WYDEVILLE, Richard 1st Earl of Rivers b. 1412 Kent, England d. 12 Aug 1469

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1412 - 1469 (57 years)

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Name	WYDEVILLE, Richard
Suffix	1st Earl of Rivers
Birth	1412	Kent, England
Gender	Male
Name	Richard Woodville
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Death	12 Aug 1469
Person ID	I329	Puffers
Last Modified	19 Dec 2013

Father	WYDEVILLE\ WYDEVILL, Richard Chamberlain Duke of Bedford, b. 1385, Kent, England d. 1441, England (Age 56 years)
Mother	BEDLISGATE, Joan, b. 1390, Bedlisgate, England, United Kingdom d. 1448, England (Age 58 years)
Family ID	F1779	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Jacquetta of Luxembourg, b. 1416, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg d. 30 Apr 1472 (Age 56 years)

Marriage 1435

Children

	1. WYDEVILLE, Elizabeth Queen of England, b. Abt 1437, Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England d. 8 Jun 1492, Bermondsey, London, England (Age 55 years)
	2. WYDEVILLE, Lewis, b. 1438 d. Yes, date unknown
	3. WYDEVILLE, Anne, b. Abt 1438 d. Yes, date unknown
	4. WYDEVILLE, Anthony 2nd Earl of Rivers, b. Abt 1440, Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England d. 25 Jun 1483, Yorkshire, England (Age 43 years)
	5. WOODVILLE, Mary, b. Abt 1443 d. Bef 1481 (Age < 37 years)
	6. WOODVILLE, Sir John, b. 1444 d. 12 Aug 1469 (Age 25 years)
	7. WOODVILLE, Jacquetta, b. Abt 1444, Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England d. 1509 (Age 65 years)
	8. WYDEVILLE, Sir John, b. Abt 1445, Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England d. 12 Aug 1469, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England (Age 24 years)
	9. WOODVILLE, Lionel Bishop of Salisbury, b. Abt 1446 d. 1484 (Age 38 years)
	10. WYDEVILLE, Joan, b. Abt 1447, Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
	11. WYDEVILLE, Thomas, b. 1450, Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England d. 12 Aug 1469, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England (Age 19 years)
	12. WYDEVILLE, Anne, b. Abt 1451, North Fambridge, Essex, England d. 30 Jul 1489, London, London, England (Age 38 years)
	13. WYDEVILLE, Eleanor, b. 1452 d. 1512 (Age 60 years)
	14. WYDEVILLE, Richard, b. 1453 d. 1491 (Age 38 years)
	15. WOODVILLE, Margaret, b. Abt 1454, England d. Bef 6 Mar 1490 (Age < 36 years)
	16. WYDEVILLE, Edward, b. 1455 d. 1488 (Age 33 years)
	17. WOODVILLE, Katherine, b. Abt 1458, Monmouthshire, Wales d. Aft 22 Jul 1525 (Age > 67 years)

Family ID F3828 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Apr 2024

Notes

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.