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Elizabeth Woodville (or Wydeville) (1437-1492) is buried with her husband King Edward IV at St George's chapel, Windsor Castle, but she took Sanctuary at Westminster Abbey on two occasions during the Wars of the Roses.
The eldest daughter of Sir Richard Woodville and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. She married John Grey, a Lancastrian knight, in 1452. She had two sons by this marriage. Grey was killed at St. Albans in 1461.
His marriage to the widowed Elizabeth Woodville took place secretly and, though there is no documentary evidence of the date, it is traditionally said to have taken place at her family home in Northamptonshire on 1 May 1464. [8] . Only the bride's mother and two ladies were in attendance.
When Elizabeth Woodville died in 1492, she was buried with little of the pomp and circumstance befitting a woman of her rank. Despite the fact that she was Edward IV 's queen consort, mother of...
Elizabeth Woodville surrenders her second son, Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York. With the two princes (Richard, Duke of York) and Edward (now technically Edward V) out of the way, Richard made his bid for the throne.
Buried at: Windsor. Elizabeth Woodville was the daughter of Richard Woodville a knight, and Jacquetta daughter of Peter of Luxembourg. When she was 15 years old Elizabeth married John Grey, but he was killed at the Battle of St Albans in 1461 fighting for the Lancastrian cause leaving her a widow with two young sons.
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After Henry Tudor became king as Henry VII in 1485, he married Elizabeth’s eldest daughter; but in 1487 Elizabeth was disgraced—probably for treasonable activities—and forced to withdraw to a convent, where she died five years later.
