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Elizabeth Woodville's arms as queen consort, the royal arms of England impaling Woodville (Quarterly, first argent: a lion rampant double queued gules, crowned or (Luxembourg, her mother's family); second: quarterly, I and IV: gules a star of eight points argent; II and III: azure, semée of fleurs de lys or (Baux); third: barry argent and ...
Cecily was born on 20 March 1469 [3] [4] at Westminster Palace as the third daughter [5] of ten children of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville; [6] [7] being the third child from her parents' ten children, the princess also had two half-brothers from her mother's first marriage to John Grey of Groby: Thomas and Richard Grey.
Anne was born on 2 November 1475 at the Palace of Westminster as the fifth daughter [1] and seventh of ten children of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville. [2] [3] Anne had six sisters, of whom only four reached adulthood—two eldests (Elizabeth and Cecily) and two younger (Catherine and Bridget); Mary, who was eight years older than Anne, died at the age of 14 from some illness ...
Elizabeth Woodville (c. 1437 – 1492), married first Sir John Grey of Groby, and second Edward IV of England. Lewis Woodville (c. 1438–1450), died in childhood. Anne Woodville (1439–1489), married first William Bourchier, Viscount Bourchier, and second George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent.
At the point Henry VII of England seized the throne there were eighteen Plantagenet descendants who might today be thought to have a stronger hereditary claim. By 1510 this number increased with the birth of sixteen Yorkist children. [5] However, Henry VII married Elizabeth of York the eldest daughter of Edward IV.
Richard III came to the throne when the sons of Edward IV's union with Elizabeth Woodville were declared bastards; the Grey family was aligned with Edward. On 25 June 1483, an assembly of Parliament declared Richard III to be the legitimate king, and Thomas's uncle, Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers , and brother, Richard Grey , were executed.
Katherine was the daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. When her sister Elizabeth married Edward IV of England, the King elevated and promoted many members of the Woodville family. Elizabeth Woodville's household records for 1466/67 indicate that Katherine was being raised in the queen's household.
The younger Thomas Grey's paternal grandparents were Queen Elizabeth Woodville (c. 1437–1492) and her first husband Sir John Grey of Groby (c. 1432–1461), son and heir of Elizabeth Ferrers, Lady Ferrers of Groby, [19] so his father the first marquess was a stepson of King Edward IV and a half-brother of King Edward V. [1]