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Sir Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers 1405–1469 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: circa 1405

Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, England

Death Date: 12 Aug 1469

Death Location: Gosford Green, Coventry, Warwickshire, England (United Kingdom) (Executed / Beheaded)

Father: Richard Tower

Mother: Joan (Bittlesgate)

Spouse(s): Jacquetta Bedford

Children(s): Elizabeth England

Sir Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers was born in 1405 in Maidstone, Kent, England, the child of Richard Wydeville Esq Sheriff Of Kent Constable Of The Tower And Joan Bittelsgate Bittlesgate. Sir Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers married Jacquetta Of Luxembourg Countess Rivers Duchess Of Bedford, and had children including Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort Of England. Sir Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers passed away in 1469 in Gosford Green, Coventry, Warwickshire, England (United Kingdom) (Executed / Beheaded).

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Biography

  • Sir Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers was born in 1405 in Maidstone, Kent, England, the child of Richard Wydeville Esq Sheriff Of Kent Constable Of The Tower And Joan Bittelsgate Bittlesgate.
  • Sir Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers married Jacquetta Of Luxembourg Countess Rivers Duchess Of Bedford, and had children including Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort Of England.
  • Sir Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers passed away in 1469 in Gosford Green, Coventry, Warwickshire, England (United Kingdom) (Executed / Beheaded).

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Sir Rivers's Ancestors

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Sir Rivers
1405–1469
Birth Place: Maidstone, Kent, England
Parents
Richard Wydeville, Esq., Sheriff of Kent, Constable of the Tower
1375–1441
Kent, England
Joan (Bittelsgate) (Bittlesgate)
1390–1448
England
Grandparents
Thomas (Bittlesgate) (Bedisgate)
1350–1396
Bedlisgate, Northamptonshire, England
Joan ((Mary) de) Beauchamp
1360–
Lillesdon, Somersetshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Beauchamp
1330–1396
Joan Bridport)
1335–1385
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Beauchamp
1290–1338
Idonea Lisle
1293–1359

Sir Rivers's Descendants

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Sir (Richard Woodville, 1st Earl) Rivers (circa 1405–12 Aug 1469) m. Jacquetta (of Luxembourg, Countess Rivers, Duchess of) Bedford (circa 1416–30 May 1472)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Woodville, Queen Consort of) England 1437–1492 m. Sir (John Grey, 7th Lord Ferrers of) Groby 1432–1461
    1. 1. Thomas (Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, 1st Earl of) Huntingdon 1455–1501 m. Lady (Cecily Grey (Bonville), 7th Baroness) Harington 1460–1529
      1. 1. Lady (Mary Grey) Devereaux 1494–1538 m. Sir (Viscount Walter Devereux, "9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, 1st Viscount) Hereford" 1488–1558
        1. 1. Sir (William Devereux of Mirevale) Abbey 1525–1579 m. Jane (Scudamore) Devereux 1525–1579

Sir Rivers's Timeline

2 Records

1405
circa 1405
Birth of Sir Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers in Maidstone, Kent, England
Maidstone, Kent, England
1469
12 Aug 1469
Age 64
Death of Sir Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers in Gosford Green, Coventry, Warwickshire, England (United Kingdom) (Executed / Beheaded)
Gosford Green, Coventry, Warwickshire, England (United Kingdom) (Executed / Beheaded)

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: circa 1405
    Event Place: Maidstone, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Aug 1469
    Event Place: Gosford Green, Coventry, Warwickshire, England (United Kingdom) (Executed / Beheaded)

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