Elizabeth Woodville 
Elizabeth was born about 1437 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England. Elizabeth's father was Richard Wydeville and her mother was Jacquetta de St. Pol of Luxemburg. Her paternal grandparents were Richard Wydeville and Elizabeth Joan Bedlisgate; her maternal grandparents were Pierre I of Luxemburg and Marguerite de Baux del Balso. She had nine brothers and six sisters, named Anthony, John, Lionel, Edward, John, Lewis, Martha, Thomas, Richard, Margaret, Anne, Jacquetta, Eleanor, Catherine and Mary. She was the oldest of the sixteen children. She had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Richard and Mary. She died in St. Saviour's Abbey convent, Bermondsey, London, England. She was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windor Castle, Berkshire, England.General Notes
Alias:<ALIA> Wydeville or /Widville/
Cause of Death:<CAUS> natural causes
According to Encyclopaedia Britannica: "A woman of great beauty, she was
already a widow with two sons when Edward IV married her in May 1464."
Portrait and the Arms of Elizabeth Woodville can be found on QUEENS'
COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE-Elizabeth Woodville site
(http://www.quns.cam.ac.uk/Queens/Misc/Elizabeth.html). Queen's College
in Cambridge has a Woodville Room. The Arms of Elizabeth Woodville
consist of Quarterly of six: Argent, a lion rampant double-queued gules
crowned or (for Luxembourg); Quarterly, i and iv, Gules, an estoile
argent; ii and iii, France Ancient (for Baux); Barry of ten argent and
azure, a lion rampant gules (for Cyprus); Gules, three bends argent, on a
chief per fess argent and or a rose gules (for Ursins); Gules, three
pales vair, on a chief or a label of five points axure (for St. Pol);
Argent, a fess and a canton conjoined gules (for Woodville). The first
five quarterings are taken from her mother, Jacquetta of Luxembourg,
daughter of Peter, Count of St. Pol.
Some sources list her death on June 7, 1492 or July 8,1492 at age 56 at
Bermondsey Abbey, London, England or Bermondsey Abbey, Bermondsey,
Surrey, England.
Considered to be the most famous woman member of the Arthuran age (birth
year 1433-1460) in the War of the Roses Era.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.Bet 1300 and 1330 d.> 1385
- b.~ 1385 in La Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England d.>29 Nov 1441 in Grafton, Northamptonshire, England
- b.~ 1324 in Warkworth, Northumberland, England d.> 1385
- b.Bet 1405 and 1412 in Maidstone, Kent, England d.12 Aug 1469 in Forest of Dean,near Coventry, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1314
- b.~ 1390 in Bedlisgate, England d.>17 Jul 1448
- b.25 Jul 1274 in Hatch, Somersetshire, England d.12 Oct 1336
- b.1305 in Hatch, Somersetshire, England d.> 1365 in Wellington, Somersetshire, England
- b.< 1290 d.> 1306
- b.~ 1365
- b.~ 1437 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England d.Bet 7 and 8 Jun 1492 in St. Saviour's Abbey convent, Bermondsey, London, England
- b.~ 1300 d.1364
- b.~ 1340 d.22 Aug 1371 in Battle of Baesweider
- b.~ 1322 d.1346
- b.Bet 1360 and 1370 d.02 Jul 1397 in Italy
- b.< 1320 d.> 1335
- b.~ 1335 d.1378
- b.< 1315 d.> 1335
- b.1390 d.31 Aug 1433
- b.< 1350 in Brienne, Champagne, France d.17 Mar 1393/94 in Conversano, Apulia, Italy
- b.~ 1365 d.>19 Sep 1393
- b.< 1350 d.> 1365
- b.~ 1416 in Luxemburg, Belgium d.30 Apr 1472 in Grafton, Northamptonshire, England
- b.< 1295 d.1347 in Naples, Italy
- b.1329 d.<23 Apr 1422
- b.< 1305 d.> 1334
- b.1394 d.15 Nov 1469
- b.< 1315 d.1350
- b.27 Aug 1331 d.Aft 14 Feb 1398/99
- b.< 1315 d.> 1331
- b.< 1365 d.> 1422
- b.< 1350 d.~ 1378
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Elizabeth and John were married in a religious ceremony about 1450 in Privately married. They had two sons named Richard and Thomas I.
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Children
Thomas I Grey
Thomas I was born in Groby, Leicestershire, England. He died on August 30th, 1501 in Astley, Warwickshire, England. He was buried in Astley, Warwickshire, England.
Elizabeth and Edward IV Plantagenet of were married in a religious ceremony on May 1st, 1464 in Grafton Regis, Northants, Northamptonshire, England. They had three sons and seven daughters, named Edward V the Boy King of, Richard Plantagenet of, George, Mary, Margaret, Anne, Catherine, Bridget, Elizabeth Plantagenet of and Cicely.
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Children
Mary Plantagenet
Mary was born on August 11th, 1467 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England. She died at the age of 14 on May 23rd, 1482 in Greenwich, England.
Edward V the Boy King of England
Edward V the Boy King of was born on November 4th, 1470 in Sanctuary, Westminster Abbey, England. He died at the age of 12 on June 22nd, 1483 in Tower of London, London, England. He was buried in 1678 in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
Margaret Plantagenet
Margaret was born on April 10th, 1472. She died at 8 months old on December 11th, 1472.
Richard Plantagenet of York
Richard Plantagenet of was born on August 17th, 1473 in Dominican Friary, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. He died at the age of 9 on June 22nd, 1483 in Tower of London, London, England. He was buried in 1674 in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
Anne Plantagenet
Anne was born on November 2nd, 1475. She died at the age of 36 on November 23rd, 1511.
Elizabeth Plantagenet of York
Elizabeth Plantagenet of was born in Westminster Palace, London, England. She died in Tower of London, London, England. She was buried in Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London, England.
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