Elizabeth Widville, Lady Grey
Ashdown-Hill, John2020
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Wife to Edward IV and mother to the Princes in the Tower and later Queen Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Widville was a central figure during the War of the Roses. Born in the turbulent fifteenth century, she was famed for her beauty and controversial second marriage to Edward IV, who she married just three years after he had displaced the Lancastrian Henry VI and claimed the English throne. Throughout her life and even after the death of her husband, Elizabeth remained politically influential: briefly proclaiming her son King Edward V of England before he was deposed by her brother-in-law, the infamous Richard III, she would later play an important role in securing the succession of Henry Tudor in 1485 and his marriage to her daughter Elizabeth of York, thus and ending the War of the Roses. Dr John Ashdown-Hill shines a light on the truth of her life.
Main title:
Elizabeth Widville, Lady Grey / John Ashdown-Hill.
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Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword History, 2020.Barnsley : Pen & Sword History, 2020.
Collation:
256 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526765833 (pbk)
Dewey class:
920 ELI
Language:
English
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BRN:
2278099