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Rivers, Richard Woodville, Earl
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A prominent figure in the reigns of Henry VI. and Edward IV.; was knighted in 1425; espoused the cause of the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses, but changed sides on the marriage of his daughter with Edward IV., who created him an earl in 1460; fell out of jealousy into disfavour with the nobility, and was beheaded in 1469; his son
ho succeeded to the title, after acting on the Council of Regency during Edward V.'s reign, was put to death by Richard (III.), Duke of Gloucester, in 1483.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Rivers, Richard Woodville, Earl'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/r/rivers-richard-woodville-earl.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Rivers, Richard Woodville, Earl'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/r/rivers-richard-woodville-earl.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
