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Elizabeth Woodville

Elizabeth Woodville

Female Abt 1437 - 1492  (55 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Elizabeth Woodville  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth Abt 1437  Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    Death 8 Jun 1492  St. Saviour's Abbey, Bermondsey, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 6
    Burial 12 Jun 1492  St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 11 Siblings 
    Person ID I12172  Geneagraphie | Ahnen BvS
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2010 

    Father Earl Richard Wydeville,   b. Abt 1410   d. 12 Aug 1469, near Coventry Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Jakobäa von Luxemburg,   b. Abt 1416   d. 30 May 1472 (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage 1435  Married in secret. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F21652  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 John Grey,   b. Abt 1432   d. 17 Feb 1460-1461, St. Alban Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1452  [2, 5, 6
    Children 
    +1. Marquess Thomas Grey,   b. 1451-1455   d. 20 Sep 1501 (Age 46 years)
     2. Richard Grey,   b. Abt 1456   d. 1483 (Age 27 years)
    Family ID F21671  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2000 

    Family 2 King Edward IV of York,   b. 28 Apr 1442, Rouen, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1483, Westminster Palace, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage 1 May 1464  Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 6
    Divorce Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. Queen Elisabeth of York,   b. Feb 1466   d. 10 Feb 1503 (Age 37 years)
     2. Mary Plantagenet,   b. 11 Aug 1467, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1482, Greenwich Palace, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 14 years)
    +3. Cicely Plantagenet,   b. 20 Mar 1468-1469, Westminster Palace, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1507, Quarr Abbey, Binstead, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
     4. King Edward V of England, "the Boy King",   b. 4 Nov 1470, Sanctuary, Westminster Abbey, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Sep 1483, Tower of London, Tower Hill, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 12 years)
     5. Margaret Plantagenet,   b. 10 Apr 1472, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 1472 (Age 0 years)
     6. Duke Richard Plantagenet,   b. 17 Aug 1473, Dominican Friary, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1483, Tower of London, Tower Hill, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 9 years)
    +7. Anne Plantagenet,   b. 2 Nov 1475, Westminster Palace, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1511 (Age 36 years)
     8. George Plantagenet,   b. Mar 1476-1477, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1478-1479, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
    +9. Catherine Plantagenet,   b. 14 Aug 1479, Eltham Palace, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1527, Tiverton Castle, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
     10. Bridget Plantagenet,   b. 10 Nov 1480, Eltham Palace, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1517, Dartford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
    Family ID F2642  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2010 

  • Notes 
    • Co-heiress of her brother Richard, 3rd Earl Rivers.
      26 May 1465, Crowned Queen Consort at Westminster Abbey.
      25 Jun 1483, Marr. to Edward declared invalid by Act of Parliament known as "Titulus Regius".
      This was because of Edward's alleged precontract to Lady Eleanor Butler. Her & Edward's children were declared illegitimate & unfit to inherit the Crown. Oct 1485, Marriage recognized as valid by Henry VII's 1st Parliament. Their issue was restored in blood accordingly.
      Stunningly beautiful, but also arrogant.

  • Sources 
    1. [S188] David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1996), 1st ed, pp 5-8, "Audley" (Reliability: 0).

    2. [S14] Brian Tompsett, University of Hull Royal Database (England), (copyright 1994, 1995, 1996 , , Repository: WWW, University of Hull, Hull, UK HU6 7RX bct@tardis.ed.ac.uk).

    3. [S15] Desmond Seward, Wars of the Roses, (Penguin Books, New York 1995 ,), The House of York genealogy table (Reliability: 0).

    4. [S4] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, (rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996 , , Repository: J.H. Garner).

    5. [S188] David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1996), 1st ed, pp 118-120 "Grey" (Reliability: 0).

    6. [S4] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, (rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996 , , Repository: J.H. Garner), p 138 (Reliability: 0).



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