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Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers 1410–1469 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1410

Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, England

Death Date: 26 July 1469

Death Location: Coventry, Warwickshire, England

Father: Richard Esq.

Mother: Johanna Bedlisgate

Spouse(s): Jacquette Lumembourg

Children(s): Katherine Woodeville, Elizabeth Wydeville

Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers was born in 1410 in Maidstone, Kent, England, the child of Richard Wydeville Esq And Johanna Bedlisgate. Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers married Jacquette Of Lumembourg, and had children including Elizabeth Wydeville, Katherine Wydeville Woodeville. Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers passed away in 1469 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England.

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Biography

  • Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers was born in 1410 in Maidstone, Kent, England, the child of Richard Wydeville Esq And Johanna Bedlisgate.
  • Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers married Jacquette Of Lumembourg, and had children including Elizabeth Wydeville, Katherine Wydeville Woodeville.
  • Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers passed away in 1469 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England.

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Spouses(s)

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Richard Rivers's Ancestors

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Richard Rivers
1410–1469
Birth Place: Maidstone, Kent, England
Parents
Richard Wydeville Esq.
1385–1441
Maidstone, Kent
Johanna Bedlisgate
1390–1448
Bedlisgate, Northhamptonshire, England
Grandparents
John (de Wydeville Sheriff of) Northants
1341–1403
Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
Isabel Goddard
1355–1401
Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England
Thomas Bedlisgate
1314–1390
Bedlisgate, Northamptonshire
Joan (de) Beauchamp
1320–1381
Great-Grandparents
Richard Northants
1310–1378
Elizabeth Lyons
1324–1371
John Beauchamp
1330–1396
Joan Briport
1355–1385
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Wydeville
1285–1329
Margery Oakley
1290–1323
John Lyons
1289–1371
Alice Liz
1300–1374
Hugh Beauchamp
1290–1338
Iodena Lisle
1293–1359
John Briport
1295–
Joan Montsorell
1310–

Richard Rivers's Descendants

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Richard (Woodville 1st Earl) Rivers (1410–26 July 1469) m. Jacquette (of) Lumembourg (1416–1472)
  1. 1. Katherine (Wydeville) Woodeville 1458–1497 m. Henry (Stafford 2nd Duke of) Buckingham 1455–1483
    1. 1. Edward (Stafford 3rd Duke of) Buckingham 1478–1521 m. Eleanor Percy 1474–1530
      1. 1. Elizabeth Stafford 1497–1558 m. Thomas (Howard 3rd Duke of) Norfolk 1473–1554
        1. 1. Henry (Howard Earl of) Surrey 1517–1547 m. Frances (de) Vere 1517–1577
        2. 2. mary fitzRoy 1519–1557
        3. 3. thomas Howard 1497–1508
        4. 4. thomas Howard 1520–1582
        5. 5. John Howard –1503
        6. 6. Henry Howard –1502
  2. 2. Elizabeth Wydeville 1437–1492 m. John (Grey of) Groby 1432–1460 m. Edward (IV King of) England 1442–1483
    1. 1. Thomas (Grey 1st Marquess of) Dorset 1456–1501 m. Cecily (Boneville 7th Baroness) Harington 1461–1529
      1. 1. Thomas (Grey 2nd Marquess of) Dorset 1477–1530 m. Margaret Wotton 1487–1581
        1. 1. Elizabeth Grey 1510–1557 m. Thomas (Audley 1st Baron Audley of) Walden 1488–1544
      2. 2. Roger Grey 1475–1542
      3. 3. Mary Grey 1494–1537
      4. 4. Dorothy Grey 1480–1552
      5. 5. Lionel Grey 1490–
      6. 6. William Grey 1495–
      7. 7. Cicely Grey 1488–1554
      8. 8. Elizabeth Grey 1485–
    2. 2. Elizabeth (of) York 1465–1503 m. Henry (VII Tudor King of) England 1457–1509
      1. 1. Henry (VIII) Tudor 1491–1547 m. Jane (Seymour Queen of) England 1509–1537
        1. 1. Edward VI 1537–1553
        2. 2. Elizabeth I 1533–1603
      2. 2. Margaret (Tudor Queen of) Scotland 1489–1541 m. Archibald (Douglas 6th Earl of) Angus 1489–1557
        1. 1. Margaret (Douglas Countess of) Lennox 1515–1578 m. Thomas Howard 1511–1537

Richard Rivers's Timeline

2 Records

1410
1410
Birth of Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers in Maidstone, Kent, England
Maidstone, Kent, England
1469
26 July 1469
Age 59
Death of Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers in Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Coventry, Warwickshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1410
    Event Place: Maidstone, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 July 1469
    Event Place: Coventry, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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