The Commoner Who Became A Queen | Elizabeth Woodville | The Real White Queen | Wars of the Roses

Sign up for a 14-day free trial and enjoy all of MyHeritage's amazing features. If you decide to continue your subscription, you’ll get a 50% discount! https://bit.ly/HistorysForgottenPeople The Wars of the Roses are famous for being a fight between two noble houses, but it was a commoner, a woman born to a gentry knight, who would be one of the pivotal women of the period - Elizabeth Woodville. This video follows her life from unknown gentlewoman to a queen, from fighter of her children's lives to finally become a dowager queen in peacetime... If you like my videos, consider sponsoring me via Patreon here! You can watch selected videos before they go on Youtube, take part in exclusive polls, and even create fan requests!   / historysforgottenpeople   Sources and Related Books: The Woodvilles: The Wars of the Roses and England's Most Infamous Family by Susan Higginbotham - https://amzn.to/3OC5tNe Edward IV & Elizabeth Woodville: A True Romance by Amy Licence - https://amzn.to/3OdEqq3 She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth by Helen Castor - https://amzn.to/3pZHoWY The above book links are affiliate links, and by clicking and buying a book, you're helping support this channel. Thank you very much! 🙌 For my images and footage, thanks to: Pexels Pixabay Wikimedia Commons, especially: lacihobo King of Hearts Many of my images in this video were made with Midjourney, see if you can spot which ones! I strive to always credit everyone whose images I use, and try as much as possible to use images freely in the public domain (purchased where not possible) - please let me know if I have missed you so I can give you due credit. Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Burglar by Kuro is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source:   / free-medieval-background-music