WYDEVILLE, Richard 1st Earl of Rivers

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• Name: Richard Woodville
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Originally a mere squire from Grafton, Richard was considered "the handsomest man in England" and rose to become the squire of Henry V. At the Battle of Agincourt, he kept the king's lucky totem of a squirrel's tail tied to a lance "always within sight of the king" during the fighting, and was knighted afterwards.

Richard married Jacquetta of Luxembourg in 1435. Jacquetta (daughter of LUXEMBOURG, Pierre De and BALZO, Marguerite De) was born in 1416 in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg; died on 30 Apr 1472. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. WYDEVILLE, Elizabeth Queen of England was born about 1437 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England; died on 8 Jun 1492 in Bermondsey, London, England; was buried on 12 Jun 1492 in England.
2. WYDEVILLE, Lewis was born in 1438; and died.
3. WYDEVILLE, Anne was born about 1438; and died.
4. WYDEVILLE, Anthony 2nd Earl of Rivers was born about 1440 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England; died on 25 Jun 1483 in Yorkshire, England; was buried in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England.
5. WOODVILLE, Mary was born about 1443; died before 1481.
6. WOODVILLE, Sir John was born in 1444; died on 12 Aug 1469.
7. WOODVILLE, Jacquetta was born about 1444 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England; died in 1509; was buried in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England.
8. WYDEVILLE, Sir John was born about 1445 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England; died on 12 Aug 1469 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England.
9. WOODVILLE, Lionel Bishop of Salisbury was born about 1446; died in 1484.
10. WYDEVILLE, Joan was born about 1447 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England; and died.
11. WYDEVILLE, Thomas was born in 1450 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England; died on 12 Aug 1469 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England.
12. WYDEVILLE, Anne was born about 1451 in North Fambridge, Essex, England; died on 30 Jul 1489 in London, London, England.
13. WYDEVILLE, Eleanor was born in 1452; died in 1512.
14. WYDEVILLE, Richard was born in 1453; died in 1491.
15. WOODVILLE, Margaret was born about 1454 in England; died before 6 Mar 1490; was buried in Arundel, Sussex, England.
16. WYDEVILLE, Edward was born in 1455; died in 1488.
17. WOODVILLE, Katherine was born about 1458 in Monmouthshire, Wales; died after 22 Jul 1525.

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Richard married BEDLISGATE, Joan. Joan was born in 1390 in Bedlisgate, England, United Kingdom; died in 1448 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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