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GREY, Sir John

GREY, Sir John

Male 1432 - 1461  (29 years)

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    2nd Battle of St. Albans.    		2nd Battle of St. Albans.

    Documents
    Elizabeth Woodville - Wikipedia    		Elizabeth Woodville - Wikipedia
    John Grey of Groby - Wikipedia    		John Grey of Groby - Wikipedia

  • Name GREY, Sir John  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth 1432  Groby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Differentiator A Lancastrian knight, the first husband of Elizabeth Woodville who later married King Edward IV of England, and great-great-grandfather of Lady Jane Grey. 
    Royalty & Nobility 7th Lord Ferrers 
    Death 17 Feb 1461  Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    • Sir John Grey was killed in the Second Battle of St Albans in 1461, fighting for the Lancastrian cause.[1] His widow, Dame Elizabeth Grey, later secretly married Edward IV who was the successful Yorkist claimant to the throne.
    Burial Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    BOHUN, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1350   d. 3 Apr 1385  (Age 35 years)  (2 x Great Grandmother) 
    Person ID I9212  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 12 Jun 2024 

    Father GREY, 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby Edward,   b. 7 Feb 1415, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1457, Groby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother FERRERS, 6th Baroness Ferrers of Groby Elizabeth,   b. 1419, Groby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1483, Groby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F12696  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family WOODVILLE, Elizabeth,   b. 3 Feb 1437, Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jun 1492, Bermondsey, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Other Partners: EDWARD, King of England IV  m. 1464 
    Marriage 1452 
    Children 
     1. GREY, 1st Marquess of Dorset; 1st Earl of Huntingdon; 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby Thomas,   b. 1455, Groby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1501, Astley, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
     2. GREY, Richard,   b. 1457, Groby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1483, Pontefract, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    Family ID F6994  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Jun 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1432 - Groby, Leicestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 17 Feb 1461 - Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1801] Wikipedia, Record of Elizabeth Woodville.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Woodville
      Elizabeth Woodville - Wikipedia      		 Elizabeth Woodville - Wikipedia


    2. [S1801] Wikipedia, Record of John Grey of Groby.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grey_of_Groby
      John Grey of Groby - Wikipedia      		 John Grey of Groby - Wikipedia


    3. [S1729] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    4. [S1632] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: The Stebbins Genealogy : in two volumes.
      North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000      		 North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000


    5. [S1802] WikiTree, Elizabeth (Woodville) York (abt. 1437 - 1492).
      https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Woodville-12


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