Elizabeth Woodville married
The Queen is related to Elizabeth I via Henry VII's sister, Queen Margaret of Scotland, according to historian Robert Stedall. Queen Margaret of Scotland was the grandmother of Mary, Queen of Scots.
As the wife of Edward of York, Elizabeth Woodville was given the unofficial title of the 'White' Queen, which is how she is remembered today. It was a name bestowed upon her during the British civil war of the 1400s, known as 'The Wars of the Roses' — a white rose was the symbol of the house of York.
Elizabeth Woodville was one of 13 children born to Richard Woodville (later named Baron Rivers) and Jacquetta of Luxembourg, widow of Henry V's brother John, Duke of Bedford.
Yes, Phillipa Gregory's novel The White Queen, really is based on true historical events. The genre of the book is fiction as the emotions and private interactions are imagined, but the characters and plot are based on real history. The novel focuses on the romance and marriage of the widow, Elizabeth Woodville.
It is known however that she contracted smallpox in 1562 which left her face scarred. She took to wearing white lead makeup to cover the scars. In later life, she suffered the loss of her hair and her teeth, and in the last few years of her life, she refused to have a mirror in any of her rooms.
Through her daughter, Elizabeth Woodville was a grandmother of the future Henry VIII.
Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
She was queen for 45 years and is often considered one of England's greatest rulers. She never married and so her heir was her cousin James VI of Scotland, who became James I of England when Elizabeth died.
And so a 15th century queen, Elizabeth of York, is the vitally important connection between her birth family, the Plantagenets, the Tudor family she married into, and the Stuart family her daughter married into. She is the matriarch of it all.
After Henry Tudor became king as Henry VII in 1485, he married Elizabeth's eldest daughter; but in 1487 Elizabeth was disgraced—probably for treasonable activities—and forced to withdraw to a convent, where she died five years later.
Their remarkable legacy came in the form of two magnificent monarchs – Queen Elizabeth I, Anne's daughter, and Queen Elizabeth II, a direct descendant of Anne's sister, Mary Boleyn.
As time passed, Henry clearly grew to love, trust and respect Elizabeth, and they seem to have become emotionally close. There survives good evidence that she loved him, and a moving account of how they comforted each other when their eldest son, Arthur, died in 1502.
Why did Henry VIII marry Katherine of Aragon? He loved her – and Spanish Katherine's powerful family also provided useful allies to the English throne.
King Harald V of Norway
The non-British royal most closely related to Queen Elizabeth, Harald V is also a great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria and is actually descended from the same branch of the family as Elizabeth II.
Queen Elizabeth II's lineage is among the most well documented ever, due to the record keeping surrounding the royal line through the centuries. But, while it is well known that she descends from William the Conqueror, she also counts among her ancestors Alfred the Great, who lived from circa 848 to 899.
Having had the same great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were third cousins.
From 1536 to present day, 2023. As we know there are no direct descendants of Anne Boleyn. However, research has shown that the Boleyn lineage can be traced to the present day royal family.
In defying expectations that he had a duty to use marriage as a diplomatic tool, Edward prioritised love, perhaps lust, in a way that exposed his own feelings. There was no question that he desired Elizabeth and was prepared to take considerable risks to make her his queen.
Queen Elizabeth II is not a direct descendant of Henry VIII. Henry's daughter, Elizabeth I, was the last of the Tudor monarchs. She had no children. However, Queen Elizabeth II is related to Henry VIII through Henry's sister and is directly descended from Henry VII, Henry VIII's father.
Æthelstan (king of England, 925–939)
It is difficult to be certain about the personality of figures from so long ago, but accounts of Æthelstan suggest that he was of devout Christian faith and showed compassion and charity to all.
While Anne Boleyn's sister Mary was King Henry VIII's mistress for several years, Diana's elder sister Lady Sarah Spencer (now McCorquodale) was one of Prince Charles' earlier girlfriends. In addition, they are also related to each other: Mary Boleyn is Diana's 13th great-grandmother.
There are no Tudors of patrilineal descent anymore. That is to say, there are no Tudors who can be traced through the male line of the founder of the dynasty (in this case we'll start at Henry VII, the first Tudor King). The line of acknowledged Tudor children dies out with Elizabeth I.
Elizabeth I - the last Tudor monarch - was born at Greenwich on 7 September 1533, the daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn.