Life History
about 1437 |
Born in Grafton Regis, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England.1,2 |
about 1452 |
Married John Lord Ferrers of Groby GREY.1,2 |
17th Feb 1460/1 |
Death of John Lord Ferrers of Groby GREY in St Albans, England.1,3,2 |
1st May 1464 |
Married Edward IV King of England YORK.1,1 |
9th Apr 1483 |
Death of Edward IV King of England YORK in Westminster, London, England.1,3,4 |
8th Jun 1492 |
Died in Bermondsey Abbey, London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England.1,2 |
after 8th Jun 1492 |
Buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England.2 |
Notes
- Elizabeth Woodville
b abt 1437 - d 8 June 1492
Spouse 1 Sir John Grey mar abt 1452, died 1461
Edward IV of England mar 1464, died 1483
Queen consort of England, Crowned 26 May 1465
-- Read Tiger, http://readtiger.com/wkp/en/Elizabeth_Woodville
The medieval spelling of the family name was Wydville.
England, Extracted Parish and Court Records
England, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Woodville, relict of Sir John Grey, Queen Consort of King Edward 4th, Co-Founder of Queen's College. Clar. 1465. (Engl. Worth. 535; Carter's Cambridge 175; MSS.)
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Elizabeth Wydville Woodville
Birth 1437 Grafton Regis, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Death Jun 8, 1492 Bermondsey, London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England
British monarch, Queen consort of King Edward IV. The eldest daughter of Sir Richard Woodville and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. She married John Grey, a Lancastrian knight, in 1452. She had two sons by this marriage. Grey was killed at St Albans in 1461. She secretly married Edward, the Yorkist claimant to the throne, on May 1, 1464. She was crowned on 26 May 1465, the first commoner (though well-blooded) to become Queen. Elizabeth was beautiful, but selfish and calculating, demanding favors, grand marriages, and titles for her family members. She bore 10 children, 2 sons and 5 daughters survived to adulthood.
When Edward died suddenly in 1483, all of their children were declared illegitimate, their two sons were held in the Tower of London (the Princes in the Tower), and Richard III took the throne. Elizabeth then conspired with the Lancastrians, promising Henry Tudor her daughter Elizabeth of York in marriage if he could take the throne from Richard. When Henry VII became King, all of her children were legitimized once more. Now simply Dame Elizabeth Grey, she retired to Bermondsey Abbey, where she died at the age of 56.
(bio by: Kristen Conrad)
Parents:
Richard Woodville (1405 - 1469)
Jacquetta Luxembourg Woodville (1415 - 1472)
Spouses:
John Grey (1432 - 1461)
King Edward IV (1442 - 1483)
Children:
Thomas de Grey (1456 - 1501)
Richard Grey (1459 - 1483)
Elizabeth of York (1465 - 1503)
Mary Plantagenet (1467 - 1482)
Cecilia Plantagenet (1469 - 1507)
Edward V (1470 - 1483)
Margaret Plantagenet (1472 - 1472)
Richard of Shrewsbury Plantagenet (1473 - 1483)
Perkin Warbeck (1473 - 1499)
Anne Plantagenet Howard (1475 - 1511)
George Plantagenet (1477 - 1479)
Catherine Plantagenet Courtenay (1479 - 1527)
Bridget Plantagenet (1480 - 1517)
Siblings:
Jacquette Wydeville Lestrange (Half-sibling)
Anne Wydville Grey (____ - 1489) (Half-sibling)
Catherine Woodville (1458 - 1497) (Half-sibling)
Burial St George's Chapel, Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England, Plot Altar
Maintained by Find A Grave, Originally Created by Kristen Conrad Feb 12, 2004
-- Find A Grave Memorial #8382021, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8382021
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Sources
- 1. Read Tiger
- 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 3. Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
- 4. Millennium Files, Ancestry.com