Elizabeth of York, Queen Consort of England

Elizabeth married Henry VII, King of England and lord of Ireland on 18 Jan 1486 in Westminster, Middlesex, England. Henry (son of Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort) was born on 28 Jan 1457 in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales; died on 21 Apr 1509 in Richmond, Surrey, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Arthur, Prince of Wales was born on 19 Sep 1486 in St. Swithun's Priory, Winchester, Hampshire, England; was christened on 24 Sep 1486 in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England; died on 2 Apr 1502 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England; was buried in Worcester Cathedral, Worcestershire, England.
2. Margaret Tudor was born on 28 Nov 1489 in Westminster Palace, Middlesex, England; died on 18 Oct 1541 in Methven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.
3. Henry VIII, King of England was born on 28 Jun 1491 in Greenwich, Kent, England; died on 28 Jan 1547 in Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, London, England; was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England.
4. Mary Tudor was born on 18 Mar 1496 in Richmond Palace, Surrey, England; died on 24 Jun 1533 in Westhorpe, Suffolk, England; was buried on 22 Jul 1533 in Bury St. Edmunds Abbey, Suffolk, England.

Edward married Elizabeth Woodville, Queen Consort of England on 1 May 1464. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard Woodville and Jacquetta of Luxembourg) was born in 1437 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England; died on 8 Jun 1492 in Bermondsey Priory, Surrey, England; was buried on 12 Jun 1492 in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Aft 23 Mar 1437

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Through both of her husbands, she was a great-great grandmother of English monarchical footnote Lady Jane Grey, the nine-day queen (~1536-1554).

Elizabeth Woodville = John Grey
Thomas Grey = Cecily Bonville
Thomas Grey = Margaret Wotton
Henry Grey = Frances Brandon
Jane Grey (d. 1554)

Elizabeth Woodville = Edward IV
Elizabeth of York = Henry VII
Mary Tudor = Charles Brandon
Frances Brandon = Henry Grey
Jane Grey (d. 1554)

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Duke of York. Often called "Richard Plantagenet," a surname which he actually used on occasion in his own lifetime, something not done by any other Plantagenet. Killed in the Battle of Wakefield.

"[T]he most powerful subject in England, heir of the Mortimer claim to the crown, king's lieutenant in Normandy and Ireland, self-interest mingled in him with a love of justice and desire for administrative reform, he claimed the throne but was defeated and slain in battle." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

Noted in a footnote on page 69 of The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below): "Nearly every source has his date of birth as 21 September. However, CP 14:642 includes a correction to CP 12(2):905, that changes the date of birth to 22 September. Johnson, Duke Richard of York, 1 n. 1, has 22 September, noting that it was on the feast of St. Maurice."

Richard married Cecily Neville before 18 Oct 1424. Cecily (daughter of Ralph de Neville and Joan Beaufort) was born on 3 May 1415; died on 31 May 1495 in Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Fotheringay, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The "Rose of Raby."

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Or Wydeville. Treasurer of England, 4 Mar 1466 to his death. Created Earl Rivers, 24 May 1466, and Constable of England for life, 24 Aug 1467. Following the Yorkist defeat at Edgecote Moor, he and his second son John were put through a hasty show trial and beheaded.

Richard married Jacquetta of Luxembourg before 23 Mar 1437. Jacquetta (daughter of Pierre de Luxembourg and Margherita del Balzo) was born in 1415; died on 30 May 1472. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1416

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Duchess of Bedford. Countess Rivers.

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3rd Earl of Cambridge.

"[A]mbassador to Denmark 1406, created Earl 1414, Almoner of England, Constable of Brimpsfield Castle, having joined in a failed conspiracy to depose King Henry V, he sought the latter's mercy in most abject terms, which gained him only a beheading without the usual additional punishment for treason, all his honors being attainted." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

Richard married Anne de Mortimer before 23 May 1408. Anne (daughter of Roger Mortimer and Eleanor Holland) was born on 27 Dec 1390; died in Sep 1411; was buried in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She has to have died on or after 22 September 1411, since that is the day her son Richard was born.

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Aside from being the maternal grandfather of Edward IV, he was also the paternal grandfather (through his son Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400–1460), and Alice Montacute) of the "Kingmaker," Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428-1471).

Ralph married Joan Beaufort before 29 Nov 1396. Joan (daughter of John of Gaunt and Catherine de Roet) was born about 1379; died on 13 Nov 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Countess of Westmorland.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
• Alternate death: 1442

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Esquire of the body to Henry V, 1420. Seneschal of Normandy, Jan 1421. Lieutenant of Calais, Jun 1427, Jun 1429, and 1 Oct 1435. Knight of the shire for Kent, Jul 1433. Sheriff of Northamptonshire, 1437-38.

Richard married Joan Bittlesgate about 1403. Joan (daughter of Thomas Bittlesgate and Joan Beauchamp) died after 17 Jul 1448. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Jane, Bedlesgate, Bodulgate, Bodulgath.

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Count of St. Pol, 1431-33. Count of Brienne and of Conversano.

Pierre married Margherita del Balzo. Margherita (daughter of Francesco del Balzo and Sueva Orsini) was born in 1394; died on 15 Nov 1469; was buried in Cercamp Abbey, Artois, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]