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Richard(1st Earl Rivers) Wydeville[1]

Male 1405 - 1469  (63 years)Deceased


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  • First & lastname Richard(1st Earl Rivers) Wydeville 
    Birth 12 Aug 1405  Maidstone, Kent, , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 1469  Captured at Chepstow, beheaded for treason at kenilworth Coventry, Warwickshire, , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age 63 years 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Richard (constable of the tower) Wydeville,   b. 1385, La Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 November 1441, Grafton, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)  (Father) 
    Joan Elizabeth Bedlisgate,   b. 1390, Bedlisgate, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 July 1448, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)  (Mother) 
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    Person ID P5009  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

    Father Richard (constable of the tower) Wydeville,   b. 1385, La Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 November 1441, Grafton, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Joan Elizabeth Bedlisgate,   b. 1390, Bedlisgate, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 July 1448, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1403  Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 18 years - She : ~ 13 years
    Family ID F5213  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife Jacquetta of Luxembourg,   b. 1415   d. 30 May 1472, Grafton, Northamptonshire, , England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Other: John ( 1st Duke of Bedford) Plantagnant 
    Marriage 1435  Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 29 years and 4 months - She : ~ 20 years. 
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth Woodville,   b. 1437, Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jun 1492, Bermondsey, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     [Father: natural]
     2. Richard (3rd Earl Rivers) Wydeville  [Father: natural]
     3. Antony (2nd Earl Rivers) Wydeville   d. 1483, Captured by Richard duke of glouster while escorting Edward v and Beheaded without trail pontifracr castle Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     4. Anne Woodville (maid. name Countess of Kent),   b. 1438, North Fambridge, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 July 1489, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]
     5. Jacquetta Woodville,   b. 1444, Grafton, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1509, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]
     6. John Woodville,   b. 1445, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1469, Beheaded along side his father for treason at Kenilworth, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)  [Father: natural]
     7. Agnes Woodville,   b. 1448, Launcelynbury, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1506, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F5212  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

  • Sources 
    1. [S-2109027946] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6361038&pid=5009