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Elizabeth Woodville

Type Figure Region England Time 1437–1492 Also known as Queen Woodville

An English noblewoman whose first husband was the Lancastrian knight John Grey;…

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  1. 1464Grafton · NorthamptonshireOn 1 May 1464 Elizabeth and Edward IV married secretly; the king had not consulted parliament or senior ministers such as Warwick beforehand, breaking the convention of noble marriage politics and becoming an important cause of factional division in the later Wars of the Roses.
  2. 1465–1469Westminster · Greater LondonIn 1465 Elizabeth was crowned queen at Westminster Abbey; her Woodville relatives received many important offices and marriages, rapidly changing the power structure of the court and intensifying conflict with traditional Yorkist nobles such as the Earl of Warwick.
  3. 1470Westminster Abbey · Greater LondonAfter Warwick restored the Lancastrian regime in 1470, Elizabeth took her young son Prince Edward into sanctuary at Westminster Abbey to seek church protection, until her husband Edward IV was restored the following year and she returned to court.

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