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Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, Knight & Chamberlain to the Duke of Bedford 1529–1469 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1529

Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 1469

Death Location: Beheaded Gosford Green, Coventry, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England

Father: Sir Regis

Mother: Lady Lions

Spouse(s): Duchess Luxemburg

Children(s): Lady England, Anthony Rivers, Jacquetta Woodville, Martha Woodville, Mary Woodville

Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, Knight & Chamberlain to the Duke of Bedford was born in 1529 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, the child of Sir John De Wydeville Wydevill Woodville Of Grafton Regis And Lady Elizabeth De Lions. Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, Knight & Chamberlain to the Duke of Bedford married Duchess Jacquetta Elizabeth 0F Luxemburgh 1St Baroness Rivers Duchess Of Bedford Of Luxemburg, and had children including Anne Woodville, Anthony Woodville 2Nd Earl Rivers, Edward Woodville Lord Scales, Eleanor Woodville, Jacquetta Woodville, John Woodville, Katherine Woodville, Lady Elizabeth Woodville Dame Grey Queen Of England, Lionel Woodville Bishop Of Salisbury, Margaret Woodville, Martha Woodville, Mary Woodville, Richard Woodville 3Rd Earl Rivers. Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, Knight & Chamberlain to the Duke of Bedford passed away in 1469 in Beheaded Gosford Green, Coventry, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England.

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  • Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, Knight & Chamberlain to the Duke of Bedford was born in 1529 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, the child of Sir John De Wydeville Wydevill Woodville Of Grafton Regis And Lady Elizabeth De Lions.
  • Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, Knight & Chamberlain to the Duke of Bedford married Duchess Jacquetta Elizabeth 0F Luxemburgh 1St Baroness Rivers Duchess Of Bedford Of Luxemburg, and had children including Anne Woodville, Anthony Woodville 2Nd Earl Rivers, Edward Woodville Lord Scales, Eleanor Woodville, Jacquetta Woodville, John Woodville, Katherine Woodville, Lady Elizabeth Woodville Dame Grey Queen Of England, Lionel Woodville Bishop Of Salisbury, Margaret Woodville, Martha Woodville, Mary Woodville, Richard Woodville 3Rd Earl Rivers.
  • Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, Knight & Chamberlain to the Duke of Bedford passed away in 1469 in Beheaded Gosford Green, Coventry, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Regis
1509–1529
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
SR
Lady Lions
1509–1529
Birth Location: Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Duchess Luxemburg
1415–1472
Birth Location: ST Pol, Artois, France, Luxembourg
DL

Children(s)

Lady England
1437–1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
LE
Anthony Rivers
1441–
Birth Location: –
AR
Jacquetta Woodville
1742–1509
Birth Location: –
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Martha Woodville
1540–1615
Birth Location: England
MW
Mary Woodville
1549–1569
Birth Location: Llantarnum Abbey, Monmouthshire, England
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Richard Bedford's Ancestors

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Richard Bedford
1529–1469
Birth Place: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
Parents
Sir John De Wydeville\Wydevill\Woodville of Grafton Regis
1509–1529
Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
Lady (Elizabeth De) Lions
1509–1529
Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard Bedford's Descendants

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Richard (Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, Knight & Chamberlain to the Duke of) Bedford (Abt. 1529–1469) m. Duchess (Jacquetta Elizabeth 0f Luxemburgh, 1st Baroness Rivers, Duchess of Bedford & of) Luxemburg (1415–30 May 1472)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Woodville, Dame Grey, Queen of) England 1437–1492 m. Sir (John Grey of Groby, Baron Astley (Lancastrian) Knight) 1432–1461 m. King (Edward IV of York, King of) England –1483
    1. 1. Sir (Thomas de Grey 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby, 1st Earl Huntingdon, 1st Marquis of) Dorset 1455–1501 m. Lady (Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness Harrington of Aldingham (m. 5 Sep) 1474) 1461–1529 m. Lady (Anne Holland (m,) 1466) 1461–1474
      1. 1. Lady (Cecily de Grey Baroness) Dudley 1488–1554 m. Lord (John Sutton Lord Dudley Baron of Malpas, Viscount L'Isle, Earl of Warwick, Duke of) Northumberland 1482–1553
        1. 1. Margaret DUDLEY 1513–1563 m. Sir (William Richard Gibbons of Wiltshire De) Boteler 1504–1579 m. John Butler 1512–1558
        2. 2. Thomas Dudley 1539–1574
        3. 3. Dorothy (Sutton) Dudley 1529–1527
        4. 4. John (Sutton-Dudley Lord Dudley Earl of) Warwick 1518–1555
        5. 5. Ambrose (Dudley 3rd Earl of) Warwick 1528–1590
        6. 6. Eleanor (Sutton Of) Dudley 1525–1527
        7. 7. Earl (Robert Sutton Of) Dudley 1533–1588
        8. 8. Lord (Guildford Dudley of London Duke of) Clarence 1537–1554
        9. 9. George (Sutton Of) Dudley 1515–1620
        10. 10. Sir (Henry Sutton Knight of Dudley, Captain and Lord) Admiral 1517–1545
        11. 11. Edward (Sutton 4th Baron of) Dudley 1513–1586
        12. 12. Lady (Elizabeth Sutton Of) Dudley 1513–1593
        13. 13. Hamon (Sutton Of) Dudley 1515–1550
        14. 14. Temperance (DUDLEY Died as a) child 1533–1552
      2. 2. Sir (Thomas de) GREY 1500–1530 m. Lady (Margaret Wotton (m. Grey), Marchioness of) Dorset 1480–1535 m. Eleanor (St John of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire (1st cousin to Henry) VII) 1480–1509
        1. 1. Lord (Henry Grey, Knight of Bath, Knight of) Bath, 1517–1554 m. Lady (Frances Brandon Grey Lady of Hatfield, Baroness Ferrer's of Groby, Countess of Suffolk, Marchioness of Dorset, 1st Duchess of) Suffolk 1517–1559
        2. 2. Lady (Anne) Grey 1520–1548
        3. 3. Lady (Elizabeth Grey , LAdy Audley (m.) Norton) 1510–1546
        4. 4. Katherine Grey 1516–1532 m. Sir (Henry (Hendrik) FitzAlan, Lord Stuart of Maltravers & 19th Earl of) Arundel 1512–1580
        5. 5. John Grey 1517–1564 m. Mary (Maria) Browne 1530–1547
        6. 6. Lord (Edward) Grey 1508–1515
        7. 7. Lady (Mary Grey, Lady of) Groby 1510–1538
      3. 3. Sir (Edward Grey Eldest) Son 1500– m. Anne Jerningham 1492–1530
      4. 4. Sir (Anthony) Grey 1500–1535
      5. 5. Sir (Richard) Grey 1502–1525 m. Florence Pudsey 1505–1533
        1. 1. John Grey 1513–1560
        2. 2. Henry Grey 1517–
      6. 6. Sir (John) Grey 1501–1523 m. Anne (Barley (2nd) Wife) –1558
      7. 7. Sir (Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount) Grane 1490–1541
      8. 8. Lady (Cecily Grey (m. John Sutton, 3rd Baron) Dudley) –1554
      9. 9. Lady (Dorothy) Grey 1480–1552
      10. 10. Lady (Eleanor 'Elizabeth' Grey, Lady) Arundell –1503 m. Sir (John Arundell of Lanherne, Duke of) Cornwall 1474–1545
      11. 11. Lady (Mary Grey, Countess of) Hereford 1493–1538
    2. 2. Lord (Richard) Grey 1457–1483
    3. 3. Princess (Elizabeth of York, Princess of England (m. King Henry VII, mother of Henry) VIII) 1466–1503
    4. 4. Princess (Mary of York, Princess of) England 1467–1482
    5. 5. Princess (Cecily of York, Princess of England & Viscountess) Welles 1469–1507
    6. 6. Edward (V of York, King of England (Prince in the) Tower) 1470–1483
    7. 7. Princess (Margaret of York, Princess of) England 1472–1472
    8. 8. Richard (Duke of York, Prince of England (Prince in the) Tower) 1473–1483
    9. 9. Princess (Anne of York, Princess of England & Lady) Howard 1475–1511
    10. 10. George (of York, Prince of England, Duke of) Bedford 1477–1479
    11. 11. Princess (Catherine of York, Princess of England & Countess of) Devon 1479–1527
    12. 12. Princess (Bridget of York, Princess of England & Nun at Dartford Priory in) Kent) 1480–1507
  2. 2. Anthony (Woodville, 2nd Earl) Rivers 1441–
  3. 3. Jacquetta Woodville 1742–1509
  4. 4. Martha Woodville 1540–1615
  5. 5. Mary Woodville 1549–1569

Richard Bedford's Timeline

2 Records

1469
1469
Death of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, Knight & Chamberlain to the Duke of Bedford in Beheaded Gosford Green, Coventry, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England
Beheaded Gosford Green, Coventry, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England
1529
Abt. 1529
Birth of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, Knight & Chamberlain to the Duke of Bedford in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1529
    Event Place: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1469
    Event Place: Beheaded Gosford Green, Coventry, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England
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