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Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers KG (1405 – 12 August 1469), also Wydeville, was the father of Elizabeth Woodville and father-in-law of Edward IV.
- Earl Rivers
Earl Rivers was an English title, which has been created...
- Earl Rivers
4 de abr. de 2024 · Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (died Aug. 12, 1469, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, Eng.) was the father-in-law of the Yorkist king Edward IV of England (reigned 1461–70, 1471–83). Nobles opposed to Rivers initiated the uprising that temporarily drove Edward into exile in 1470.
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26 de abr. de 2022 · "Richard Woodville (or Wydeville), 1st Earl Rivers, KG (1405 – 12 August 1469) was an English nobleman, best remembered as the father of Elizabeth Woodville and the maternal grandfather of Edward V and the maternal great-grandfather of Henry VIII."
- Maidstone
- circa 1405
- "Richard Wydeville"
- Maidstone, Kent, England (United Kingdom)
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.
Richard Woodville (c. 1410-1469) was a knight in the service of John Duke of Bedford and married Bedford’s widow, Jacquetta. He was made Baron Rivers in 1448 and despite fighting for the Lancastrians at Towton had become one of Edward IV’s counsellors by 1463.
Richard Woodville, Earl Rivers, father of Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of King Edward IV of England during the Wars of the Roses.
