doctorleto:history meme ★ nine kings/queens; elizabeth woodville.Elizabeth Woodville reigned as quee
doctorleto:history meme ★ nine kings/queens; elizabeth woodville.Elizabeth Woodville reigned as queen consort beside her husband Edward IV from 1464-1470 & from 1471-1483. Elizabeth’s first marriage was to a supporter of the House of Lancaster during the Wars of the Roses; she then went on to marry the Yorkist King in secret. Edward was said to have been madly in love with her, and their marriage was not well received at court. Her ambition for her family lead to the division of the House of York, with uprisings from the Earl of Warwick and the Duke of Clarence against the King. Elizabeth was said to be good and fair queen who listened to her subjects, but never gave up her determination for herself and then her children to rule. She succeeded in supporting her daughter’s marriage to the Tudor heir during the reign of Richard III, after the disappearance of both her sons from the Tower of London. -- source link
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