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Elizabeth Woodville 1437 – 1492 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1437

Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 8 JUN 1492

Death Location: Bermondsey, London, England, United Kingdom

Father: Richard Wydeville

Mother: Jacquette Luxembourg

Spouse(s): Ralph Stafford

Children(s): Elizabeth Stafford, Cecily Plantaganet, Arthur Lisle, Anne Plantagenet, Cicely Tudor, Edward Plantagenet, Margaret Plantagenet, Richard Plantagenet, George Plantagenet, Catherine Plantagenet, Catherine Plantagenet, Bridget England, Ricahrd Stewart, Edward York, Richard, York

The story of Elizabeth Woodville began in 1437 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England. Elizabeth Woodville married Ralph de Stafford, and had children including Elizabeth Stafford, Cecily Plantaganet, Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, Anne Plantagenet, Cicely [of York] Plantagenet Tudor, Edward V Plantagenet, Margaret Plantagenet, Richard Plantagenet, George Plantagenet, Catherine Plantagenet, Catherine Plantagenet, Bridget Plantagenet Princess of England, Ricahrd Iii Stewart, Edward of York, Richard, Duke Of York. Elizabeth Woodville passed away in 1492 in Bermondsey, London, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Elizabeth Woodville began in 1437 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England.
  • Elizabeth Woodville married Ralph de Stafford, and had children including Elizabeth Stafford, Cecily Plantaganet, Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, Anne Plantagenet, Cicely [of York] Plantagenet Tudor, Edward V Plantagenet, Margaret Plantagenet, Richard Plantagenet, George Plantagenet, Catherine Plantagenet, Catherine Plantagenet, Bridget Plantagenet Princess of England, Ricahrd Iii Stewart, Edward of York, Richard, Duke Of York.
  • Elizabeth Woodville passed away in 1492 in Bermondsey, London, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Wydeville
1408 – 1469
Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, England
RW
Jacquette Luxembourg
1416 – 1472
Birth Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
JL

Spouses(s)

Ralph Stafford
1334 – 1347
Birth Location: Staffordshire, England
RS

Children(s)

Elizabeth Stafford
1360 –
Birth Location: Tunbridge, Staffordshire, England
ES
Cecily Plantaganet
1450 – 1503
Birth Location: –
CP
Arthur Lisle
1461 – 1541
Birth Location: Calais, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
AL
Anne Plantagenet
1466 – 1511
Birth Location: Westminster, Middlesex, England
AP
Cicely Tudor
1469 – 1507
Birth Location: Westminster, London, England
CT
Edward Plantagenet
1470 – 1483
Birth Location: Sanctuary Westminster Abbey, London, England
EP
Margaret Plantagenet
1472 – 1472
Birth Location: Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
MP
Richard Plantagenet
1473 – 1483
Birth Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
RP
George Plantagenet
1477 – 1479
Birth Location: Berkshire, England
GP
Catherine Plantagenet
1479 – 1527
Birth Location: Holmes on Spalding, Yorkshire, England
CP
Catherine Plantagenet
1479 – 1527
Birth Location: WINDSOR CASTLE, LONDON, ENGLAND
CP
Bridget England
1480 – 1517
Birth Location: Eltham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
BE
Ricahrd Stewart
1483 – 1485
Birth Location: Middlesex, England
RS
Edward York
Birth Location: –
EY
Richard, York
Birth Location: –
RY

Elizabeth Woodville's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Woodville
1437 – 1492
Birth Place: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
Parents
Richard de Wydeville
1408 – 1469
Maidstone, Kent, England
Jacquette (de) Luxembourg
1416 – 1472
Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Grandparents
Richard Wydeville
1385 – 1441
Maidstone, Kent, England
Joan (Elizabeth Mary) Bedlisgate
1385 – 1448
Devon, England
Louis (De Luxembourg Bishop Of) Rouen
1390 –
Naples, Napoli, Campania, Italy
Margherita (del) Balzo
1394 – 1469
Andria, Bari, Apulia, Italy
Great-Grandparents
Elizabeth Lyons
1363 –
John Bedlisgate
1364 – 1438
Mary Beauchamp
1360 – 1394
Jean Luxembourg
1370 – 1397
Marguerite Brienne
1370 – 1393
Francois Baux
1329 – 1422
Seuva Orsini
1360 – 1404
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Lyons
1340 –
Alice Liz
1300 – 1374
John Bedlisgate
1340 – 1370
Joan Beauchamp
1338 – 1342
William Beauchamp
1335 – 1376
Joan DeBridport
1345 – 1415
Guy Luxembourg
1340 – 1371
Maude Chatillon
1335 – 1378
Thomas Holland
1314 – 1360
Elizabeth Segrave
1338 – 1369
Bertrand Baux
1300 – 1351
Margaret Aulnay
1305 – 1350
Niccolo Orsini
1331 – 1399
Gorizia Sabrano
1335 – 1379

Elizabeth Woodville's Descendants

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Elizabeth Woodville (1437 – 8 JUN 1492) m. Ralph (de) Stafford (1 NOV 1334 – 1347)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Stafford (ABT 1360 – ) m. Henry Tudor (26 JUL 1456 – 21 APR 1509) m. Arthur Tudor (19 SEP 1486 – 2 APR 1502) m. Vii (KINGEngland) Henry (ABT 1340 – ) m. Robert Edwards (1475 – 1525) m. Henry (Vii) Tudor, (28 JAN 1457 – 21 APR 1509) m. Henry VII (1457 – 1509) m. Thomas Lumley (1460 – 1487) m. Living
    1. 1. Margaret (de) Neville (12 FEB 1341 – 11 MAY 1372) m. Louis D'Orleans (27 JUN 1462 – 1 JAN 1515) m. Charles Brandon (APR 1484 – 22 AUG 1545) m. Charles Brandon (1485 – 24 AUG 1545) m. Charles Brandon (ABT 1474 – 22 AUG 1545) m. Charles (Brandon Duke of) Suffolk (1484 – 22 AUG 1545) m. John Mortimer (1454 – 1544) m. Charles Brondon (ABT 1309 – ) m. <Living> m. <Living> m. Robert Downes (1462 – 1524) m. Robert forness (ABT 1465 – ) m. Living m. Living m. Robert Brandon (1470 – NOV 1524) m. William (de) Ros (19 MAY 1329 – 3 DEC 1352) m. Thomas (De) Beaufort (From 1363 to 1390 – From 1370 to 1471) m. Henry (de) Percy (10 NOV 1341 – 19 FEB 1408)
    2. 2. Ann (( or Margaret )) Neville (1450 – FROM 31 JAN 1527 TO 1528)
    3. 3. Arthur Tudor (19 SEP 1486 – 2 APR 1502) m. Catalina (de) Aragon (16 DEC 1485 – 7 JAN 1536) m. Elizabeth Stafford (ABT 1360 – )
    4. 4. Edmund Tudor (ABT 1488 – )
    5. 5. Margaret Ryce (1489 – 1581) m. Andrew Hobart (ABT 1495 – (UNKNOWN))
    6. 6. Margaret (Tudor Queen of) Scotland (28 NOV 1489 – 18 NOV 1541)
    7. 7. Margaret Tudor (28 NOV 1489 – 18 OCT 1541) m. James (Iv King of Scotland) Stewart (17 MAR 1472/1473 – 9 SEP 1513)
    8. 8. Margaret (Queen Of Of SCOTLAND PRINCESS OF) England (29 NOV 1489 – ) m. James (Iv King of Scotland) Stewart (17 MAR 1472/1473 – 9 SEP 1513)
    9. 9. Margaret Tudor (29 NOV 1489 – 24 NOV 1541) m. James (V) Stewart (10 APR 1512 – 14 DEC 1542) m. James (Iv King of Scotland) Stewart (17 MAR 1472/1473 – 9 SEP 1513) m. Henry (Vii) Tudor, (28 JAN 1457 – 21 APR 1509) m. Archibald Douglas, (1489 – 22 JAN 1557) m. Archibald Douglas (7 SEP 1503 – 29 SEP 1570) m. Patrick (de) Dunbar (ABT 1490 – ABT 1549) m. Henry (Baron Methven) Stewart (ABT 1486 – 11 OCT 1537) m. William Baillie (ABT 1489 – )
    10. 10. Elizabeth Tudor (2 JUL 1492 – 14 SEP 1494)
    11. 11. Elizabeth (Tudor Princess of) England (2 JUL 1492 – 14 SEP 1494)
    12. 12. England (ABT 1494 – )
    13. 13. Margaret (ABT 1495 – ABT 1540)
    14. 14. Mary Tudor (1496 – 1533)
    15. 15. Mary (Rose) Tudor (18 MAR 1496 – 24 JUN 1533) m. Louis D'Orleans (27 JUN 1462 – 1 JAN 1515) m. Charles Brandon (APR 1484 – 22 AUG 1545) m. Robert Goodinowe (1499 – ) m. Charles Brandon (ABT 1474 – 22 AUG 1545)
    16. 16. Mary, (Queen of) France (18 MAR 1496 – 26 JUN 1533) m. Louis D'Orleans (27 JUN 1462 – 1 JAN 1515) m. Charles Brandon (APR 1484 – 22 AUG 1545) m. Louis d'Valois (8 JUN 1330 – 23 JUN 1330) m. Charles Brandon (1485 – 24 AUG 1545) m. <Living> m. Charles Brandon (ABT 1474 – 22 AUG 1545) m. Charles (Brandon Duke of) Suffolk (1484 – 22 AUG 1545)
    17. 17. Edmund (Prince Of ENGLAND[ DUKE OF) Somerset] (21 FEB 1498/1499 – Abt Jan 1499-1500)
    18. 18. Edmund Tudor (21 FEB 1499 – 19 JUN 1500)
    19. 19. Henry FitzRoy (15 JUN 1519 – 22 JUN 1536) m. Mary Howard (1512 – 7 DEC 1557)
    20. 20. Mary m. Henry (( 2nd husband)) Stuart
    21. 21. Margaret York
  2. 2. Cecily Plantaganet (ABT 1450 – 11 NOV 1503) m. James (Iv King of Scotland) Stewart (17 MAR 1472/1473 – 9 SEP 1513) m. Do (Not) Reuse m. John (Viscount de) Welles, (1450 – 9 FEB 1499) m. <Living> m. John (de) Welles (AUG 1334 – 11 OCT 1361) m. Thomas Kyme (ABT 1465 – ) m. <Living> m. Thomas Kymeh (ABT 1469 – ) m. John Kyme (ABT 1460 – ) m. Thomas Kymbe m. Sir (Ralph) Scrope (ABT 1461 – 15 SEP 1515) m. Robert (de) Welles (1484 – 30 AUG 1558) m. Thomas Kyme (1476 – 1533)
  3. 3. Arthur (Plantagenet, 1st Viscount) Lisle (1 MAY 1461 – 3 MAR 1541) m. Elizabeth Grey (1465 – 1526) m. Honor Grenville (1493 – APR 1566) m. Jane Davis (1460 – )
  4. 4. Anne Plantagenet (2 NOV 1466 – 22 NOV 1511) m. Thomas Howard (1443 – 21 MAY 1524) m. Thomas m. Thomas (Howard, 3rd Duke of) Norfolk (1473 – 25 AUG 1554)
  5. 5. Cicely ([of York] Plantagenet) Tudor (20 MAR 1469 – 24 AUG 1507) m. John (Viscount de) Welles, (1450 – 9 FEB 1499)
  6. 6. Edward (V) Plantagenet (1470 – 22 JUN 1483) m. <Living>
  7. 7. Margaret Plantagenet (10 APR 1472 – 11 DEC 1472)
  8. 8. Richard Plantagenet (17 AUG 1473 – ABT JUL 1483) m. Anne (de) Mowbray (10 DEC 1472 – 1480)
  9. 9. George Plantagenet (MAR 1477 – MAR 1479)
  10. 10. Catherine Plantagenet (1479 – 1527) m. Johnathon (de) WatsonDUPLICATE (ABT 1472 – ) m. William Courtenay, (1475 – 9 JUN 1511)
  11. 11. Catherine Plantagenet (14 AUG 1479 – 15 NOV 1527)
  12. 12. Bridget (Plantagenet Princess of) England (19 NOV 1480 – 1517)
  13. 13. Ricahrd (Iii) Stewart (1483 – 1485)
  14. 14. Edward (of) York
  15. 15. Richard, (Duke Of) York

Elizabeth Woodville's Timeline

3 Records

1437
1437
Birth of Elizabeth Woodville in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
1492
8 JUN 1492
Age 55
Death of Elizabeth Woodville in Bermondsey, London, England, United Kingdom
Bermondsey, London, England, United Kingdom
1492
12 JUN 1492
Age 55
Burial of Elizabeth Woodville in Windsor, Berkshire, England
Windsor, Berkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1437
    Event Place: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 JUN 1492
    Event Place: Bermondsey, London, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 12 JUN 1492
    Event Place: Windsor, Berkshire, England
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