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Elizabeth Woodville

1437 - 1492

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Elizabeth Woodville (also spelt Wydville, Wydeville, or Widvile; c. 1437 – 8 June 1492), known as Dame Elizabeth Grey during her first marriage, was Queen of England from 1 May 1464 until 3 October 1470 and from 11 April 1471 until 9 April 1483 as the wife of King Edward IV. She was a key figure in the Wars of the Roses, a dynastic civil war between the Lancastrian and the Yorkist factions between 1455 and 1487. At the time of her birth, Elizabeth's family was of middle rank in the English social hierarchy. Her mother, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, had previously been an aunt-by-marriage to King Henry VI, and was the daughter of Peter I, Count of Saint-Pol. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elizabeth Woodville is the 124th most popular companion (down from 98th in 2019), the 446th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 312th in 2019) and the 19th most popular British Companion.

Elizabeth Woodville was the queen consort of King Edward IV of England. She was the mother of the Princes in the Tower and the grandmother of King Henry VII.

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Among companions, Elizabeth Woodville ranks 124 out of 784. Before her are Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, Isabella of Austria, Anna Pavlovna of Russia, Nilüfer Hatun, Maria Luisa of Parma, and Adelaide of Italy. After her are Guinevere, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Hoelun, Bianca Maria Sforza, Josephine of Leuchtenberg, and Maria Amalia of Saxony.

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Among people born in 1437, Elizabeth Woodville ranks 1. After her are Isaac Abarbanel, Elizabeth of Austria, Isabella of Bourbon, Annius of Viterbo, Filippo Buonaccorsi, and John IV, Duke of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1492, Elizabeth Woodville ranks 5. Before her are Lorenzo de' Medici, Pope Innocent VIII, Piero della Francesca, and Jami. After her are Casimir IV Jagiellon, Antoine Busnois, Gülbahar Hatun, Beatrice of Silva, Sonni Ali, Jaume Huguet, and Christina Abrahamsdotter.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Woodville ranks 446 out of 8,785. Before her are Arnold Bennett (1867), John Everett Millais (1829), Alexander Mackenzie (1822), Æthelred the Unready (968), Jon Lord (1941), and Ian McShane (1942). After her are Jacqueline Bisset (1944), Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (1982), Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (1751), David Bradley (1942), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828), and James Jeans (1877).

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Among companions born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Woodville ranks 19. Before her are Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912), Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496), Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901), Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766), Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887), and Margaret Tudor (1489). After her are Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (1982), Mordred (null), Joan of the Tower (1321), Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (1863), Sophie, Countess of Wessex (1965), and Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley (1508).

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