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Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers KG (1405 – 12 August 1469), also Wydeville, was the father of Elizabeth Woodville and father-in-law of Edward IV.
- 1405
- Richard Wydeville
- Joan Bittlesgate
- Jacquetta of Luxembourg
4 de abr. de 2024 · Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (died Aug. 12, 1469, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, Eng.) was the father-in-law of the Yorkist king Edward IV of England (reigned 1461–70, 1471–83). Nobles opposed to Rivers initiated the uprising that temporarily drove Edward into exile in 1470.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
26 de abr. de 2022 · "Richard Woodville (or Wydeville), 1st Earl Rivers, KG (1405 – 12 August 1469) was an English nobleman, best remembered as the father of Elizabeth Woodville and the maternal grandfather of Edward V and the maternal great-grandfather of Henry VIII."
- Maidstone
- circa 1405
- "Richard Wydeville"
- Maidstone, Kent, England (United Kingdom)
Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers. Richard Woodville (c. 1410-1469) was a knight in the service of John Duke of Bedford and married Bedford’s widow, Jacquetta. He was made Baron Rivers in 1448 and despite fighting for the Lancastrians at Towton had become one of Edward IV’s counsellors by 1463.
30 de set. de 2023 · Learn about the life and death of Richard Woodville, the first earl of the Woodville family, who supported the Yorkist cause and was beheaded by the Lancastrian faction in 1469. Find out his family background, his children, his role in the Wars of the Roses, and his legacy in the history of the Woodville clan.
Earls Rivers, first creation (1466) also Baron Rivers (England, 1448) Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1405–1469) Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers (c. 1440 –1483) Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers (c. 1453 - 1491) Earls Rivers, second creation (1626) Thomas Darcy, 1st Earl Rivers (1565–1640); m. Mary Kitson
The marriage of his eldest daughter, Elizabeth, widow of Sir John Grey of Groby, to Edward on the 1st of May 1464, secured the fortunes of his family. Rivers was appointed Treasurer on the 4th of March 1466, and a little later created Earl.
