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Lord Richard Wydeville\ 1st Earl Rivers 1405–1469 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 August 1405

Birth Location: Maidstone, Maidstone Borough, Kent, England

Death Date: 1469

Death Location: Beheaded At Kenilworth, Warwick, Warwickshire, England

Father: Richard I

Mother: Lady Bedlisgate

Spouse(s): Jacquetta Luxemburg

Children(s): Elizabeth Woodville

The story of Lord Richard Wydeville\ 1st Earl Rivers began in 1405 in Maidstone, Maidstone Borough, Kent, England. Lord Richard Wydeville\ 1st Earl Rivers married Jacquetta Van Luxemburg, and had children including Elizabeth Queen Consort Woodville. Lord Richard Wydeville\ 1st Earl Rivers passed away in 1469 in Beheaded At Kenilworth, Warwick, Warwickshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Lord Richard Wydeville\ 1st Earl Rivers began in 1405 in Maidstone, Maidstone Borough, Kent, England.
  • Lord Richard Wydeville\ 1st Earl Rivers married Jacquetta Van Luxemburg, and had children including Elizabeth Queen Consort Woodville.
  • Lord Richard Wydeville\ 1st Earl Rivers passed away in 1469 in Beheaded At Kenilworth, Warwick, Warwickshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard I
1385–1441
Birth Location: La Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England
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Lady Bedlisgate
1390–1448
Birth Location: Bedlisgate, Northamptonshire, , England
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Spouses(s)

Jacquetta Luxemburg
1416–1472
Birth Location: Luxembourg
JL

Children(s)

Elizabeth Woodville
1437–1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
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Lord Rivers's Ancestors

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Lord Rivers
1405–1469
Birth Place: Maidstone, Maidstone Borough, Kent, England
Parents
Richard Wydeville\ 1st Earl Rivers Contable of the Tower Sheriff of Kent I
1385–1441
La Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England
Lady (Joan Johanna) Bedlisgate
1390–1448
Bedlisgate, Northamptonshire, , England
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lord Rivers's Descendants

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Lord (Richard Wydeville\ 1st Earl) Rivers (12 August 1405–1469) m. Jacquetta (van) Luxemburg (5 Jul 1416–30 May 1472)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Queen Consort) Woodville 1437–1492 m. Sir (John Grey, of Groby, great-great-grandfather of Lady Jane Grey. Baron Ferrers of) Groby 1432–1461
    1. 1. Sir (Thomas (Knight of the Garter and 1st Marquis of Dorset Grey) Lord Ferrers de) Groby 1455–1501 m. Ann (Elizabeth) Holland 1455–1545
      1. 1. Elizabeth Ferrers 1485–1542 m. * (Sir James, (of Wrotham) Clarke (Clerke)) Esquire 1485–1554
        1. 1. Lady (Agnes) Clerke 1511–1578 m. Simon (Stone of Great) Bromley 1507–1557

Lord Rivers's Timeline

2 Records

1405
12 August 1405
Birth of Lord Richard Wydeville\ 1st Earl Rivers in Maidstone, Maidstone Borough, Kent, England
Maidstone, Maidstone Borough, Kent, England
1469
1469
Age 64
Death of Lord Richard Wydeville\ 1st Earl Rivers in Beheaded At Kenilworth, Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Beheaded At Kenilworth, Warwick, Warwickshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 August 1405
    Event Place: Maidstone, Maidstone Borough, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1469
    Event Place: Beheaded At Kenilworth, Warwick, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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