Richard Woodville, 1405–1469 (aged 64 years)
- Name
- Richard /Woodville/
- Given names
- Richard
- Surname
- Woodville
- Name suffix
- 1st Earl Rivers
Birth | about 1405
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15 |
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Marriage | Jacquetta of Luxembourg — View this family |
Birth of a daughter | Elizabeth Woodville about 1437 (aged 32 years) |
Death of a father | Richard Wydeville November 29, 1441 (aged 36 years) |
Death of a mother | Elizabeth Joan Bedelgate 1448 (aged 43 years) |
Marriage of a child | Edward IV York — Elizabeth Woodville — View this family 1464 (aged 59 years) |
Death | August 12, 1469 (aged 64 years) |
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1385–1441
Birth: 1385 — Maidstone, Kent, England Death: November 29, 1441 — Maidstone, Kent, England |
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1405–1469
Birth: about 1405
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15 — Kent, England Death: August 12, 1469 — Northamptonshire, England |
himself |
1405–1469
Birth: about 1405
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15 — Kent, England Death: August 12, 1469 — Northamptonshire, England |
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1437–1492
Birth: about 1437
32
22 — Northamptonshire, England Death: June 8, 1492 — Bermondsey, London |
Shared note | (Research):http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WOODVILLE.htm#Richard WOODVILLE (1º E. Rivers) Knight of the Garter <Documents/Knights%20of%20the%20Garter.htm>. In command of the forces during the French wars. Lord High Constable. Treasurer of the Exchequer. Richard was assigned to accompany Jacquetta, the beautiful young widow of the Duke of Bedford, on a voyage to England from Rouen, where the Duke had died. Woodville later married the widow. The marriage did not meet with universal approval and the young couple had to pay a fine of £1000 for marrying without the King's permission. Woodville was a loyal servant of King Henry and was rewarded with the Rivers Barony in 1448. His wife was high in Queen Margaret's favour. Beheaded 1469. |
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