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Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers

Anthony Widville (or Woodville|Wydville), 2nd Earl Rivers

English nobleman, courtier, and writer (1442-1483); younger brother of Elizabeth Woodville.

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Sex or Gender

Male

Place of Death

Pontefract

Instance Of

Human

Date of Death

4/4/1483
7/4/1483
6/26/1483

Given Name

Anthony

Date of Birth

1442
Instance Of
:
Statement with Gregorian Date Earlier than 1584
Sourcing Circumstances
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Circa

Country of Citizenship

Kingdom of England

Father

Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers

Described by Source

Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900
Statement Is Subject Of
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Woodville, Anthony (DNB00)
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Subject Named As
:Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Rivers, Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl

Occupation

Translator
Politician
Aristocrat

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Middle French
Middle English

Sibling

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Elizabeth Woodville
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Elder Sister
Lewis Woodville
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Elder Brother
Anne Woodville
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Elder Sister
Mary Woodville
Kinship to Subject
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Younger Sister
Jacquetta Woodville
Kinship to Subject
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Younger Sister
Sir John Woodville
Kinship to Subject
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Younger Brother
Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers
Kinship to Subject
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Younger Brother
Martha Woodville
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Younger Sister
Eleanor Woodville
Kinship to Subject
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Younger Sister
Lionel Woodville
Kinship to Subject
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Younger Brother
Margaret Woodville, Countess of Arundel
Kinship to Subject
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Younger Sister
Edward Woodville, Lord Scales
Kinship to Subject
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Younger Brother
Catherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham
Kinship to Subject
:
Younger Sister
John Woodville
Thomas Woodville

Place of Birth

Grafton Regis

Spouse

Elizabeth Woodville, Countess Rivers
 (1460 - )
Sourcing Circumstances
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Circa
Start Time
: 1460
Mary FitzLewes

Mother

Jacquetta of Luxembourg

Family Name

Woodville

Cause of Death

Decapitation

Noble Title

Earl Rivers

Family

Woodville Family

Name in Native Language

Anthony Woodville

Award Received

Order of the Garter

Child

Margaret Woodville

Coat of Arms Image

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Manner of Death

Unnatural Death

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Native Language

Middle English

Notable Work

Cordyale
The Body of Polycye
The Morale Prouerbes of Christyne
Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophers
Untitled Poem
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online

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UK National Archives

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