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

Birth Date: Abt. 1405

Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, England

Death Date: 12 Aug 1469

Death Location: Beheaded at Kenilworth, England

Father: Richard Northamptonshire

Mother: Joan Bittlesgate

Spouse(s): Lady Rivers

Children(s): Queen England

The story of Sir Richard Woodville , 1st Earl Rivers began in 1405 in Maidstone, Kent, England. Sir Richard Woodville , 1st Earl Rivers married Lady Jacquetta Luxembourg Duchess Of Bedford Countess Rivers, and had children including Queen Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort Of England. Sir Richard Woodville , 1st Earl Rivers passed away in 1469 in Beheaded at Kenilworth, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Richard Woodville , 1st Earl Rivers began in 1405 in Maidstone, Kent, England.
  • Sir Richard Woodville , 1st Earl Rivers married Lady Jacquetta Luxembourg Duchess Of Bedford Countess Rivers, and had children including Queen Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort Of England.
  • Sir Richard Woodville , 1st Earl Rivers passed away in 1469 in Beheaded at Kenilworth, England.

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Sir Rivers's Ancestors

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Sir Rivers
1405–1469
Birth Place: Maidstone, Kent, England
Parents
Richard Wydeville , sheriff of Northamptonshire
1375–1441
Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
Joan Bittlesgate
1390–1448
Bedlisgate, Northamptonshire, England
Grandparents
John Wydeville
1341–1403
Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
Thomas Bedlesgate
1350–1388
Bedlisgate, Northamptonshire, England
Mary Beauchamp
1360–1388
Lillesdon, Somerset, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Wydeville
1310–1378
Elizabeth Lyons
1324–1371
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Rivers's Descendants

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Sir (Richard Woodville , 1st Earl) Rivers (Abt. 1405–12 Aug 1469) m. Lady (Jacquetta Luxembourg , Duchess of Bedford; Countess) Rivers (Jul 1416–30 May 1472)
  1. 1. Queen (Elizabeth Woodville , Queen Consort of) England 1437–1492 m. King (Edward Plantagenet IV, King of) England 1442–1483 m. Lord (Sir John Grey , of Groby, 7th Lord) Ferrers 1432–1461
    1. 1. Queen (Elizabeth of York Plantagenet , Queen Consort of) England 1466–1503 m. King (Henry Tudor VII , King of England, Lord of) Ireland 1457–1509
      1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Tudor 1489–1541 m. James (IV King of Scots ,) IV 1472–1513
        1. 1. James (V) Scotland 1512–1544 m. Lady (Margaret Erskine , of Lennox or Harbottle, Baroness of Ashwell Thorpe, 4th countess of Lennox (Royal Mistress of King James V of) Scotland) 1515–1572 m. Madeleine (van Valois-Angoulême Prinses van) Frankrijk 1520–1537 m. Euphemia (Elphinstone) Bruce 1509–1547 m. Lady (Elizabeth Isabel Marion Campbell , Stewart of) Moray 1502–1550 m. Marie\Mary (of Guise Princess of Lorraine Queen of) Scots 1515–1560 m. Lady (Margaret Margaretha Tudor , Countess of Lennox or Harbottle, Baroness of Ashwell Thorpe, 4th Countess of Lennox, (dtr of Scottish Dowager) QueenMNargaret 1513–1572
        2. 2. Sir (John James Watson II, 1st Lord) Watson 1500–1568 m. Lady (Joane Margaret Sothern, (Sotheran) ,) (Sotheran) 1502–1565
      2. 2. Henry (VIII of England) Tudor 1491–1547 m. Lady (Mary) Boleyn 1499–1543 m. Lady (Mary De) Berkeley 1500–1586
        1. 1. Sir (Edward Seymour , KG, Lord Protector of England, Earl of Hertford, Viscount Beauchamp of Hache, Sheriff of) Devon 1528–1593 m. Margaret Walsh 1530–1580
        2. 2. Henry Carey 1526–1596 m. Lady (Anne Morgan , Baroness) Hunsdon 1529–1606
    2. 2. Dame (Catherine Plantagenet (born Woodville) , of York, Countess of) Devon 1479–1527
    3. 3. Lord (Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset , 1st Marquess of) Dorset 1451–1501 m. Cecily Bonville 1460–1529
      1. 1. Sir (Thomas de Grey , II, 2nd Marquis of Dorset, Baron Grey of Harington, KG,) KB 1500–1530 m. Lady (Margaret Wotton , Marchioness of Dorset, Baroness) Grey 1487–1535
        1. 1. Elizabeth Gray 1528–1551 m. Sir (Robert Jasper ,) II 1527–1547
      2. 2. Baroness (Cicely Marques Dorcet) Grey 1496–1554 m. Lord (John 'Lord Quondam' Dudley , 3rd Baron) Dudley 1494–1553
        1. 1. Vice-Admiral (Sir Henry Sutton-Dudley (Admiral, soldier, diplomat, and conspirator of the Tudor) period.) 1524–1557 m. Lady (Elizabeth Carrie Ashton , Lady) Ashton 1519–1558

Sir Rivers's Timeline

2 Records

1405
Abt. 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 Beheaded at Kenilworth, England
Beheaded at Kenilworth, England

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Aug 1469
    Event Place: Beheaded at Kenilworth, England

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