Elizabeth married Edward in secret, some time before September 1464. The exact date and circumstances of this event are still hotly debated among historians, especially because the choices Edward made were later used to undermine his dynastic line.
Elizabeth of York (11 February 1466 – 11 February 1503) was Queen of England from her marriage to King Henry VII on 18 January 1486 until her death in 1503. A daughter of King Edward IV, Elizabeth married Henry after his victory at the Battle of Bosworth Field, which marked the end of the Wars of the Roses.
Elizabeth Woodville, (born 1437—died June 7/8, 1492, London), wife of King Edward IV of England. After Edward's death popular dislike of her and her court facilitated the usurpation of power by Richard, duke of Gloucester (King Richard III).
Lady Jane Grey was descended from Elizabeth Woodville (her great great grandmother) through both her father and mother. Henry Grey, from Elizabeth's first marriage to Sir John Grey and Frances Brandon, from Elizabeth's second marriage to King Edward IV.
Elizabeth and Edward were married in secret, because the king did not want to quarrel with his great friend the Earl of Warwick, who wanted Edward to marry a princess. At the time of their marriage, Edward was 22 and Elizabeth a few years older.
Elizabeth was a commoner, a widow, and five years older than Edward.
Edward wanted above all to ensure that his successor was a male Protestant, so he disinherited his half-sisters Mary and Elizabeth in favour of the male heirs of his cousin, Lady Frances Grey or of her children, Jane, Catherine and Mary.
By the time of her death, all of Elizabeth Woodville's sons had either died or gone missing, and were presumed dead. This was with the exception of her eldest son by her first husband. This son was Thomas Grey (whose father was Sir John Grey), and he attended his mother's funeral, as did his wife.
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.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (née Middleton) is descended from King Edward IV through her mother, Carole Middleton, and from King Edward III through her father, Michael Middleton.
Having had the same great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were third cousins.
Elizabeth Woodville married King Edward IV who belonged to the House of York. The emblem of the House of York is in fact a white rose, which is why many believe Woodville was given 'The White Queen' moniker.
He left Oedipus instead with a shepherd, who brought him across the mountains to the king of Corinth. This king claimed the boy and raised him as his own. When Oedipus grew to manhood, a prophet warned him that he would kill his father and marry his mother.
Scientists have identified Akhenaten, the “heretic” king who introduced monotheism to ancient Egypt, as Tutankhamun's father. Akhenaten first married Nefertiti, who was renowned for her great beauty, but had no sons so he then married his sister in an effort to have a son.
The most suitable wife for a king of Egypt was the daughter of a king of Egypt, and Ramesses II was a stickler for tradition. He ended up marrying no less than four of his daughters (that we know of). They were Bintanath, Meritamen, Nebettawi and the relatively unknown Hentmire.
Anne Boleyn would be the next one, and would marry Elizabeth Woodville's grandson (through her eldest daughter, Elizabeth of York) Henry VIII. Henry VIII was always said to take more from his York ancestors, in particular his grandfather Edward IV (who was husband to Elizabeth Woodville).
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip welcomed four children together over the course of their 73-year marriage: King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.
On 17 July 1674, workmen remodelling the Tower of London dug up a wooden box containing two small human skeletons. The bones were found buried 10 feet (3.0 m) under the staircase leading to the chapel of the White Tower.
At the beginning of Mary's reign, Jane was arraigned for high treason and later executed.
It was rumoured that one or both of Mary's children were fathered by the king. Even if this was so, however, Henry did not acknowledge either of them as his children, although he had previously acknowledged Henry FitzRoy, his son by another mistress, Elizabeth Blount.
Did Lady Jane Grey have a child? Jane had a son, Henry Brandon, and two daughters, Frances and Eleanor Brandon. The elder of these daughters, Frances, later married Henry Grey, Marquis Dorset.
As time passed, Henry clearly grew to love, trust and respect Elizabeth, and they seem to have become emotionally close. There survives good evidence that she loved him, and a moving account of how they comforted each other when their eldest son, Arthur, died in 1502.
Jacquetta bore Woodville 14 children and stood trial on charges of witchcraft, of which she was exonerated.
Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn gave birth to a daughter, Elizabeth (future Elizabeth I). Queen Elizabeth I was the granddaughter of Elizabeth of York, and great-granddaughter of Elizabeth Woodville.