The Woodvile family rose to baronial status then declined due to loss of land. The Northampton branch made two successful marriages: Richard Woodvile to Jacquetta, widow of the Duke of Bedford, and then their daughter Elizabeth to Edward IV. Richard, Earl of Warwick then sought to blacken their reputation to retrieve his position as 'kingmaker'.
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