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Elizabeth Woodville
· actual name was Elizabeth Wydville
· born about 1437 at Grafton Regis, Northampton shire
· the daughter of Richard Woodville and his wife, the former Jacquetta of Luxembourg
· she married Sir John Grey of Groby, who was killed at the Second Battle of St Albans in 1461
· Elizabeth's two sons from this first marriage were Thomas (later Marquess of Dorset) and Richard
· Elizabeth was called "the most beautiful woman in the Island of Britain" with "heavy-lidded eyes like those of a dragon", suggesting a perhaps unusual criterion by which beauty in late medieval England was judged.
· Edward IV well known for his sexual appetite lusted after Elizabeth, but she wouldn't submit without a promise of marriage, Edward agreed, probably not meaning it ,but Elizabeth held him to his word.
· Amazingly they kept their marriage secret for 4 months, there was uproar when their secret came out, still it was a fruitful marriage ,as she had 10 children to Edward
· Overall Elizabeth had a fantastic personality and was a truly lovely woman, but a tragic ending.to her life .
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