henry IV of England and Mary de Bohun.This marriage was childless. He died in the night of September 14/15, 1435.

Before March 23, 1436/1437, she married Sir Richard Woodville, who was the son of her dead husband's chamberlain. He was later created 1st EarlRivers. They had sixteen children, among them Elizabeth Woodville who was to become the wife of King Edward IV of England, and mother of Elizabeth of York (in her turn mother of King Henry VIII) and of King EdwardV.

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Comte de Saint Pol, Conversano etBrienne

Pierre married Margaret de Baux in 1405 in Austria, Hungary. Margaret was born in 1394 in Andria, Apula Bari, Italy; died in 1469 in Cercamp, Artois, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Margherita del Balzo
• Name: Marguerite de Baux