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Richard WYDEVILLE Woodville 1st Earl of Rivers 1405–1469 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1405

Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, England

Death Date: 12 August 1469

Death Location: Pontefract, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England

Father: Richard I

Mother: Joan Bittlesgate

Spouse(s): Jacquette )

Children(s): Elisabeth England, Catherine Buckingham, Richard III), Mary (Herbert), Jacquette (L'Estrange), Margaret FitzAlan

The story of Richard WYDEVILLE Woodville 1st Earl of Rivers began in 1405 in Maidstone, Kent, England. Richard WYDEVILLE Woodville 1st Earl of Rivers married Jacquette De Luxembourg Countess Rivers Dowager Duchess Of Bedford, and had children including Catherine Woodville Wingfield Duchess Of Buckingham, Elisabeth Wydeville Woodville Queen Consort Of England, Jacquette Woodville L Estrange, Margaret Woodville Arundel Fitzalan, Mary Woodville Herbert, Richard Woodville Plantagenet Questionable Parentage Self Proclaimed Illegitimate Son Of Richard Iii. Richard WYDEVILLE Woodville 1st Earl of Rivers passed away in 1469 in Pontefract, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Richard WYDEVILLE Woodville 1st Earl of Rivers began in 1405 in Maidstone, Kent, England.
  • Richard WYDEVILLE Woodville 1st Earl of Rivers married Jacquette De Luxembourg Countess Rivers Dowager Duchess Of Bedford, and had children including Catherine Woodville Wingfield Duchess Of Buckingham, Elisabeth Wydeville Woodville Queen Consort Of England, Jacquette Woodville L Estrange, Margaret Woodville Arundel Fitzalan, Mary Woodville Herbert, Richard Woodville Plantagenet Questionable Parentage Self Proclaimed Illegitimate Son Of Richard Iii.
  • Richard WYDEVILLE Woodville 1st Earl of Rivers passed away in 1469 in Pontefract, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard I
1385–1441
Birth Location: La Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England
RI
Joan Bittlesgate
1385–1448
Birth Location: Maidencombe, Devon, England
JB

Spouses(s)

Jacquette )
1416–1472
Birth Location: Luxembourg, France
J)

Children(s)

Elisabeth England
1437–1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
EE
Catherine Buckingham
1458–1497
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
CB
Richard III)
1470–1550
Birth Location: –
RI
Mary (Herbert)
–1481
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
M(
Jacquette (L'Estrange)
1444–1475
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northhamptonshire, England
J(
Margaret FitzAlan
1454–1491
Birth Location: –
MF

Richard Rivers's Ancestors

Self
Richard Rivers
1405–1469
Birth Place: Maidstone, Kent, England
Parents
Richard WOODVILLE Wydeville 1st Earl Rivers Contable of the Tower Sheriff of Kent I
1385–1441
La Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England
Joan (BEDLISGATE) Bittlesgate
1385–1448
Maidencombe, Devon, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard Rivers's Descendants

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Richard (WYDEVILLE Woodville 1st Earl of) Rivers (1405–12 August 1469) m. Jacquette (de Luxembourg Countess Rivers, Dowager Duchess of Bedford) ) (1416–30 May 1472)
  1. 1. Elisabeth (Wydeville Woodville Queen Consort of) England 1437–1492 m. Edward (IV PLANTAGENET King of) England 1442–1483 m. John (GREY 7th Lord Ferrers of) Groby 1440–1461
    1. 1. Richard GREY 1459–1483
    2. 2. Thomas GREY 1455–1501
    3. 3. Elizabeth (of York) PLANTAGENET 1466–1503 m. Henry (VII TUDOR King of) England 1457–1509
      1. 1. Henry (VIII TUDOR King of) England 1491–1547 m. Ann BOLEYN 1501–1536 m. Catherine (of) Aragon 1485–1536 m. Jane SEYMOUR 1509–1537 m. Catherine PARR 1512–1548 m. Elizabeth ((Bessie) BLOUNT (Talboys) (Clinton) mistress of Henry) VIII 1519–1541
        1. 1. Elizabeth (1 TUDOR "The Virgin Queen", "Gloriana", "Good Queen) Bess" 1533–1603
        2. 2. Edward (VI TUDOR King of) England 1537–1553
        3. 3. Henry (FITZROY 1st Duke of Richmond and) Somerset 1519–1536 m. Mary (HOWARD (FitzRoy) Duchess of) Richmond 1519–1557
        4. 4. Mary (I of England) TUDOR 1516–1558 m. Philip (II of) Spain 1527–1598
        5. 5. Henry (TUDOR Duke of) Cornwall 1511–1511
      2. 2. Arthur (of England TUDOR Prince of) Wales 1486–1502 m. Catherine (of) Aragon 1485–1536
      3. 3. Margaret TUDOR 1489–1541 m. James (IV STEWART King of) Scots 1473–1513 m. Archibald (DOUGLAS, 6th Earl of) Angus 1489–1522 m. Henry (STEWART of Avondale 1st Lord) Methven 1490–1551
        1. 1. James (STEWART, Duke of) Rothesay 1507–1508
        2. 2. daughter STEWART 1508–1508
        3. 3. Arthur (STEWART, Duke of) Rothesay 1509–1510
        4. 4. James (V STEWART, King of) Scots 1512–1542 m. Mary (Marie de) GUISE 1515–1560 m. Margaret (ERSKINE (Douglas) (mistress to James V, King of) Scots) 1515–1572
        5. 5. daughter STEWART 1512–1512
        6. 6. Alexander (STEWART, Duke of) Ross 1514–1515
        7. 7. Margaret (TUDOR DOUGLAS Countess of) Lennox 1515–1578 m. Matthew (STEWART of Darnley 4th Earl of) Lennox 1516–1571 m. Thomas (HOWARD 3rd Duke of) Norfolk 1511–1537
      4. 4. Mary (Rose TUDOR of England aka Mary of) France 1496–1533 m. Louis (XII of France (de) Orlean) 1462–1515 m. Charles (BRANDON, Duke of) Suffolk 1484–1545
        1. 1. Frances (BRANDON Duchess of) Sussex 1517–1559 m. Henry (GREY Duke of Suffolk, Third Marquis of) Dorset 1517–1554
        2. 2. Eleanor (BRANDON (Clifford) Countess of) Cumberland 1519–1547
        3. 3. Henry (BRANDON 1st Earl of) Lincoln 1523–1534
      5. 5. Elizabeth Tudor 1492–1495
      6. 6. Edmund (TUDOR, Duke of) Somerset 1499–1500
      7. 7. Katherine TUDOR 1503–1503
    4. 4. Mary (of York) PLANTAGENET 1467–1482
    5. 5. Cecily (of York PLANTAGENET Viscountess) Welles 1469–1507
    6. 6. Edward (V PLANTAGENET King of) England 1470–1485
    7. 7. Margaret (of York PLANTAGENET Princess of) England 1472–1472
    8. 8. Richard (of Shrewsbury PLANTAGENET 1st Duke of) York 1473–1483 m. Anne (MOWBRAY 8th Countess of Norfolk, Duchess of) York 1472–1481
    9. 9. Anne (of York PLANTAGENET Countess of) Surrey 1475–1511
    10. 10. George (of York PLANTAGENET Duke of) Bedford 1477–1479
    11. 11. Katherine (of York PLANTAGENET Countess of) Devon 1479–1527
    12. 12. Bridget (of York) PLANTAGENET 1480–1517
    13. 13. Edward (de Wigmore) PLANTAGENET 1468–1468
  2. 2. Catherine (WOODVILLE (Wingfield) Duchess of) Buckingham 1458–1497 m. Henry (STAFFORD 2nd Duke of) Buckingham 1454–1483 m. Jasper (TUDOR Earl of Pembroke, Duke of) Bedford 1429–1495 m. Richard WINGFIELD 1469–1525
    1. 1. Helen (TUDOR) (Gardiner) 1459–
  3. 3. Richard (WOODVILLE? (PLANTAGENET?) (questionable parentage: self proclaimed illegitimate son of Richard) III) 1470–1550
  4. 4. Mary (WOODVILLE) (Herbert) –1481 m. William HERBERT 1455–1491
    1. 1. Elisabeth HERBERT 1476–1507 m. Charles (SOMMERSET 1st Earl of) Worchester 1460–1526
      1. 1. Elisabeth (de) Beaufort-Somerset 1498–1545 m. John (SAVAGE) Knight 1493–1528
        1. 1. John (SAVAGE of) Clifton 1524–1597 m. Elizabeth MANNERS 1530–
  5. 5. Jacquette (WOODVILLE) (L'Estrange) 1444–1475 m. John (VIII Lord Le Strange of) Knockyn 1444–1477
    1. 1. Joan (WOODVILLE) (Stanley) 1463–1514 m. George (STANLEY 9th Baron Strange of) Knockin 1463–1514
    2. 2. Johanna (L'ESTRANGE le Strange) (Mohun) 1463–1514
  6. 6. Margaret (WOODVILLE Arundel \) FitzAlan 1454–1491

Richard Rivers's Timeline

2 Records

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

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1405
    Event Place: Maidstone, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 August 1469
    Event Place: Beheaded At Kenilworth, Warwick, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Pontefract, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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