 Abt 1437 - 1492 (~ 55 years)
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| Name |
Elizabeth Woodville |
| Born |
Abt 1437 |
Grafton Regis, Northhampton, England  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
08 Jun 1492 |
Bermondsey Abbey, Surrey, England |
| Person ID |
I22464 |
Jerry Milo Johnson |
| Last Modified |
29 Mar 2015 |
| Father |
Richard Wydeville, b. 1405, Maidstone, Kent, England , d. 12 Aug 1469, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England (Age 64 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Mother |
Jacquetta De Luxembourg, b. 1416, St. Po, Artois, France , d. 30 May 1472, Grafton, Northamptonshire, England (Age 56 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Married |
Bef 23 Mar 1436 [1] |
| Family ID |
F8040 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
John Grey, b. 17 Feb 1432, Groby, Leicestershire, England , d. 17 Feb 1461, Battle of St. Albans (Age 29 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1460 [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Thomas Grey, b. 1455, Groby, Leicestershire, England , d. 20 Apr 1501, Astley, Warwickshire, England (Age 46 years) [Natural] |
| | 2. Richard Grey, b. 1460, d. 13 Jun 1483, Pontefract Castle, England (Age 23 years) [Natural] |
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| Family ID |
F8036 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Edward, IV, b. 28 Apr 1442, Rouen, France , d. 09 Apr 1483, Westminster Palace, London, England (Age 40 years) |
| Married |
1464 [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Edward V Tudor, b. 04 Nov 1470, d. 09 Apr 1483, Tower of London, England (Age 12 years) [Natural] |
| | 2. Richard Tudor, b. 17 Aug 1474, d. Aft 1483, Tower of London, England (Age > 10 years) [Natural] |
| | 3. Elizabeth Plantagenet, b. 11 Feb 1465, Westminster Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England , d. 10 Feb 1503, Tower of London, England (Age 37 years) [Natural] |
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| Family ID |
F8037 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- 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.
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