Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of England^[1]

Abt 1437 - 1492  (55 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Woodville
  Suffix	Queen of England
  Birth	Abt 1437	Grafton Regis, Northants
  Gender	Female
  Acceded	26 May 1465	Westminster Abbey, London, England
  Name	Wydeville
  _FSFTID	LZPS-YTQ
  _FSLINK	https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=LZPS-YTQ
  Death	8 Jun 1492	Saint Saviour's Abbey, Bermondsey, London, England
  Burial	12 Jun 1492	St.George's Chapel, Windor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Notes	Also called Wydeville http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal00998 Notes: one of «b»Queen Margaret«/b»'s ladies, married while still in her teens to «b»Sir John Grey«/b», heir of «b»Lord Ferrers of Groby«/b», a strong supporter of the House of Lancaster. «b»Sir John«/b» was killed fighting for Lancaster at the second Battle of St. Albans. «b»Elizabeth«/b» returned to her family home with her two young sons. The romantic story relates that «b»Elizabeth«/b» waylaid «b»Edward«/b» 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 «b»Warwick«/b» continued to press «b»Edward«/b» to cement an alliance with France by marrying the sister-in-law of the «b»French King«/b». The seeds were thus sown of the rift which eventually led to the fall of the House of York. «b»Edward«/b» 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 «b»Elizabeth Woodville«/b»'s brothers made a marriage at all out of the ordinary and that was brother «b»John«/b» (aged 20) to «b»Catherine«/b» «b»Neville, dowager Duchess of Norfolk«/b» (aged more than 65). Such a marriage was not totally unheard of, but it offended «b»Warwick«/b»'s ally the «b»Duke of Norfolk«/b». Several others of the marriages were really only offensive to the Nevilles and their allies. http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WOODVILLE.htm#Elizabeth%20WOODVILLE%20(Queen%20of%20England)
  Person ID	I3115	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers,   b. Abt 1405, La Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England d. 12 Aug 1469, Northamptonshire, England (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Jacquetta of Luxembourg zu St. Pol,   b. Abt 1416   d. 30 Apr 1472 (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	16 Sep 1435	England
  Family ID	F3838	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sir John of Groby Grey, 1st / 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby,   b. Bef 1432   d. 17 Feb 1461, Battle of St. Alban's (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1455
  Children	1. Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset,   b. Bef 1461   d. 30 Aug 1501 (Age 40 years)   2. Sir Richard Grey,   b. Bef 1461   d. 1483 (Age 22 years)
  Family ID	F6316	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2007

  
  

  Family 2	Edward IV Plantagenet, King of England,   b. 28 Apr 1442, Rouen, Normandy, France d. 9 Apr 1483, Westminster Palace, London, England (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	1 May 1464	Grafton Regis, Northants
  	Type: Associated with
  _STAT	Associated with
  Children	1. Elizabeth of York Plantagenet, Queen of England,   b. 11 Feb 1465, Westminster Palace, London, England d. 11 Feb 1502, Tower of London, London, England (Age 37 years)   2. Mary Plantagenet,   b. 11 Aug 1467, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England d. 23 May 1482, Greenwich Palace, London, England (Age 14 years)   3. Cecily Plantagenet, Viscountess of Welles,   b. 20 Mar 1468, Westminster Palace, London, England d. 24 Aug 1507, Quarr Abbey, Isle of Wight, England (Age 39 years)   4. Edward V Plantagenet, King of England,   b. 4 Nov 1470, Sanctuary, Westminster Abbey, England d. 22 Jun 1483, Tower of London, London, England (Age 12 years)   5. Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York,   b. 17 Aug 1473, Dominican Friary, Shrewsbury, Shropshire d. 22 Jun 1483, Tower of London, London, England (Age 9 years)   6. Lady Anne Plantagenet,   b. 2 Nov 1475, Westminster Palace, London, England d. 23 Nov 1511 (Age 36 years)   7. Margaret Plantagenet,   b. 10 Apr 1472, Windsor d. 11 Dec 1472 (Age 0 years)   8. Catherine Plantagenet, Countess of Devon,   b. Abt 14 Aug 1479, Eltham Palace, Kent, England d. 15 Nov 1527, Tiverton Castle, Devon (Age 48 years)   9. Bridget Plantagenet, Nun at Datford,   b. 10 Nov 1480, Eltham Palace, Kent, England d. 1517, Dartford Priory, Kent, England (Age 36 years)   10. George Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford,   b. Mar 1477, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England d. Mar 1479, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England (Age 2 years)
  Family ID	F857	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

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  Elizabeth WOODVILLE (Queen of England)

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).