Elizabeth (Woodville) York (abt. 1437 - 1492)

Born about 3 Feb 1437 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Edward (York) of York — married 1 May 1464 in married privately at manor house of bride's father in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire

Descendants

Died 8 Jun 1492 at about age 55 in Bermondsey Abbey, Surrey, England

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Biography

Elizabeth Woodville (Wydeville), was Queen Consort of England during the Wars of the Roses.^[1][2] She was the daughter of Jaquetta of Luxembourg^[3] the daughter of Peter I of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, Conversano and Brienne & Margaret of Baux or Margherita del Balzo of Andria;^[4] and her second husband, Richard Woodville, Earl Rivers, KG^[3]

Marriage

Elizabeth married twice, first to:

1. John de Grey 7th Lord Ferrers,^[2][5]
2. Edward IV King of England.^[2][6]

Grey of Groby

Her first husband was Sir John Grey of Groby, Leicester (b. c. 1432 - d. 17 Feb 1461).^[7][8][9] He was the son of:

• Sir Edward Gray of Groby, Leicestershire,^[9]
• and Elizabeth Ferrers.^[9]

They married about c. 1454.^[8]

children

• Thomas Grey,^[9] 1st Marquess of Dorset, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby,^[10]

m.1 Anne Holland (dsp).

m.2 (05 Sep 1474 license) Cecily Bonville, dau. of William Bonville & Katherine, dau. of Richard Neville, 5th Earl Salibury and sis. of Richard 'Warwick the Kingmaker' Neville, Earl Warwick. ^[11]

• Richard

York

Elizabeth (Woodville) York is a member of the House of York.

Elizabeth remarried to Edward IV, King of England on 1 May 1464 at Northamptonshire^[7][12]

• In Nov of 1485, King Henry VII restored the Dowager Queen Elizabeth's, title and estates. The widow of King Edward IV, they had been taken from her after her husband's death by the deceased King's brother, King Richard III during his reign.^[13]

children

• Elizabeth of York (b. 11 Feb 1466 Westminster Palace - d. 11 Feb 1503).^[6]

m (18 Jan 1486 Westminster) Henry VII [Tudor].^[14]

• Mary, L.G., unmarried.^[15]
• Cecily of York, Viscountess Welles, L.G. (b. 20 Mar 1469 – d. 24 Aug 1507).^[16]

m.1 (annulled) Ralph Scrope of Upsall (d. c. 1515).

m.2 (1487) John Welles, Viscount Welles.

• Edward V of York, d.y.
• Margaret (d. inf.)
• Richard, Duke of York, d.y.
• Anne (d. 1511)

m. (1495 as first wife) Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (d. 25 Aug 1554).

• George, d. y.
• Catherine, Countess of Devon

m. William Courtenay KB

• Bridget, nun.

Death

Elizabeth died on 08 June 1492.^[17]

Sources

1. ↑ N.H. Nicolas. 'Testamenta Vetusta', Vol 1, pg 24. Oxford University, 1826. books.google.com. accessed 6 Mar 2021. (Elizabeth's Will dated April 10, 1492)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Richardson, D. (2013). Royal Ancestry, III, p. 160-161 (Groby 16), V. p. 426, 460-471 (York 13).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Complete Peerage II:70-72
4. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Jacquetta of Luxembourg," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jacquetta_of_Luxembourg&oldid=1001652419 (accessed March 6, 2021).
5. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011. pg 161-164.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Weir, Alison. Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World. United States: Random House Publishing Group, 2013.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Wikipedia contributors, "Elizabeth Woodville," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elizabeth_Woodville&oldid=1007999893 (accessed March 6, 2021).
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Wikipedia contributors, "John Grey of Groby," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Grey_of_Groby&oldid=1007706844 (accessed March 6, 2021).
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3} Camden, W., Vincent, A., Lennard, S., Fetherston, J., College of Arms (Great Britain). (1870). 'The visitation of the county of Leicester in the year 1619. pg 74, digital pg 94. Published by London. babel.hathitrust.org. accessed 6 Mar 2021.
10. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Baron Ferrers of Groby," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron_Ferrers_of_Groby&oldid=989757790 (accessed March 6, 2021).
11. ↑ Cecily Bonville remarried to Sir Henry Stafford of Wiltshire c. 1503/5.
12. ↑ "Grafton Regis," in A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 5, the Hundred of Cleley, ed. Philip Riden and Charles Insley (London: Victoria County History, 2002), 142-176. British History Online, accessed December 31, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/northants/vol5/pp142-176.
13. ↑ "Henry VII: November 1485, Part 1," in Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, ed. Chris Given-Wilson, Paul Brand, Seymour Phillips, Mark Ormrod, Geoffrey Martin, Anne Curry and Rosemary Horrox (Woodbridge: Boydell, 2005), British History Online, accessed January 8, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/parliament-rolls-medieval/november-1485-pt-1.
14. ↑ "Close Rolls, Henry VII: 1486," in Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry VII: Volume 2, 1500-1509, ed. R A Latham (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1963), 89. British History Online, accessed January 13, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/hen7/vol2/p89.
15. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Mary of York," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mary_of_York&oldid=994655995 (accessed March 6, 2021).
16. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Cecily of York," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cecily_of_York&oldid=1006194829 (accessed March 6, 2021).
17. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Elizabeth Woodville," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elizabeth_Woodville&oldid=1007999893 (accessed March 6, 2021).

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• "Close Rolls, Edward IV: 1473-1474," in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward IV: Volume 2, 1468-1476, ed. W H B Bird and K H Ledward (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1953), 327-342. British History Online, accessed October 24, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw4/vol2/pp327-342.