ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY . 26 MAY 1465 . . Elizabeth Woodville coronation . . 👑 Elizabeth Woodville was crowned Queen . About Elizabeth; . ◼ Elizabeth Woodville (also spelled Wydville, Wydeville, or Widvile; born, c. 1437 – 8 June 1492) was Queen consort of England as the spouse of King Edward IV from 1464 until his death in 1483. . ◼ At the time of her birth, her family was mid-ranked in the English aristocracy. Her first marriage was to a minor supporter of the House of Lancaster, Sir John Grey of Groby; he died at the Second Battle of St Albans, leaving Elizabeth a widowed mother of two sons. Her second marriage, to Edward IV, was a cause célèbre of the day, thanks to Elizabeth's great beauty & lack of great estates. . ◼ Edward was only the second King of England since the Norman Conquest to have married one of his subjects, & Elizabeth was the first such consort to be crowned queen. . ◼ Her marriage greatly enriched her siblings & children, but their advancement incurred the hostility of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, 'The Kingmaker', & his various alliances with the most senior figures in the increasingly divided royal family. . ◼ This hostility turned into open discord between King Edward & Warwick, leading to a battle of wills that finally resulted in Warwick switching allegiance to the Lancastrian cause. Elizabeth remained politically influential even after her son, briefly proclaimed King Edward V of England, was deposed by her brother-in-law, Richard III, & she would play an important role in securing Henry VII's accession to the throne in 1485, which ended the Wars of the Roses. . ◼ Woodville's children included Edward V, Richard & Elizabeth of York; by the latter she was maternal grandmother of Henry VIII & great-grandmother of King Edward VI, & queens Mary I & Elizabeth I, of England, & the great-great-grandmother of Mary, Queen of Scots. Through her daughter, Elizabeth of York, she is the ancestor of every English monarch since Henry VIII & every Scottish monarch since James V of Scotland. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear1465 #d26may (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx7ZB7KAgsS/?igshid=16nqcobgzlfpr