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Elizabeth Woodville (also spelt Wydville, Wydeville, or Widvile; [a] c. 1437 [1] – 8 June 1492), later known as Dame Elizabeth Grey, 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.
1465. c. March – Re-foundation of Queens' College, Cambridge by Elizabeth Woodville. [1] 26 May – Coronation of Elizabeth Woodville as Queen Consort. [1] Reform of the coinage, including introduction of the Angel and the Rose Noble. [1] 1466. Foundation of St Bartholomew's School, Newbury, Berkshire. 1467
c. March – Queens' College, Cambridge, is refounded by Elizabeth Woodville. May 14 – The Moroccan Revolt in Fez ousts the Maranid rulers, and leads to the killing of many Jews. [1] [2] May 26 – Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of Edward IV of England, is crowned in a lavish ceremony at Westminster Abbey.
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. [1] She was the daughter of King Edward IV and his wife, Elizabeth Woodville, and her marriage to Henry VII followed his victory at the Battle of Bosworth Field, which marked the end of the civil war known as the Wars of the Roses.
Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, [1] [2] then again from 11 April 1471 until his death in 1483. He was a central figure in the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars in England fought between the Yorkist and Lancastrian factions between 1455 and 1487.
May 1 – Edward IV of England secretly marries Elizabeth Woodville, ... 1465. January 1 – Lachlan Cattanach Maclean, 11th Chief, Scottish clan chief (d. 1523)
On 26 May 1465 he was created a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Edward IV's wife, Elizabeth Woodville, and officiated at the ceremony as both Lord Great Chamberlain, in the absence of the then office-holder, the Earl of Warwick, and as Chamberlain to the queen. In November 1468, however, he was committed to the Tower, and confessed to ...
Sometime before February 1458, Elizabeth was married to John de la Pole. [1] John was the eldest son of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Alice Chaucer. [2] His maternal grandparents were Thomas Chaucer and Maud Burghersh. [3] Her father-in-law had served as the principal power behind the throne for Henry VI of England from 1447 to ...