Jacquetta WOODVILLE

1437 - 1475  (~ 38 years)

• Name	Jacquetta WOODVILLE
  Born	ca 1437	Grafton, Northhamptonshire, England
  Gender	Female
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  Died	ca 1475	England
  Buried	St John the Baptist Churchyard Hillingdon London Borough of Hillingdon Greater London, England
  	Grave location, historical portrait and grave inscription in Latin: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=103742650&ref=acom
  Notes	Jacquetta was the sister to Elizabeth Woodville whose marriage, to Edward IV, was a cause célèbre of the day, thanks to Elizabeth's great beauty and lack of great estates. They were married in secret. The Woodville's were not a noble family, and Edward was only the second king of England since the Norman Conquest to have married one of his subjects. Her parents had a socially unequal marriage that had briefly scandalized the English court. Her father, Sir Richard Woodville, was merely a knight at the time of her birth. The Woodvilles, though an old and respectable family, were genteel rather than noble; a landed and wealthy family that had previously produced commissioners of the peace, sheriffs, and Members of Parliament rather than peers of the realm. Sir Richard's own father had made a good career in royal service. Sir Richard followed his father into service with the duke, and so first met his wife Jacquetta of Luxembourg. The daughter of Peter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, and Margaret de Baux. She had been married to the Duke of Bedford in 1433 at the age of 17. The duke was significantly older than Jacquetta of Luxembourg, his second wife, and he was in ill health. He died in 1435, leaving Jacquetta of Luxembourg a childless, wealthy widow. She was required to seek permission from King Henry VI before she could remarry. But in March 1437, it was revealed that she had secretly married Sir Richard Woodville, who was far below her in rank and not considered a suitable husband for the lady. The couple was fined £1000, The marriage of her sister, Elizabeth to the King, greatly enriched her siblings and children, but their advancement incurred the hostility of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, 'The Kingmaker', and his various alliances with the most senior figures in the increasingly divided royal family. This hostility turned into open discord between King Edward and Warwick, leading to the Wars of the Roses, between the Houses of Lancaster and York, leading to the rise of the Tudor dynasty. Jacquetta witnessed her sister fight for her son Edward V to become King. This nephew along with his brother Richard, Duke of York were the Princes in the Tower who mysteriously disappeared [were presumed murdered], allowing Richard, the brother to Edward IV to take the crown, as Richard II. Richard declared all Edward IV ten children with Elizabeth Woodville to be illegitimate, and the family was stripped of any titles and lands given to them by the previous king. These were tumultuous times. Her sister, Elizabeth, and her mother, Jacquetta, were accused of witchcraft, her brother Anthony was arrested and later executed, and the family had few friends. They became allies with Lady Margaret Stanley, born Lady Beaufort, and espoused the cause of Margaret's son Henry Tudor, a great-great-great-grandson of King Edward III. To strengthen Henry's claim and unite the two feuding noble houses, Elizabeth Woodville and Margaret Beaufort agreed that the latter's son should marry the former's eldest daughter, Elizabeth of York, who upon the death of her brothers became the heiress of the House of York. Henry Tudor won the crown at the Battle of Bosworth Field, and become Henry VII of England. Her mother found rich and influential spouses for her children and helped her grandchildren achieve high posts. The Le Strange family was created as the Baron Strange de Knokyn or Baron Strange of Knokyn in 1299. Interestingly the baronies of Strange were created by writ, which means that they can pass through both male and female lines. So Jacquetta was the aunt of the Queen of England, Elizabeth of York, the Tudor Rose. Jacquetta's daughter married into the Stanley family, an alliance made during the War of the Roses, who were stepbrothers to the future King of England, Henry VII. While much is not known directly about her life, we can safely say she had friends in high places. Grave inscription: Sub hac tumba jacet nobilis Joannes Dominus Le Strange, Dominus de Knocking, Mohun, Wasset, Warnell et Lacy, et Dominus de Colham; una cum pictura Jagnettae quondam uxoris suae, quae quidem Jagnetta suit soror Elizabethae Reginae Angliae quondam uxoris Edwardi Quarti, qui quidem Joannes obiit 15 die Octobris, anno Regni Edwardi Quarti 17; quam quidem tumbam Johanna Domina Le Strange, una cum pictura Jagnettae ex sumptibus suis propriis sieri fecit, 1509. Google Translate: Under this lies the tomb of the famous Lord John Le Strange, Lord Knocking, Mohun, Wasset, Warnell and Lacy, and the Colham; once together with a picture Jagnettae [Jacquetta] of his wife, the sister of Elizabeth, Queen of England , which had once been, indeed, Jagnetta [Jacquetta] suit, wife to Edward IV, who died John recalls the day 15 of October, the 17 year of the reign of King Edward the Fourth; which, indeed, the tomb of John, the Le Strange, with the produce of his own, together with the Jagnettae [Jacquetta] accustomed to the painting he made, 1509.
  Person ID	I7590	Master File
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	Richard WOODVILLE, Earl of Rivers,   b. 1405, Maidstone, Kent, England ,   d. 12 Aug 1469, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Jacquetta of Luxembourg,   b. 1415/1416, Luxembourg ,   d. 30 May 1472, Northamptonshire, England  (Age 56 years)
  Notes	"Woodville" is the modern spelling of the name and was not so spelled at the time, even though uniform spelling was not established for almost two centuries. The spelling used at the time was "Wydeville" or "Wydville".
  Family ID	F14543	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John LE STRANGE,   b. Abt 20 May 1443, Knockyn, Shropshire, England ,   d. 15 Oct 1477, England  (Age ~ 34 years)
  Children	1. Baroness Joan LE STRANGE,   b. 1463, Knockin, Shropshire, England ,   d. 20 Mar 1513/14, St John the Baptist Churchyard Hillingdon, London Borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England  (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F5144	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart