#OTD 4 April 1497
#ElizabethTilney Countess of Surrey died
Serving both #ElizabethWoodville (remaining in sanctuary @westminsterabbey.bsky.social with her until #EdwardIV was restored) & #ElizabethofYork
Her 2 marriages produced 14 children!
She was Grandmother to both #AnneBoleyn & #KatherineHoward

#OTD 20 Mar 1469

#CecilyofYork was born at the Palace of Westminster a 3rd daughter to #EdwardIV & #ElizabethWoodville in the midst of #TheWarsoftheRoses

Her contracted marriage to the future King #JamesIV was later cancelled, but she wed 3 times Cecily died on 24 Aug 1507 #History

Anne Boleyn the seductress. Elizabeth Woodville the witch.
When powerful men made controversial choices, why were the women blamed?
And are we actually giving these women too much power in a world where they had so little?
Watch the full video on YouTube.

 #AnneBoleyn #ElizabethWoodville

#OTD 11 Feb 1466
The 1st #TudorQueen, Elizabeth of York was born

Eldest child of #EdwardIV & #ElizabethWoodville & consort to #HenryVII

Their marriage saw the end of #TheWarsoftheRoses

She died #OTD 1503 her 37th birthday days after giving birth to a daughter who also sadly died

#Tudor #History

#OTD
11th February 1466
Elizabeth of York, the eldest child of King Edward IV and Queen Elizabeth Woodville was born at Westminster Palace, London.

#ElizabethofYork #KingEdwardIV #ElizabethWoodville #HouseofYork #Yorkist #WhiteRose #Plantagenets #History

#OTD
17th January 1517
Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk was born at Westminster, London, to Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset & Margaret Wootton.

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#HenryGrey #MaquessofDorset #DukeofSuffolk #ElizabethWoodville #Tudors #History

#OTD 15 Nov 1527

#CatherineofYork last surviving child of #EdwardIV & #ElizabethWoodville died at Tiverton Castle buried at nearby St Peter's
Married to William Courtenay in 1495 arranged by #HenryVII, they had 3 children

L-R Elizabeth, Cecily, Anne, Catherine & Mary @cburycathedral.bsky.social

#OTD 2 Oct 1452
The last #plantagenet King #RichardIII was born at Fotheringhay

His claim was based on his brother, #EdwardIV having been pre-contracted to Eleanor Talbot of Sudeley Castle rendering his marriage to #ElizabethWoodville void & their sons illegitimate
@kriiicentre.bsky.social
#History

#OTD 24 Sept 1486

#ArthurTudor #PrinceofWales was baptised at a sumptuous ceremony at @wincathedral.bsky.social by the Bishop of Worcester

Carried by his Gran Queen #ElizabethWoodville & Aunt #CecilyofYork

Godparents included John de Vere, Thomas Stanley & William FitzAlan

#Tudor #History

#thewhitequeen by #philippagregory is another #plantagenet story focusing on #elizabethwoodville

This book is definitely fiction & takes liberties with historical rumor but it’s fun. I’ve always been fascinated with the princes in the tower. 💙📚

#bookreview #historicalfiction #royals #yorks

#OTD
24th August 1507
Cecily of York, daughter of King Edward IV & Elizabeth Woodville died at the age of thirty-eight at Hatfield in Hertfordshire

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#CecilyofYork #KingEdwardIV #ElizabethWoodville #HouseofYork #Plantagenet #History

#ElizabethWoodville: Wife to King Edward IV. Mother to Elizabeth of York and the Princes in the Tower. Lived a tumultuous life and was strong through it all. 3/4

Elizabeth persuaded to allow her son to leave sanctuary (Richard Westall, 1799).

D. of York brothre to Ed. V. resign’d by the queen (After John Opie, print made by James Fittler, published by Robert Bowyer, 1795).

Edward Duke of York parting with his mother (Print made by John Rogers, after Giovanni Battista Cipriani, published by The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited, c. 1830).

#ElizabethWoodville and King #EdwardIV were parents to Edward and Richard or the ‘Princes in the Tower.’ After King Edward’s unexpected death, Elizabeth Woodville took sanctuary with her younger son, Richard and her daughters. 1/4

The Two Princes Edward and Richard in the Tower (John Everett Millais, Royal Holloway collection, 1878).

King Edward V and the Duke of York (Richard) in the Tower of London (Paul Delaroche, Louvre Museum, 1830).

The Princes in the Tower were the sons of #EdwardIV and #ElizabethWoodville. Edward who was his father’s heir upon his death was 12. His little brother Richard was 9. 1/4

#ElizabethWoodville
#Yorks
RIP 🙏
Died June 8, 1492 at Bermondsey Abbey. She was a remarkable woman who lived through highly tumultuous times.

Unknown Artist
Portrait of #ElizabethWoodville (ca. 1437-1492), Queen of England, who died #OnThisDay
ca. 1550-1600 after 15th-Century original
Royal Collection
#Plantagenet #York

Unknown Artist
Portrait of #ElizabethWoodville (ca. 1437-1492), Queen of England, who died #OnThisDay
ca. 1595 after 15th-Century original
Queens' College, University of Cambridge
#Plantagenet #York

Posthumous portrait of Elizabeth Woodville (Queens’ College, after 1500).

Elizabeth and Edward’s burial place.

#OTD in 1492 Queen dowager #ElizabethWoodville passed away at Bermondsey Abbey in Surrey. She was approximately fifty-five years old. Her husband King #EdwardIV had passed away nine years prior. 1/3

#OTD
8th June 1492
Elizabeth Woodville, wife of King Edward IV died at Bermondsey Abbey.

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#ElizabethWoodville #QueenElizabethWoodville #WarsoftheRoses #KingEdwardIV #ElizabethofYork #KingHenryVII #Plantagenets #Tudors #History

KING EDW. IV.
Her words doth show her wit incomparable,
All her perfections challenge sovereignty.
One way or other, she is for a king

Part 3, Act III s2 #HenryVI_2025 #ElizabethWoodville

FYI. This scene is outdoors in #TheWhiteQueen (2013) starring Rebecca Ferguson with Max Irons as Edward IV.

Posthumous portrait of Elizabeth Woodville (Queens’ College, after 1500).

Elizabeth at the time of her coronation (1472).

#OTD in 1465 #ElizabethWoodville was crowned as Queen of England. This caused quite a stir in court, as she was not well-liked. Many disapproved of her marriage to #EdwardIV and she was even accused of witchcraft.

Jean de Wavrin, Anciennes chroniques d’Angleterre, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 15th century.

OTD (approximately) in 1464 #ElizabethWoodville and #EdwardIV married. They married in secret, so the exact date is unknown. Elizabeth was a widow with two sons. 1/2

#OTD 1465. The crowing of #ElizabethWoodville as #EdwardIV's queen. The marriage that brought her to queenship would later be declared bigamous and her children bastards. A teetering pinnacle indeed. #TheKingsMother #Cecily

#OTD 4 April 1497

#ElizabethTilney Countess of Surrey died

Serving both #ElizabethWoodville (in sanctuary @westminsterabbey.bsky.social with her until #EdwardIV was restored) & #ElizabethofYork

Her 2 marriages produced 14 children!

She was Grandmother to both #AnneBoleyn & #KatherineHoward

#OTD 20 Mar 1469

#CecilyofYork was born at the Palace of Westminster a 3rd daughter to #EdwardIV & #ElizabethWoodville in the midst of #TheWarsoftheRoses

Her contracted marriage to the future King #JamesIV was later cancelled, but she wed 3 times

Cecily died on 24 Aug 1507

#OTD
16th March 1503
Edward Storey, Bishop of Chichester died. He served Elizabeth Woodville as Chaplain and was Chancellor at Cambridge University.

#EdwardStorey #BishopofChichester #ElizabethWoodville #CambridgeUniversity #Plantagenet #Tudor #History

31 Days of Medieval and Early Modern Women. Day 4: Elizabeth Woodville. Elizabeth’s portrait and a light green background.

Edward IV, Elizabeth of York and the princes on a light green background

Day 4 of 31 Days of Medieval and Early Modern Women brings #elizabethwoodville !

Elizabeth had two sons with her first husband before he died. Her and #edwardiv married in secret which angered the court. They did not like her and were not afraid of showing it. 1/2

He did not approve of his brother's clandestine marriage to #ElizabethWoodville. 4/8

#OTD 11 Feb 1466

The 1st #TudorQueen, Elizabeth of York was born

Eldest child of #EdwardIV & #ElizabethWoodville & Queen consort to #HenryVII

Their marriage saw the end of #TheWarsoftheRoses

She died #OTD 1503 her 37th birthday days after giving birth to a daughter who also sadly died

Elizabeth of York (c. 1470, Royal Collection).

Wood funeral effigy of Elizabeth (1503, Westminster Abbey).

2 books on Elizabeth of York. Left: Elizabeth of York: The Forgotten Tudor Queen - Amy Licence. Right: Elizabeth of York and the Birth of the Tudor Dynasty: Uniting the Roses - Beverley Adams.

#ElizabethofYork was born #OTD in 1466 and died OTD in 1503. Elizabeth was born to #ElizabethWoodville and #EdwardIV at #Westminster Palace. She had many siblings including the brothers known as ‘The Princes in the Tower.’ 1/