General Notes

Elizabeth Woodville, b. 1437, d. June 8, 1492, was the wife of King Edward IV
of England. Married to Edward in 1464, she was unpopular at the Yorkist court
because of the many favors bestowed on her family, previously Lancastrian
supporters. When Edward died (1483), his brother Richard, duke of Gloucester,
claimed that Elizabeth's two sons by Edward--Edward V and Richard of
York--were illegitimate. He imprisoned them in the Tower of London (where they
were murdered) and became king as Richard III. One of Elizabeth's daughters
later married Henry VII.