John Woodville

Sir John Woodville and Sir John Wydeville (* 1445 in Grafton Regis, † August 12 1469 in Coventry ) was the son of Sir Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers later, and his wife Jacquetta of Luxembourg.

Life

John was the younger brother of Anthony Woodville, later 2nd Earl Rivers, and of Elizabeth Woodville, which had since 1464 as the wife of Edward IV Queen of England.

Elisabeth supplied her family in the aftermath consistent with key positions and sources of income. So a political marriage with Katherine Neville has been arranged for the 20 -year-old John in 1465, which was also then considered scandalous. Katherine Neville was a three-time widow who was more than three times as old as the groom with almost 70 years, but they had considerable assets and lands, now came into the sphere of influence of the family of the Queen.

The Politics of Woodville's brought in a natural contrast with Katherine Neville's nephew Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, one of the closest advisor of Edward IV Even the marriage between the King and Elizabeth had been closed without his knowledge while he was a French Marriage for Edward IV negotiated, and now he saw his influence in favor of the Woodville family disappear, so that he in 1469, planned together with a younger brother of the king, George, Duke of Clarence, a coup d'état and implemented. When Edward IV was on the road because of a minor uprising in the north of England to Warwick declared for the rebels. While Edward had to remain motionless in the face of larger than expected enemy troops, Warwick began a royal army of relief with John on July 26 from at Edgecote Moor. The royal army was wiped out, and John and his father were taken prisoner. As the king was set at Olney, John and his father were charged with abuse of power and eventually executed.

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• Noble
• English
• Born in the 15th century
• Died in 1469
• Man