15th May 1483
ஜ۩۞۩ஜ
 |
| Queen Elizabeth Wydville |
During King Edward IV's reign, many weddings were made. Here, it's a little
recap of most important weddings of this reign!
Certainly,
the most striking wedding was those of the king himself with
Elizabeth Wydville. This wedding brought about the disagreement
between King Edward IV with Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. Indeed,
Warwick wanted Edward IV marry Bona of Savoy to make an alliance
with France. What's more, Elizabeth was a sympathiser of the House of Lancaster by her first wedding with Sir John Grey, and Warwick didn't accepted this marriage -humiliation-. His influence fell
in favour of Wydville's family and he made a rebellion against Edward
IV.
 |
| King Edward IV |
In
1469, Georges, Duke of Clarence, married Isabel Neville, Warwick's
daughter. Warwick prepared his rebellion against Edward IV and at
this moment, he wanted to make George the king. The goal of Warwick
was to come closer to the throne, with his daughter as the queen, he
could increased his power. Then he organized the marriage between her
and the duke in Calais.
But,
Warwick droped quickly George in favour of Edouard of Wesminster,
Henri VI's son. So he decided to marry him with his other daughter
Anne in 1470 for the same reasons.
After
Edouard of Wesminster's death at the battle of Tewkesbury in 1471,
Anne Neville married Richard, Duke of Gloucester in 1472. Thanks to his
wedding, Richard was the legitimate sharer of lands of Neville's
family. This fact created conflicts with his brother George, Duke of
Clarence, who lost a part of the inheritance of domains. But in 1475, they found an
agreement, Richard had to renounce of a part of Neville's inheritance and of the title of Earl of Warwick.
ஜ۩۞۩ஜ
During
Edward IV's reign, Wydville's family was powerful and some persons of
this family were married with influential people:
- John
Wydville married Catherine Neville, duchess of Norfolk who was very
rich after the death of his husband. We remind this union made a
scene because Catherine was much more elderly than John...
- In
1465, Catherine Wydville, Elizabeth's sister, married Henry Stafford, Duke
of Buckingham.
- In
1467, Anne Wydville, other sister of Elizabeth married William
Bourchier who was the son of Isabel of York, the sister of Edward
IV's father.
- The
same year, Mary Wydville married Lord Dunster, Earl of
Pembroke.
Thanks
to this weddings, Wydville's family consolidated her supremacy during
this period...
ஜ۩۞۩ஜ
