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

Birth Date: 12 Aug 1405

Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, England

Death Date: 12 Aug 1469

Death Location: Forest Den, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England

Father: Richard Woodville

Mother: Joan Bedlisgate

Spouse(s): Jacquetta Luxemberoug

Children(s): Elizabeth Woodville, Sir Woodville, Catherine Woodville, Sir Wydeville

The story of Sir Richard Woodville 1st Earl Of Rivers began in 1405 in Maidstone, Kent, England. Sir Richard Woodville 1st Earl Of Rivers married Jacquetta De Luxemberoug, and had children including Catherine Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Sir Anthony Woodville, Sir John Wydeville. Sir Richard Woodville 1st Earl Of Rivers passed away in 1469 in Forest Den, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Richard Woodville 1st Earl Of Rivers began in 1405 in Maidstone, Kent, England.
  • Sir Richard Woodville 1st Earl Of Rivers married Jacquetta De Luxemberoug, and had children including Catherine Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Sir Anthony Woodville, Sir John Wydeville.
  • Sir Richard Woodville 1st Earl Of Rivers passed away in 1469 in Forest Den, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Woodville
1385–1441
Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, England
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Joan Bedlisgate
1390–1448
Birth Location: –
JB

Spouses(s)

Jacquetta Luxemberoug
1416–1472
Birth Location: Luxembourg, St Pol, Artois, France
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Woodville
1437–1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
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Sir Woodville
1422–1483
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
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Catherine Woodville
1458–1497
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
CW
Sir Wydeville
1445–1488
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
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Sir Rivers's Ancestors

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Sir Rivers
1405–1469
Birth Place: Maidstone, Kent, England
Parents
Richard Woodville
1385–1441
Maidstone, Kent, England
Joan Bedlisgate
1390–1448
Grandparents
John (de) Wydeville
1341–1401
Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
Isabel Goddard
1345–1401
Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire, England
Thomas Bedlisgate
1350–1389
Somerset, England
Mary (de) Beauchamp
1365–1381
Lillesdon, Somerset, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Wydeville
1310–1378
Elizabeth Lyons
1324–1371
John Beauchamp
1325–1396
Joan Bridport
1320–1385
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John II
1288–1354
Margery Oakley
1288–1323
Sir Warkworth
1296–1346
Alice Liz
1300–1374

Sir Rivers's Descendants

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Sir (Richard Woodville 1st Earl Of) Rivers (12 Aug 1405–12 Aug 1469) m. Jacquetta (De) Luxemberoug (5 Jul 1416–30 May 1472)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Woodville 1437–1492 m. Sir (John Grey 7th Lord) Ferrers 1432–1461 m. Edward (IV King of) England 1442–1483
    1. 1. Sir (Thomas) Grey 1451–1501 m. Lady (Cecily) Bonville 1461–1530
      1. 1. Lady (Dorothy) Grey 1480–1553 m. Robert (Willoughby 2nd Baron Of) Broke 1470–1521
        1. 1. Elizabeth Willoughby 1510–1552 m. John Paulet 1515–1576
      2. 2. Thomas (Grey 2nd Marquess Of) Dorset 1477–1530 m. Lady (Margaret Wotton Marchioness of Dorset, Baroness) Grey 1500–1535
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Jasper) Gray 1528–1551 m. Robert (Jasper) II 1527–1549
        2. 2. Henry (Grey 1st Duke) Suffolk 1517–1554 m. Lady (Frances) Brandon 1517–1559
        3. 3. Mary (de Grey Viscountess) Hereford 1490–1534 m. Sir (Walter Devereux 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, 1st Viscount) Hereford 1485–1558
        4. 4. Lady (Elizabeth Grey, Baroness) Audley 1510–1563 m. Thomas (de Audley Baron Of) Walden 1503–1544
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Of York Queen Of) England 1466–1503 m. Henry (VII King of) England 1457–1509
      1. 1. Henry (VIII King of) England 1491–1547 m. Catalina (de Aragón Queen Of) England 1485–1536 m. Anne Boleyn 1501–1536 m. Jane Seymour 1508–1537 m. Anna (von) Kleve 1515–1557 m. Katherine Howard 1521–1542 m. Catherine (Parr Queen Of) England 1512–1548
        1. 1. Stillborn Daughter 1510–1510
        2. 2. Henry (Tudor Duke Of) Cornwall 1511–1511
        3. 3. Stillborn Son 1513–1513
        4. 4. Stillborn Son 1514–1514
        5. 5. Stillborn Daughter 1518–1518
        6. 6. Mary (I Queen Of England and) Spain 1516–1558
        7. 7. Elizabeth (I Queen of) England 1533–1603
        8. 8. Edward (VI King of) England 1537–1553
      2. 2. Arthur (Tudor Prince Of) Wales 1486–1502 m. Catalina (de Aragón Queen Of) England 1485–1536
      3. 3. Margaret (Tudor Queen Of) Scotland 1489–1541 m. James (IV King Of) Scotland 1473–1513 m. Archibald (Douglas 6th Earl Of) Angus 1489–1557
        1. 1. James (Stewart Duke Of) Rothesay 1507–1508
        2. 2. Princess (Of Scotland) I 1508–1508
        3. 3. Princess (Of Scotland) II 1512–1512
        4. 4. Arthur (Stewart Duke Of) Rothesay 1509–1510
        5. 5. James (V King Of) Scotland 1512–1542 m. Mary (de Guise Queen Of) Scotland 1515–1560 m. Lady (Margaret Erskine Mistress to James V of) Scotland 1515–1572 m. Elizabeth Bethune 1520–1581 m. Katherine (Elisabeth) Carmichael 1515–1552
        6. 6. Alexander (Stewart Duke Of) Ros 1514–1516
        7. 7. Margaret (Douglas Countess Of) Lennox 1515–1578 m. Matthew (Stewart 4th Earl) Lennox 1516–1571
      4. 4. Elizabeth Tudor 1492–1495
      5. 5. Mary (Tudor Queen Of) France 1496–1533 m. Charles (Brandon Duke Of) Suffolk 1484–1545 m. Louis (XII King of) France 1462–1515
        1. 1. Lady (Frances) Brandon 1517–1559 m. Henry (Grey 1st Duke) Suffolk 1517–1554
      6. 6. Edmund Tudor 1499–1500
      7. 7. Katherine Tudor 1503–1503
    3. 3. Mary (Of) York 1467–1482
    4. 4. Cecily (Of York Viscountess) Welles 1469–1507 m. Sir (John Welles 1st Viscount) Welles 1450–1499
      1. 1. Anne Welles 1487–1576 m. Henry Hudnall 1490–1600
        1. 1. Henry (Hudnall) Jr. 1511–1600
      2. 2. Elizabeth Welles 1489–1498
    5. 5. Edward (V King of) England 1470–1483
    6. 6. Anne (Of York Countess Of) Surrey 1473–1511 m. Thomas Howard 1473–1554
    7. 7. Margaret (Of) York 1472–1472
    8. 8. Richard (of) Shrewsbury 1473–1483
    9. 9. George (Of York 1st Duke) Bedford 1477–1479
    10. 10. Katherine (Of) York 1479–1527 m. William Courtenay 1475–1511
      1. 1. Henry (Courtenay 1st Marquess of) Exeter 1498–1538 m. Gertrude Blount 1502–1558
        1. 1. Henry Courtenay 1525–1529
        2. 2. Edward (Courtenay 1st Earl Of) Devon 1530–1556
      2. 2. Margaret Courtenay 1499–1526 m. Henry Somerset 1496–1549
    11. 11. Bridget (Of) York 1480–1507
    12. 12. Richard Grey 1457–1483
  2. 2. Sir (Anthony) Woodville 1422–1483 m. Gwentlian Stradling 1442–1498
    1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Woodville 1455–1520 m. Sir (Robert) Poyntz 1455–1520
      1. 1. John (Poyntz) Esq 1484–1544 m. Margarett Saunders 1505–1563
        1. 1. Sir (Willem) Poyntz 1542–1601 m. Lady (Elisabeth) Newdigate 1548–1602
  3. 3. Catherine Woodville 1458–1497 m. Sir (Henry Stafford 2nd Duke) Buckingham 1455–1483 m. Jasper Tudor 1431–1495
    1. 1. Anne (Stafford Countess) Huntingdon 1483–1544 m. George (Hastings 1st Earl) Huntingdon 1484–1544
      1. 1. Lady (Dorothy) Hastings 1519–1566 m. Richard Devereux 1516–1547
        1. 1. Walter (Devereux) I 1541–1576 m. Lady (Lettice) Knollys 1543–1634
    2. 2. Edward (Stafford 3rd Duke of) Buckingham 1478–1521 m. Lady (Eleanor) Percy 1474–1535
      1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth) Stafford 1497–1558 m. Thomas Howard 1473–1554
        1. 1. Sir (Henry Howard, Earl Marshal of England, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, 5th Earl of Surrey, 16th Earl of) Oxford, 1517–1547 m. Lady (Frances DeVere Howard, Countess of) Surrey 1517–1577
  4. 4. Sir (John) Wydeville 1445–1488 m. Katherine Neville 1397–1480

Sir Rivers's Timeline

2 Records

1405
12 Aug 1405
Birth of Sir Richard Woodville 1st Earl Of Rivers in Maidstone, Kent, England
Maidstone, Kent, England
1469
12 Aug 1469
Age 64
Death of Sir Richard Woodville 1st Earl Of Rivers in Forest Den, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Forest Den, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Aug 1405
    Event Place: Maidstone, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Aug 1469
    Event Place: Forest Den, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
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