The Rise and Fall of the Second Earl Rivers, of Middleton Towers Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, gained enemies just as quickly as he gained power. Within a few years after his sister became the unlikely queen of England, he […]
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The Rise and Fall of the Second Earl Rivers, of Middleton Towers Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, gained enemies just as quickly as he gained power. Within a few years after his sister became the unlikely queen of England, he […]
Anthony Woodville of Middleton Towers, Part II: Bloodshed and Diplomacy Queen Elizabeth of York was an unlikely bride for Edward IV: She was a widow from an obscure family with ties to the king’s political enemies. Yet she caught the […]
Anthony Woodville of Middleton Castle, Part I: An Upstart and a Model of Chivalry The high nobility dismissed the Woodvilles as a provincial family of little consequence. The Woodville matriarch, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, had blood of the bluest blue; yet […]
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