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Sir Richard Earl Rivers, Knight of the Garter Woodville 1405–1469 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Aug 1405

Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, , England

Death Date: 12 Aug 1469

Death Location: Beheaded, Gosford Green, Coventry, Warwickshire, England or Kenilworth, Warwick, Warwickshire, England or Edgecote, Buckingshire, England or Forest Dean, Gloucestershire, England

Father: **Sir (Woodville)

Mother: *Joan Bedlisgate

Spouse(s): Jacquetta Luxembourg

Children(s): Lady (Wydeville)*, Elizabeth Grey, Lionel Wydeville, Joan Wydevill, Richard Rivers, Lady Grey, Sir Rivers, Anne Wydeville, Margaret Woodville, Edward Woodville, Margaret Tudor, Lady Wydeville, Catherine ^, Edward Woodville, Margaret Woodville, Jacquetta Wydeville, Mary Wydeville, Anthony Rivers, Lewis Wydeville, *Lionel Wydeville, #Lady (Woodville), *Jacquetta Wydeville, *Joan Wydevill, *Lewis Wydeville, *John Wydeville, Katherine Wydeville, *Margaret Woodville, *Richard Wydeville, *Thomas Wydeville, Sir Wydeville, John Woodville, Martha Wydeville, Katherine Woodville, John ^, Margaret Woodville, Thomas ^, Thomas Woodville, Margaret Arundle, Richard, Wydeville, Mary Pembroke

The story of Sir Richard Earl Rivers, Knight of the Garter Woodville began in 1405 in Maidstone, Kent, , England. Sir Richard Earl Rivers, Knight of the Garter Woodville married Jacquetta De Luxembourg, and had children including Anne Woodville Or Wydeville, Anthony Woodville 3Rd Earl Rivers, Catherine Woodville, Edward Woodville, Elizabeth Consort Woodville Wydeville Grey, Jacquetta Lady Baroness Strange Woodville Wydeville, Jacquetta Wydeville, Joan Wydevill, John Last Child Woodville, John Plantagenet, John Wydeville, Katherine Duchess Buckingham Woodville Wydeville, Katherine Woodville, Lady Eleanor De Wydeville Woodville, Lady Eleanor Woodville Lady Grey, Lady Jacquetta Baroness Strange Wydeville, Lady Mary Countess Of Pembroke Woodville Wydeville, Lewis Wydeville, Lionel Bishop Of Salisbury Wydeville, Lionel Wydeville, Margaret Tudor, Margaret Woodville, Margaret Wydeville Woodville, Margaret Wydeville Woodville Countess Of Arundle, Martha Wydeville, Mary Woodville Countess Of Pembroke, Mary Wydeville, Richard 4Th Earl Rivers Woodville Or Wydeville, Richard Woodville 3Rd Earl Rivers, Richard Wydeville, Sir John Woodville 2Nd Earl Rivers, Sir John Wydeville, Thomas Woodville, Thomas Wydeville. Sir Richard Earl Rivers, Knight of the Garter Woodville passed away in 1469 in Beheaded, Gosford Green, Coventry, Warwickshire, England or Kenilworth, Warwick, Warwickshire, England or Edgecote, Buckingshire, England or Forest Dean, Gloucestershire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Richard Earl Rivers, Knight of the Garter Woodville began in 1405 in Maidstone, Kent, , England.
  • Sir Richard Earl Rivers, Knight of the Garter Woodville married Jacquetta De Luxembourg, and had children including Anne Woodville Or Wydeville, Anthony Woodville 3Rd Earl Rivers, Catherine Woodville, Edward Woodville, Elizabeth Consort Woodville Wydeville Grey, Jacquetta Lady Baroness Strange Woodville Wydeville, Jacquetta Wydeville, Joan Wydevill, John Last Child Woodville, John Plantagenet, John Wydeville, Katherine Duchess Buckingham Woodville Wydeville, Katherine Woodville, Lady Eleanor De Wydeville Woodville, Lady Eleanor Woodville Lady Grey, Lady Jacquetta Baroness Strange Wydeville, Lady Mary Countess Of Pembroke Woodville Wydeville, Lewis Wydeville, Lionel Bishop Of Salisbury Wydeville, Lionel Wydeville, Margaret Tudor, Margaret Woodville, Margaret Wydeville Woodville, Margaret Wydeville Woodville Countess Of Arundle, Martha Wydeville, Mary Woodville Countess Of Pembroke, Mary Wydeville, Richard 4Th Earl Rivers Woodville Or Wydeville, Richard Woodville 3Rd Earl Rivers, Richard Wydeville, Sir John Woodville 2Nd Earl Rivers, Sir John Wydeville, Thomas Woodville, Thomas Wydeville.
  • Sir Richard Earl Rivers, Knight of the Garter Woodville passed away in 1469 in Beheaded, Gosford Green, Coventry, Warwickshire, England or Kenilworth, Warwick, Warwickshire, England or Edgecote, Buckingshire, England or Forest Dean, Gloucestershire, England.

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Sir Woodville's Ancestors

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Sir Woodville
1405–1469
Birth Place: Maidstone, Kent, , England
Parents
**Sir Richard I, De Wydeville (Woodville)
1385–1441
Grafton Regis, Nrthmp, England
*Joan (Elizabeth) Bedlisgate
1390–1448
Bedlisgate, Northamptonshire, England
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Sir Woodville's Descendants

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Sir (Richard Earl Rivers, Knight of the Garter) Woodville (12 Aug 1405–12 Aug 1469) m. Jacquetta (De) Luxembourg (Jul 1416–30 May 1472)
  1. 1. Lady (Mary Countess of Pembroke Woodville) (Wydeville)* 1456–1481 m. Sir (William Baron & 2nd Earl of Pembroke) Herbert* 1451–1491
    1. 1. Elizabeth (3rd Baroness of Raglan, Monmouth) Herbert 1476–1513 m. Charles (1st Earl Worcester Somerset) Beaufort 1460–1526
      1. 1. Elizabeth Somerset 1497–1545 m. John Savage 1493–1528 m. John Savage 1493–1528
        1. 1. John SAVAGE 1505–1597
        2. 2. Ann Savage 1502–1570
        3. 3. Elizabeth SAVAGE 1529–
        4. 4. Catherine Savage 1526–
        5. 5. Anne (Emmot) Savage 1525–1570
        6. 6. Ann Savage 1521–1600
        7. 7. Henry Savage 1526–1597
        8. 8. Mary Savage 1527–
      2. 2. Sir (Henry 2nd Earl of Worcester) Somerset* 1496–1549
      3. 3. Henry Beaufort 1496–1549
    2. 2. Mary Herbert 1468–
    3. 3. Jane Herbert 1476–
    4. 4. Catherine Herbert 1470–1500
  2. 2. Elizabeth (Consort Woodville Wydeville) Grey 1437–1492 m. Edward (IV King of) England 1442–1483 m. Sir (John) Grey 1432–1461
    1. 1. Elizabeth (York) Plantagenet 1442–1483 m. Henry (Tudor VII of) England 1457–1509 m. Thomas Lumley 1460–1487
      1. 1. Margaret ((House of Tudor)) Tylle 1489–1541 m. James (IV) Stewart 1473–1488
        1. 1. Agnes Tylle 1519–1582 m. William Tilley 1515–1578
        2. 2. William Tilley 1515–1577
        3. 3. Agnes Tylle 1510–1537
        4. 4. Elizabeth Tilley 1544–1614
        5. 5. Hugonis Talley 1522–1552
        6. 6. Agnes Tilley 1510–1511
        7. 7. John (Tylle) Tyll 1548–1597
        8. 8. Mary Tilley 1545–1585
        9. 9. Robert Tilley 1540–1612
      2. 2. Arthur (Henry) VII 1486–1502
      3. 3. Henry (VIII) Tudor 1491–1547
      4. 4. Queen Margaret 1489–1541 m. King (of Scotland James IV) Stewart 1472–1513 m. Archibald Douglas 1489–1557
        1. 1. James (V) Stewart 1512–1542
      5. 5. James (House Tudor) Scotland 1473–1513
      6. 6. Henry (VIII England) Tudor 1460–1547
      7. 7. Margaret (Scotland) Tudor 1429–
      8. 8. Scotland James 1472–1513
      9. 9. James Tudor 1473–1513
      10. 10. Katherine Tudor 1502–1503
      11. 11. Arthur Tudor 1486–1502
      12. 12. Roland (Se) Velville 1477–1509
      13. 13. John Lumley 1483–1483
      14. 14. Ann Lumley 1481–1587
      15. 15. Lord (Richard) Lumley 1478–1510
      16. 16. Roger Lumley 1487–1530
      17. 17. Sibill Lumley 1485–1518
    2. 2. Cicely Plantagenet 1469–1507
    3. 3. Mary Plantagenet 1467–1482
    4. 4. Elizabeth Plantagenet 1466–1503
    5. 5. Margaret 1457–1472
    6. 6. Margaret Tudor 1466–1503
    7. 7. Mary 1457–1482
    8. 8. Arthur (Plantagenet Viscount) Lisle 1461–1542
    9. 9. Edward (V) ENGLAND 1470–1483
    10. 10. Thomas Grey 1455–1501
    11. 11. Richard Grey 1459–1483
  3. 3. Lionel (Bishop of Salisbury) Wydeville 1447–1485
  4. 4. Joan Wydevill 1447–1475
  5. 5. Richard (Woodville 3rd Earl) Rivers 1453–1491
  6. 6. Lady (Eleanor Woodville Lady) Grey 1446–1546
  7. 7. Sir (John Woodville 2nd Earl) Rivers 1444–1469 m. Catherine Neville 1402–1483
  8. 8. Anne (Woodville or) Wydeville 1439–1489
  9. 9. Margaret Woodville 1443–1543
  10. 10. Edward Woodville 1442–1488
  11. 11. Margaret Tudor 1442–1492
  12. 12. Lady (Jacquetta Baroness Strange) Wydeville 1445–1509
  13. 13. Catherine (Woodville) ^ 1442–1509
  14. 14. Edward Woodville 1455–1488
  15. 15. Margaret (Wydeville) Woodville 1450–1491
  16. 16. Jacquetta Wydeville 1444–1509
  17. 17. Mary Wydeville 1443–1481
  18. 18. Anthony (Woodville 3rd Earl) Rivers 1440–1483
  19. 19. Lewis Wydeville 1438–1448
  20. 20. *Lionel Wydeville 1447–1485
  21. 21. #Lady (Eleanor de Wydeville) (Woodville) 1446–1546
  22. 22. *Jacquetta (Lady Baroness Strange Woodville) Wydeville 1444–1479
  23. 23. *Joan Wydevill 1447–
  24. 24. *Lewis Wydeville 1453–
  25. 25. *John Wydeville 1445–1469
  26. 26. Katherine (Duchess Buckingham Woodville) Wydeville 1449–1525
  27. 27. *Margaret Woodville 1454–1490
  28. 28. *Richard Wydeville 1448–1491
  29. 29. *Thomas Wydeville 1450–
  30. 30. Sir (John) Wydeville 1445–1469
  31. 31. John (last child) Woodville 1450–1458
  32. 32. Martha Wydeville 1450–1500
  33. 33. Katherine Woodville 1455–1497
  34. 34. John (Plantagenet) ^ 1432–1432
  35. 35. Margaret Woodville 1454–1490
  36. 36. Thomas (Wydeville) ^ 1438–
  37. 37. Thomas Woodville 1451–
  38. 38. Margaret (Wydeville Woodville Countess of) Arundle 1440–1489
  39. 39. Richard, (4th Earl Rivers, Woodville or) Wydeville 1453–1491
  40. 40. Mary (Woodville Countess of) Pembroke 1456–1381

Sir Woodville's Timeline

4 Records

1405
12 Aug 1405
Birth of Sir Richard Earl Rivers, Knight of the Garter Woodville in Maidstone, Kent, England
Maidstone, Kent, England
1405
12 Aug 1405
Birth of Sir Richard Earl Rivers, Knight of the Garter Woodville in Maidstone, Kent, , England
Maidstone, Kent, , England
1469
12 Aug 1469
Age 64
Death of Sir Richard Earl Rivers, Knight of the Garter Woodville in Kenilworth, Northamptonshire, England
Kenilworth, Northamptonshire, England
1469
12 Aug 1469
Age 64
Death of Sir Richard Earl Rivers, Knight of the Garter Woodville in Beheaded, Gosford Green, Coventry, Warwickshire, England or Kenilworth, Warwick, Warwickshire, England or Edgecote, Buckingshire, England or Forest Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Beheaded, Gosford Green, Coventry, Warwickshire, England or Kenilworth, Warwick, Warwickshire, England or Edgecote, Buckingshire, England or Forest Dean, 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: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Aug 1405
    Event Place: Maidstone, Kent, , England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Aug 1469
    Event Place: Kenilworth, Northamptonshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Aug 1469
    Event Place: Beheaded, Gosford Green, Coventry, Warwickshire, England or Kenilworth, Warwick, Warwickshire, England or Edgecote, Buckingshire, England or Forest Dean, Gloucestershire, England

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