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Richard Woodville (Wydevill) Earl Rivers 1405–1469 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1405

Birth Location: Kent, England

Death Date: 12 August 1469

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

Father: Richard Woodville

Mother: Joan Wydeville

Spouse(s): Jacquetta Luxemburg

Children(s): Elizabeth Woodville

The story of Richard Woodville (Wydevill) Earl Rivers began in 1405 in Kent, England. Richard Woodville (Wydevill) Earl Rivers married Jacquetta Van Luxemburg, and had children including Elizabeth Woodville. Richard Woodville (Wydevill) Earl Rivers passed away in 1469 in Pontefract, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Richard Woodville (Wydevill) Earl Rivers began in 1405 in Kent, England.
  • Richard Woodville (Wydevill) Earl Rivers married Jacquetta Van Luxemburg, and had children including Elizabeth Woodville.
  • Richard Woodville (Wydevill) Earl Rivers passed away in 1469 in Pontefract, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Richard Rivers's Ancestors

Self
Richard Rivers
1405–1469
Birth Place: Kent, England
Parents
Richard Woodville de Woodville
1385–1442
Maidstone, Kent, England
Joan Wydeville
1390–1448
Bedlisgate, Northamptonshire
Grandparents
John (De) Wydeville
1341–1403
Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
Thomas Bedlisgate
1314–
Bedlisgate, Northamptonshire
Maria Beauchamp
1320–
Great-Grandparents
Richard Northamptonshire
1310–1380
Elisabeth Lyons
1324–1371
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard Rivers's Descendants

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Richard (Woodville (Wydevill) Earl) Rivers (1405–12 August 1469) m. Jacquetta (van) Luxemburg (1415–30 May 1472)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Woodville 1437–1492 m. John (of Groby) Grey 1432–1461 m. Edward (IV Plantagenet of York King of) England 1442–1483
    1. 1. Thomas (de) Grey 1456–1501 m. Cecily Bonville 1460–1529
      1. 1. Dorothy (Grey) Blount 1480–1544 m. robert (II) willoughby 1474–1521 m. William Blount 1478–1534
        1. 1. Edward (Lord Willoughby van) Broke 1490–1517
        2. 2. Elisabeth Willoughby 1515–1550
      2. 2. Cecily Grey –1554
        1. 1. Baron (Edward I (Sir & Knight) Sutton, 4th Lord) Dudley 1525–1586 m. Catherine (Jane Johanna (Lady) Stanley - Sutton, Baroness Stanley, 12) children 1534–1568
        2. 2. Thomas Dudley 1539–1574
      3. 3. Mary Grey 1490–1537
      4. 4. Thomas Grey 1477–1530 m. Margaret Wooton 1485–1535
        1. 1. John Grey 1523–1564 m. Mary Browne 1527–1617
    2. 2. Cecilia Plantagenet 1469–1507
    3. 3. Richard (of Shrewsbury) Plantagenet 1473–1483
    4. 4. Margaret Plantagenet 1472–1472
    5. 5. Katherine Courtenay 1479–1527
    6. 6. Mary Plantagenet 1467–1482
    7. 7. Anne (of) York 1475–1511
    8. 8. Edward Plantagenet 1470–1483
    9. 9. Bridget Plantagenet 1480–1517
    10. 10. Elizabeth (Plantagenet of York Queen of) England 1465–1503 m. Henry (VII Tudor King of) England 1457–1509
      1. 1. Queen (Margaret Tudor) * 1489–1541 m. James Stewart 1472–1513
        1. 1. James (V of Scotland) Stewart 1512–1542 m. Margaret Erskine 1513–1572 m. Marie (Of Guise de) Lorraine 1515–1560 m. Euphemia Elphinstone 1509–1547
        2. 2. Katherine (Catherine) Stewart 1491–1554
        3. 3. Alexander Stewart 1493–1513
        4. 4. James Stewart 1495–
        5. 5. Margaret Stewart 1497–
        6. 6. Janet Stewart 1502–1562
        7. 7. James Stewart 1507–1508
        8. 8. William Stewart 1510–1548
      2. 2. Henry (VIII Tudor King of) England 1491–1547
      3. 3. Arthur (Tudor Prince of) Wales 1486–1502
      4. 4. Edmund Tudor 1499–1500
      5. 5. Katherine Tudor 1503–1503
      6. 6. Mary (Rose Tudor Queen of) France 1496–1533
      7. 7. Elizabeth Tudor 1492–1495
    11. 11. George (Plantagenet Duke of) Bedford 1477–1479

Richard Rivers's Timeline

2 Records

1405
1405
Birth of Richard Woodville (Wydevill) Earl Rivers in Kent, England
Kent, England
1469
12 August 1469
Age 64
Death of Richard Woodville (Wydevill) Earl Rivers in Warwickshire, England
Warwickshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1405
    Event Place: 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: Warwickshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] 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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