John Grey of Groby
Sir John Grey of Groby | |
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Born | c. 1432 |
Died | |
Spouse | Elizabeth Woodville |
Children | Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset Richard Grey |
Parent(s) | Elizabeth Ferrers, 6th Baroness Ferrers of Groby Edward Grey, 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby |
Sir John Grey of Groby,
Titles
Grey was the son and heir of Elizabeth Ferrers,
As Grey predeceased his mother, Lady Ferrers, the title of
Wife and children
About 1452,[clarification needed] Sir John Grey married Elizabeth Woodville, the eldest daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Baron Rivers, and Jacquetta of Luxembourg.[1] They had two sons, Thomas, later Marquess of Dorset, born in 1455, and Richard, born in 1457.[2]
In 1491, John's widow, by then queen dowager, became the co-heiress of her brother, Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers. She died a year later.[1][3]
Death at the battle of St Albans
Sir John Grey was killed in the Second Battle of St Albans in 1461, fighting for the Lancastrian cause.[1] His widow, Lady Elizabeth Grey, later secretly married Edward IV who was the successful Yorkist claimant to the throne.[1][2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Douglas Richardson. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011. pg 161-164.
- ^ a b c Sir John Grey (c.1432-1461), knight in Grey, Sir Richard (d. 1483), nobleman by Rosemary Horrox in Dictionary of National Biography online (accessed 26 November 2007)
- ^ a b Douglas Richardson & Kimball G. Everingham, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, p. 359