Elizabeth Woodville - A Life: The Real Story of the 'White Queen'

by David MacGibbon

Overview

Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV, mother of Elizabeth of York and the Princes in the Tower, and grandmother of Henry VIII, has been vilified and defended in turn. Was she a cunning enchantress, an ambitious advancer of her family’s fortunes, or a courageous and tragic figure who lost husbands, brothers and sons during this turbulent period? Discover the real story of the ‘White Queen’.Born into a family of Lancastrians, the exceptionally beautiful Elizabeth captured the heart of the young Yorkist king, Edward IV, and found herself caught in the complex web of rivalries, loves and conspiracies that lay at the heart of the Wars of the Roses. She would wield immense influence as queen, watch her brother-in-law confine her sons to the Tower of London to face an unknown fate, and ultimately unite the Houses of Lancaster and York through the marriage of her daughter to Henry Tudor.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781445633138
Publisher:	Amberley Publishing
Publication date:	04/15/2014
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

David MacGibbon's biography of Elizabeth Woodville was first published in 1938 and is still considered the standard work on the subject.

Table of Contents

Preface 7

Historical Introduction 10

1 Birth & Early Life 15

2 The Accession of Edward TV & His Marriage With Elizabeth 26

3 The Coronation of Elizabeth 41

4 The Birth of Princess Elizabeth & the Disaffection of Warwick 54

5 Elizabeth & the Burgundian Alliance 63

6 The Rebellion of 1469 69

7 Warwick's Fleeting Triumph 78

8 The Death of Warwick 86

9 The Death of Henry VI & the Reception of Louis De Gruthuyse 92

10 The Death of Clarence 101

11 The Last Years of Edward IV 107

12 The Usurpation of Richard III 115

13 The Murder of the Princes in the Tower & the Rebellion of the Duke of Buckingham 136

14 The Desperate Plight of Elizabeth & the Death of Richard III 142

15 The Accession of Henry VII & the Restitution & Death of Elizabeth 151

Conclusion 166

Miscellanea 168

Appendix 1 Portraits 172

Appendix 2 Original Documents 175

Appendix 3 The Children of Edward IV & Elizabeth Woodville 186

Married Daughters of Elizabeth Woodville 186

Unmarried Daughters 187

Sisters of Elizabeth Woodville 187

Brothers of Elizabeth Woodville 187

Genealogical Tables 189

Elizabeth Woodville's Seal 193

Notes 195

Bibliography 233