![]() ![]() Isabel and Anne Neville are also resentful of the Rivers’ family’s rise to power – all the young noblemen have been married off to Elizabeth’s sisters. Margaret Beaufort’s son Henry has been in her brother in law Jasper’s care since she was married to Stafford, and desperately misses her young son. ![]() But Stafford cannot York rules England now and Margaret must accept it. Margaret Beaufort fumes when her son Henry Tudor loses his title she rages to her second husband Henry Stafford that he must do something about it. The Lancastrians are stripped of their titles. Once Queen, she and her mother Jacquetta get to work, marrying off her siblings to the nobility to ensure their family’s security, and create a royal family loyal to Edward as he brings peace to England. And so begins the battle royal for the throne…Įlizabeth’s coronation is a grand affair – and not just to silence those who say her marriage to Edward IV is not legal. And Lady Margaret Beaufort, cousin to deposed King Henry VI and mother to Henry Tudor, is also far from happy her young son is a credible Lancastrian heir and Elizabeth stands in the way of her plans for him.Įlizabeth and Jacquetta meet Edward’s mother Cecily, who is so outraged by the secret wedding (to a Lancastrian commoner) that she threatens to end Edward’s reign by naming him illegitimate. Warwick and his daughters Isabel and Anne had hoped the king was under Warwick’s control. Elizabeth is jubilant and takes her place at the hostile court.Įdward’s brothers George, Duke of Clarence and Richard, Duke of Gloucester seem welcoming, but there are those against her. But, defying Warwick, Edward announces he is already married to Elizabeth. Elizabeth’s brother Anthony discovers that his sister has been sleeping with the King and is outraged, believing that Elizabeth has been seduced into bed by a false wedding and empty promises.Īfter weeks without news, Elizabeth’s father, Baron Rivers and her brothers are called to court, predicting the announcement of Edward’s betrothal to a French princess, arranged by his mentor the Earl of Warwick. Edward then leaves for a final battle against Lancaster, promising to acknowledge the marriage publicly once he is victorious. ![]() With Jacquetta as witness they secretly marry. Elizabeth’s mother, Jacquetta, weaves a spell and Elizabeth pulls a ring in the shape of a crown from the river – does this mean she will marry Edward?Įdward returns from battle and asks Elizabeth to marry him. Edward is affronted as he leaves to fight, he vows that she will never see him again. But at a passionate secret meeting, he tries to force himself upon her and Elizabeth has to draw his own dagger against him. Elizabeth is powerfully drawn to this man she expected to hate, and he too seems smitten. It works, and the king stops and visits her family home at Grafton. Her only hope is to use her beauty to try to catch the eye of her family’s greatest enemy, young York King Edward IV, as he rides out to battle, and plead her case. Her husband died fighting for deposed Lancastrian King Henry VI, her ancestral lands and wealth have been confiscated and she faces destitution. > Order The White Queen on DVD on Amazon.Įlizabeth Woodville is played by Rebecca Ferguson Lady Margaret Beaufort is played by Amanda Hale Anne Neville is played by Faye Marsay Jacquetta Woodville is played by Janet Mcteer King Edward IV is played by Max Irons Lord Warwick is played by James Frain Isabel Neville is played by Eleanor Tomlinson Henry Stafford is played by Michael Maloney Baron Rivers is played by Robert Pugh George, Duke Of Clarence is played by David Oakes Richard, Duke of Gloucester is played by Aneurin Barnard Duchess Cecily is played by Caroline Goodall Anthony Rivers is played by Ben Lamb Countess of Warwick is played by Juliet Aubrey and Mary Woodville is played by Eve Ponsonby.Įlizabeth Woodville, a beautiful, widowed commoner, waits by the roadside with her two young sons. Set against the iconic backdrop of the War of the Roses, the series tells the story of the women caught up in the on-going conflict for the throne – they are some of the most ruthless players in history and will stop at nothing to support their own causes and those of the ones they love. ![]()
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