Jean de Wavrin
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Jean de Waurin or Wavrin was a medieval French chronicler and compiler, also a soldier and politician. He belonged to a noble family of Artois, and witnessed the Battle of Agincourt from the French si
Coronation of Richard II of England, aged ten, in 1377. From the Recueil des croniques of Jean de Wavrin. British Library, London.
Roger Mortimer and Queen Isabella, illustration from the chronicle of Jean de Wavrin
Elizabeth Woodville
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Elizabeth Woodville, known as Dame Elizabeth Grey during her first marriage, was Queen of England from 29 September 1464 until 3 October 1470 and from 11 April 1471 until 9 April 1483 as the wife of K
Jean de Wavrin
…contemporary chronicle relating to the Crusade of Varna. He gives a valuable account of the impulsive love marriage of King Edward IV to the obscure widow Elizabeth Woodville, and the horrified reaction of the Privy Council who told the King with great frankness that "he must know that she was no wife for a prince such as…
Posthumous portrait, 16th century
Illuminated miniature depicting the marriage of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, Anciennes Chroniques d'Angleterre by Jean de Wavrin, 15th century
Elizabeth at the time of her coronation surrounded by pink and white roses, symbolic of her union with Edward IV.