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Elizabeth Woodville, the knight’s widow whom English king Edward IV married in secret and against everyone’s wishes, was very unpopular; she and her family had a reputation for being greedy and ambitious. How much of that was due to the Queen’s low birth?

by /u/CatPooedInMyShoe in /r/AskHistorians

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