Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Birthca 1437
Death8 Jun 1492 Age: 55
FatherRichard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (1405-1469)
MotherJaquetta Of Luxembourg (1416-1472)
Spouses
Birthca 1432
Death7 Feb 1461, Killed in combat at the Second Battle of St. Albans3145 Age: 29
Marriageca 14523147
DeathApr 1483
Marriage1 May 1464, Northamptonshire3147
Notes for Elizabeth Woodville
Elizabeth Woodville (Elizabeth Wydeville, Elizabeth Widvile) (c. 1437 – 8 June 1492) was Queen consort of Edward IV, King of England, from 1464 until his death in 1483. Elizabeth was a key figure in the series of dynastic civil wars known as the Wars of the Roses. Her first husband, Sir John Grey of Groby was killed at the Second Battle of St Albans. As the daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, she was the first commoner to marry an English sovereign. It was because of this that Edward's former staunch ally Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, known to history as "The Kingmaker" switched his allegiance to the House of Lancaster. Her children included the Princes in the Tower and Elizabeth of York; the latter made her the maternal grandmother of Henry VIII.3147
Notes for John (Spouse 1)
Grey was the son and heir of Elizabeth Ferrers, 6th Baroness Ferrers of Groby (1419–1483) and of Sir Edward Grey (c. 1415–1457). Women were not permitted to sit in parliament. His father was summoned to parliament as Baron Ferrers of Groby in right of his wife. After the death of Grey's father his stepfather, John Bourchier, assumed his wife's title, Baron Ferrers of Groby.
Grey inherited no titles. He predeceased his mother Elizabeth Grey, Baroness Ferrers of Groby, and he was not summoned to parliament. The title Baron Grey of Groby was created 21 July 1603 for his direct descendant, Henry Grey (c.1547–1614).
About 1452, Sir John Grey married Elizabeth Woodville, the eldest daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, and Jacquetta of Luxembourg, widow of John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford.
They had two sons, Thomas, later Marquess of Dorset, and Richard aged about 23 when killed by Richard III.
Elizabeth later became the co-heiress of her brother, Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers.
Sir John Grey was killed at the Second Battle of St Albans in 1461, fighting for the Lancastrian cause. His widow, Elizabeth, later married Edward IV who was the successful Yorkist claimant to the throne.3148
Grey inherited no titles. He predeceased his mother Elizabeth Grey, Baroness Ferrers of Groby, and he was not summoned to parliament. The title Baron Grey of Groby was created 21 July 1603 for his direct descendant, Henry Grey (c.1547–1614).
About 1452, Sir John Grey married Elizabeth Woodville, the eldest daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, and Jacquetta of Luxembourg, widow of John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford.
They had two sons, Thomas, later Marquess of Dorset, and Richard aged about 23 when killed by Richard III.
Elizabeth later became the co-heiress of her brother, Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers.
Sir John Grey was killed at the Second Battle of St Albans in 1461, fighting for the Lancastrian cause. His widow, Elizabeth, later married Edward IV who was the successful Yorkist claimant to the throne.3148