Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers
English nobleman, courtier, and writer (1442-1483); younger brother of Elizabeth Woodville · Historical Figures · Died at 41
Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, was an English nobleman, courtier, bibliophile and writer. He was the brother of Queen Elizabeth Woodville who married King Edward IV. He was one of the leading members of the Woodville family, which came to prominence during the reign of King Edward IV.
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Elizabeth Woodville- Lewis Woodville
- Anne Woodville
- Mary Woodville
- Jacquetta Woodville
- Sir John Woodville
- Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers
- Martha Woodville
- Eleanor Woodville
Lionel Woodville- Margaret Woodville, Countess of Arundel
Edward Woodville, Lord Scales
Catherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham- John Woodville
- Thomas Woodville
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Arms of Woodville: Argent, a fesse and a canton conjoined gules
Quartered arms of Sir Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, KG
Shield forming ceiling boss of the Poyntz Chapel within the Gaunt's Chapel in Bristol, showing the arms of Poyntz (of 4 quarters) impaling the arms of Woodville (of 6 quarters, 3rd quarter Woodville)
Remnants of chest-tomb of Sir Robert Poyntz (d. 1520) in the Gaunt's Chapel, Bristol, showing heraldry of Poyntz and Woodville. The 5th quarter of the shield at right shows Woodville with a baton sinister for bastardyAwards
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After Edward's death, he was arrested and then executed by the Duke of Gloucester as part of a power struggle between Richard and the Woodvilles. His English translation of The Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers is one of the first books printed in England.
