Queen of Hearts- Elizabeth Woodville (EPQ Documentary)

[@tlpricescope7772]

Actually, Elizabeth Woodville's mother was descended from the royal house of Luxembourg, and she was related to the Holy Roman Emperor, therefore, she was not quite of common blood, such as Kate Middleton.

[@lilamorgan8745]

And Princess Dianna had royal ancestry too so that s three Commoners that we know were not too common. Elizabeth Woodville is my cousin, her father had a sister also named Elizabeth Woodvill born 1410 who is my direct ancestor

[@hankmike9902]

With the "common", "low born", "royal blood" palaver, I remind myself of the couplet attributed to John Ball (1381): "When Adam delved and Eve span, Who was then the gentleman?"

[@idontgiveafaboutyou]

TL Pricescope her father was common born

[@lyndadale6255]

TL Pricescope Correct. Actually if you check you will find that Katherine Middleton and William are distantly related cousins through both Charles and Diana Going all the way back from the Earl of Northumberland to Edward 111

[@alancoe1002]

Jacquetta of Luxembourg was one of those fascinating people that were at the center of a world we're still guessing about. If only she'd kept a diary and was discovered... tomorrow!

[@Pursefony]

Elizabeth Woodville has fascinated me ever since I watched the White Queen... I am so grateful for this video ...just happy to see more information on an such an amazing Monarch.I only wish for more information on her and her mother, the mythology on her mother's bloodline is very interesting. Great Video...thank you!!

[@alancoe1002]

There's two books by Hugh Bicheno, Battle Royal, and Blood Royal. In them he goes to great lengths to show how Jacquetta, Marguerite of Anjou, and Elizabeth Woodville were maligned or deemed to have more influence in certain matters than they did. The Woodville bugaboo of overweening power at court is not bourne out by evidence, but I rattle on. I enjoyed Bicheno's books on this time period. His battle maps are updated by 21st century archaeology. Safe voyages, fellow time-traveller.

[@bjklein444]

With the exception of some of the sound issues, it was well done and a professional grade documentary.

[@suzycole3680]

Direct ancestor 17 generations thru his Majesty King Edward IV line and the Queen Elizabeth of York- interesting and informative... hello to all relatives everywhere!!

[@kimberlybates6261]

Hi cousin

[@karenabsadie]

I'm fascinated by Elizabeth Woodville have tried to read every biography on her that I can find. I just came across your film and just wanted to tell you how impressed I am by it. I realize this was your first attempt and you had a time constraint, but your history is very accurate and the narration is excellent. There is so little information available about her, good on you for making this.

[@dcs002]

This was your first??? Quite impressive! Thanks for posting it. This is far more comprehensive than any report I ever had to write for any school project until I was in college. I think it's especially impressive that, although you don't think your film is very good, you posted it anyway. That's a difficult thing for a creative person to do - putting their work out in front of people, especially when they have doubts about its quality. It's also difficult to be good to yourself and accept that you did a really nice job, especially for a first effort. You made this story very easy to listen to. I clicked on the link to watch this because I thought it was a professional documentary about a fairly obscure subject (though I think she is a little more well known than you say). When I heard your voice I rolled my eyes and sighed... another kid posting a DIY video. But I couldn't stop listening. The depth of content and the pace at which you presented it really engaged me, and I did learn a fair bit. You tell the story quite well. I do hope you got an excellent grade for this work. I hope you have other vids that you think are not very good. I'd like to see them. :)

[@rebeccamay6735]

dcs002 i am impressed with your comment. You seem very mature and smart. It is refreshing to read instead of the usual petty banter.

[@beth7935]

@@rebeccamay6735 Agreed!

[@kimberlybates6261]

Both Woodville and Beauforts in my ancestral lines. Thank you.

[@boleyn123]

Beautifully done. A very good documentary indeed. Best of luck in the future.

[@staceybrown3766]

What a wonderful story. I am fascinated by this queen which I learned about in the book "The Women of the war of the Roses". Great grandmother to the most powerful Queen of England. So little is know of her. Good Job.

[@TheLadyPlantagenet]

This was beautiful! I am overjoyed to see something on her! I also love the white queen! Do more Docus!

[@katecottier8271]

Great video, well done! Elizabeth was my great aunt, many times back!

[@macpduff2119]

This is my 14th great grandmother, I descend from her first marriages son, - Thomas Grey

[@parfitt877]

macpduff I also descend from this line

[@parfitt877]

Elizabeth is my 15th great grandmother I descend from Thomas Grey line

[@tomarsandbeyond]

17th great grandmother to me

[@mediocremaiden8883]

Hey Family Reunion,y'all!

[@rebeccabello3103]

Me too... 16th great grandmother through the Grey line

[@dlmofva51]

I hope you get your chance to do more - clearly you have a talent and passion for this type of work. Good luck and thanks very much for this!!

[@sharleew.7807]

Bravo!! Well done. Please do more historical documentaries.

[@pameladowe5330]

I really did enjoy this documentary, well done, you the right touch!

[@shellyreena2192]

Loved your architectural choices as well as stormy background nuances when necessary, just awesome 👌:)

[@PhatFatLife]

Great job, I love learning about Elizabeth Woodville ever since the White Queen series.

[@TiffHart23]

What an amazing job!! I am so impressed by this young woman, you're so talented honey and what a smart young woman you are! You did such a great job!!

[@jessicamurk2063]

The Woodvilles are a fascination of mine, I have read much about them. I love this documentary you made! Great job!

[@eileen1820]

Great information about a Elizabeth Woodville; so little info about her considering her place in English History. I hope you're doing great in your career. I say look out David, Suzannah, and Lucy - you'll give them some much needed competition. :)

[@mediocremaiden8883]

Great Job !! Never would've guessed this was your first Doc. You also have a great voice for voiceover work as a backup ! Well, I loved it. I hope you'll do more about the Women 'behind ' the Wars of the Roses.

[@aliciacoburg155]

Really well done. The voice echoed a bit but the information was wonderful and you were very well spoken. Also the images were so professional looking

[@soniat1348]

Well done for a lovely programme 😇

[@jondano8249]

I think this is an impressive work. Great Job!

[@ProfoundConfusion]

This is an excellent video. Your research & your presentation are incomparably better than most amateur history videos on KZbin & there's not much available on Elizabeth Woodville, so you're really filling a gap. Thank You for sharing this.

[@LindaTCornwall]

You did a fabulous job on this, thank you for sharing. I enjoyed it very much!!

[@Nana-vi4rd]

Well done, your speaking voice , your presentation excellent, you certainly have a future as a presenter for Historical pieces. Good luck.

[@nicoledonnelly6977]

This is brilliant! I'm doing my EPQ on the role of women during the Wars of the Roses, but I've just done the 5000 word essay!

[@dcs002]

Have you posted it anywhere?

[@ns-wz1mx]

this was really well done

[@cooksmary]

Very nice documentary. Elizabeth is a direct ancestor of mine, so this was very interesting to me. I would love to see your references. All the best to you and your future videos.

[@businessfinancecoach]

beautiful documentary sweets!

[@mariamjehn7071]

Great job dear..enjoyed ..you have a lovely voice...thanks from Maine...

[@fogetabowdit]

Great job! Thank you for posting!

[@Tina06019]

This is well done. Good job!

[@73musicalnotes]

You did a great job! Loved it...

[@SilverButterfly131]

What a fantastic topic to do your EPQ on =D

[@MyTornHeart]

Was shown this in History the other day, gotta say, helped alot, dates and everything were pretty much dead on and i'll probably refer to this again when it comes a little closer to exams. Elizabeth seems to have been shadowed out by history a fair bit.

[@Gleekgroo1]

This is really good Cath xx

[@rdo1231]

great video!

[@MartinIDavies]

… I really enjoyed this documentary... engaging and informative.. if the BBC aren’t knocking on your door someone is asleep at the wheel in television center... I look forward to seeing more of your work,,,

[@Mr1958louief]

Job well done!!

[@displacerkatsidhe]

Overall fantastic video! Elizabeth Woodville was always a fascinating figure in history and can be cast in such a evil or manipulative light. Thank you for the positive spin! From an editing sound point, may I suggest slightly extended pauses for voice overs? I noticed some chops in the audio. I do apologize I dated a video major for 3 years and learned a few things. Hope this info is helpful for future videos. Do make more!!

[@4firdaus]

Enjoyed that! Really interesting!

[@maryrowe1504]

Hopefully the lovely Duchess of Cambridge has a much happier life.

[@beth7935]

This was excellent, I learnt a lot! :)

[@rebeccamay6735]

Great documentary! You did a good job!!!

[@snownewkirk]

i love this video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mxsis426]

She is my descendant. On my grandfathers side, it’s his greatx14 grandmother. I can count her back to 14 generations. I’m trying to gather as much as I can, she’s intriguing.

[@mediocremaiden8883]

You're the Next Lucy Worsley ! I hope you got an A+ on this project ! (Or, Im not sure what the grading system in England)

[@phill55ify]

lovely video thank you

[@grahamcoles1966]

good video

[@velvet01able]

Thanks for this video. Explains a lot. Watching the White Queen now. I thought it was fiction!!! Well done!!!

[@pessimisticideas3075]

I realize that I am 4 years late (lol) but I just wanted to comment that you are a good storyteller.

[@Axel-ll2jp]

Great video thanks for uploading

[@bernagordon5637]

Nice video!

[@alepryor]

thank you for this, enjoyed it very much!!! great work!!! :))

[@amandabell8827]

I really enjoyed this, well done.

[@lauratutor-gmail3453]

You did very well producing this video; I've never made one and wouldn't know how to begin. Please accept a question and a constructive comment... 1) Why the extensive footage of Edinburgh's Royal Mile? Once I realised that was random, it made me question how relevant subsequent footage was (e.g. Manors where EW lived). 2) EW is better known than you think, even to those educated in Scotland who learn a non War of Roses curriculum. I look forward to your tv historian future; the next Lucy Worsley 😀 I'd love a film on Marie of Guise, mother of MQoS.

[@vesper180]

Well Done!

[@douglasreagan5536]

Well done...

[@philippayoung3336]

Great research - Do you have a transcript available as I am a direct descendant of Elizabeth Woodville. I have also traced her ancestry back to the year 84AD if you would like we could swap information.

[@sandilou2U]

I am also a descendant and would love to know what references you have to trace back that far.

[@gkelly941]

Very interesting and informative video, and you present a wealth of information on this engaging character of English history, coupled with many images of the people and places in the documentary. Your documentary also avoids the annoying repetious pattern of many documentaries produced for television. If there is a fault, it would be that your narration is very rapid, which makes it difficult to process the amount of information you provide, especially in the street scenes where traffic noise is an issue. In a made-for-television documentary, the narrator would have worn more make-up, and had her hair professionally styled, but it is hard to count that as a fault when your goal is to transmit information, which you do very well. I hope that you will make more documentary videos in future. A possible subject could be Elizabeth of York, the so-called"white princess," who was Elizabeth Woodville's eldest daughter, to dispell the inaccuracies and aberrations in the recent lush television series about her life. This is a top-notch effort, and I hope that your documentary received the grade of "A+" it so richly deserves. I look forward to seeing more of your work in future.

[@Cate7451]

I enjoyed this. It's a time of many plot twists. The death of the princes in the tower today swings toward Richard as Katherine Woodville seems to have been conniving to oust Richard. He had to fight off the future Henry 7th. Make another video. Katherine was a badass warrior.

[@marinarosario8855]

You are realy good. Just need a good microphone for the crowded out side. Waiting for more, don't stop!

[@OpalMoon94]

Watching this made me wonder what you think of the way Elisabeth is portrayed on The White Queen? I didn't know who she was beforehand and have since read quite a lot about her

[@xplorva]

Wow, great job on this! Love it. Elizabeth was an ancestor of mine by her marriage to John Grey. Thanks.

[@patteel]

+xplor va Me too, through Thomas Grey.

[@carriesuehelmich9298]

elizabeth wydville was not low born her family was gentry and her mother was of royal blood

[@carriesuehelmich9298]

That could very well be it.

[@mariaelizabeth5]

She is my children’s 15th great grandmother through her son Sir Thomas Grey.

[@maureenkelly738]

Nicely done. Elizabeth’s background was not “common” though, as been pointed out. I hope that the audio improves in your future videos. I like the research you did. This is really quite good. I will watch your future videos with interest.

[@amberwhite6121]

I am related to Jacquetta and her husband are my great great great great grandparents and Elizabeth Woodville was my great great great great aunt. Jacqueline came from a title and was related to the rotality of the country of burgundy

[@Prince-of-Whales666]

Lovely documentary. You seem so young, and your analysis is absolutely brilliant! Are you a history student ? Where ? Thank you for this. I wish you much success 😀

[@Molfish]

Her father was a Lancastrian squire who married the widow of the Duke of Bedford. Her maternal grandfather was minor aristocracy in Luxembourg. I think this is why she is considered of low birth. She certainly was not on the level of the Plantagenets, but then nether was Katherine Swynford who married John of Gaunt a generation earlier, who fathered all the Beaufort

[@PermenBoba-dq3jb]

they were not minor aristocracy lol 😂 they were the direct descendant from Luxembourg king second son!. the Luxembourg held the holy roman empire and considered one of the strongest house in Europe at that time. yes she wasn't from the holy roman empire Luxembourg but they all still act as unit in a way

[@TheCelticchild]

Sir John Gray, 7th Earl of Groby and Elizabeth Woodville are a set of my 14th Great Grandparents through their son Sir Thomas Gray and his wife Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness of Harrington,, 2ND Baroness of Bonville suo jure, Marchioness of Dorset.

[@mmhthree]

Any Stewart has a ton of royals an nobility in their line.. very cool!

[@paulshimmon6669]

Brilliant doc very well made is this part of a degree course? you have to make more

[@patteel]

Her father was gentry. I am desended from her through her son Thomas Grey.

[@patteel]

El Grande Gringo Fantastico The misspelled word was due to the letter c being stuck on my old keyboard. Would you like a list of my ancestors from her to me ?

[@patteel]

+patteel It was thru her and Thomas Grey's son Roger Grey of Horton.

[@ScarletThirwall]

+patteel MELUSINA!

[@ser8098]

+patteel I seriously doubt you are from this line. Nothing to back this claim up and no mention of any Roger Grey listed in Wills or Estates.

[@berniebobbie]

I too am descended through Thomas Grey and Cecily Bonville and their daughter Elizabeth Grey (Eleanor) who married Sir John Arundell from Cornwall. Its all good to see what the rellies got up to back then! Cecily was the richest heiress back then so Thomas got a good catch....but what I want to know is....where has all the money gone? ;)

[@jerryring8711]

Elizabeth Woodville was low born her Mother was Jacquetta of Luxemburg, Dowager Duchess of Bedford one of the most powerful women in England and from one of the most powerful family in Europe . But your status goes by your Father Elizabeth Father Richard Woodville was a commoner by birth he was able to rise up because of his wife royal blood and the fact she was related to King Henry VI and Queen Margaret of Anjou by Marriage. She was Aunt by marriage to King Henry and Jacquetta sister married Queen Margaret uncle. So she may have had Royal blood from her mother but was low born because of her father

[@freyamccullough8326]

Thanks for pointing this out, Jerry! I've seen a lot of comments refuting her implied social status but it's easy to forget how patriarchal the society of the time was and you got your status, position, everything from your father.

[@jerryring8711]

+Freya Stuart Your welcome it's all very interesting

[@muffin6369]

Brother of the Count of St. Pol BUT as you so rightly point out status goes by the male/father line JUST like Henry Tudor's line....... Catherine of Valois widow of Henry V then married a chamber servant Owen Tudor then had six children including Jasper & Edmund..Edmund married Margaret Beaufort, I mean so what if Edmund and Jasper were 1/2 brothers of Henry VI....father Owen Tudor. UH OH!

[@jerryring8711]

muffin6369 Yes very true

[@muffin6369]

Thanks Jerry I luuuuuuuuuuv British history!!! You cannot make this stuff up. Incredible!

[@ssky3s]

I was thrown off by seeing middleton's face at the beginning.

[@faren31]

Very nice work. Did you do this for a class? Thank you, I learned a number of new facts. I was looking for more information after watching the tv series, The White Queen, and I found your video. Greetings from Colombia, South America.

[@darrellenglish8528]

Yes one of my Family members Elizabeth Woodville

[@MyTornHeart]

i personally thought the editing was pretty good, and the voice isn't bad at all ^^

[@gillgallagher722]

Actually her mother Jacquetta of Luxembourg was first married to the brother of Henry V.

[@juanvelez8564]

about minute 8:00 -- before and after, the sound becomes insupportable as well as unintelligible. Could the creator of the video revise and improve the upload? Although in many respects it is a praiseworthy effort.

[@mh605]

Really interesting. Thanks for the history lesson! However, I had a hard time figuring out what most of the video had to do with the story. All those shots of one or more modern towns--were those places where Elizabeth lived?

[@MinistryOfCommonSense]

Job well done xXx

[@laurenrose2895]

For an extremely comprehensive account of Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville, Richard (Edward's younger brother and to be known as Richard III) Richard's beloved wife Anne Neville, read Sharon Kay Penman's book The Sunne in Splendor. Her research is incredible, matched only by her ability to tell a story. The people come alive and are more than pages in history, they are real people with feelings and emotions and needs. However, once you read one Penman book you'll be hooked. You'll keep on til you've read them all.

[@starlingmarshall760]

great job! why are all these stupid losers feeling the need to criticize? please ignore them and keep up the amazing work!

[@YesManF7W]

What grade did you get?

[@56beverley]

Elizabeth Woodville didn't take sanctuary in Westminster Abbey but in the Tower of London.

[@suzannewest3914]

Interesting. I am a decendant of her on my mother's side 18 generations ago.

[@heathercranston3817]

Why are most of the scenes in Edinburgh and Srirling, which are in Scotland, a separate country than England. Scotland had their own monarchy at this time. It doesn't make sense

[@rhondablack7842]

Where did king Edward and Queen Elizabeth live what Castle 🏰

[@marijeangalloway1560]

I don't think that Catherine Middleton, if she is a descendant of miners, can reasonably be compared with Elizabeth Woodville. You describe Elizabeth as being of low birth, which I find extremely puzzling. True, her father was only a knight and not a member of the nobility, but I wouldn't think knightly families would be considered particularly "low born"----especially compared with miners. Far more important, however, is that Elizabeth Woodville's mother, Jaquetta of Luxemburg, was a foreign princess who had herself made a royal marriage to Prince John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford, Regent of England, son of King Henry IV and brother of King Henry V. If anything had happened to John's young nephew Henry VI, John would have been King of England, and Jaquetta would have risen to the rank which her daughter Elizabeth later attained: Queen of England. It seems somewhat contradictory that becoming queen would have been considered acceptable for the mother, but not the daughter, who inherited all of her mother's very blue blood. It seems to me that if your mother was a princess, you would certainly be deemed a suitable match for a king. Certainly a very different matter than being descended from miners! Which is admirably democratic in today's far freer society, when a future king or royal prince may choose his bride because he loves her, regardless of her birth or ancestry, but, in the case of women with working class ancestry, would never have been possible in the 15th century.

[@PermenBoba-dq3jb]

exactly Jacquetta marriage cause huge scandal, previously married to king's brother/ king's brother now to a chamberlain... i wonder how Duchess Cecily would have done, Duchess Jacquetta is higher ranking than duchess cecily, since she married the 2nd inline to the throne and her sister married the Queen's uncle making her the highest ranking women in court behind the Queen Margaret of anjou, until the king was dethrone

[@paulharrison5977]

well done but as a native, its not Grow by, we say Grew b, for Groby

[@parkerdutcher58]

Honestly my grandfather is related to her down the blood line.

[@sarahleach9997]

kate is related to the douglas family of scottland .she is not a commoner either

[@PermenBoba-dq3jb]

thats a commoner lol

[@PermenBoba-dq3jb]

exactly Jacquetta marriage cause huge scandal, previously married to king's brother/ king's brother now to a chamberlain... i wonder how Duchess Cecily would have done, Duchess Jacquetta is higher ranking than duchess cecily, since she married the 2nd inline to the throne and her sister married the Queen's uncle making her the highest ranking women in court behind the Queen Margaret of anjou, until the king was dethrone

[@juanvelez8564]

2:55 - 2:58 -- What does that unrealistic and cheap image represent?

[@Axel-ll2jp]

She was not of low birth her mother was noble royal blood

[@rosemaryallen2128]

Rather an odd title! This woman was probably close to being a remorseless psychopath, whose arrogance, vindictiveness and insecurity brought about the deaths of two innocent children (the Desmond heirs) and her own brother-in-law (Clarence). And she was quick to snuggle up to Richard lll after her own sons had disappeared. IF Richard WAS responsible for their elimination, that makes her the most unfeeling mother in history!

[@Prince-of-Whales666]

I wonder when that fashion of plucking one’s hairline will make a come back 😝

[@amandarussell8185]

Love it, the only thing I must say is that I do NOT think Elizabeth handed over her 2nd son - that's Tudor history. Hence why she backed the "pretender" which is also Tudor history :)

[@sandilou2U]

She knew both Princes were gone or she would not have arranged for Elizabeth to marry Henry VII