Elizabeth de Scales, 8th Baroness Scales

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Elizabeth de Scales, 8th Baroness Scales, was a 15th-century English noblewoman and heiress whose marriage linked her influential baronial family to Anthony Woodville, a prominent courtier under Edward IV.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English noblewoman
baroness in the Peerage of England
hereditary peer
aristocraticConnection connected the Scales barony to the Yorkist royal court
associatedWithEvent Wars of the Roses era NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
familyName de Scales NERFINISHED
givenName Elizabeth NERFINISHED
historicalContext Yorkist period of the Wars of the Roses
languageOfEnvironment Middle English
marriageLinkedFamily Woodville family NERFINISHED
monarchDuringLife Edward IV of England NERFINISHED
nobleFamily Scales family NERFINISHED
nobleRank baronial heiress
nobleTitle Baroness Scales NERFINISHED
notableFor linking the Scales barony to the Woodville family through marriage
ordinal 8th Baroness Scales NERFINISHED
peerage Peerage of England NERFINISHED
positionInCourt wife of a prominent courtier of Edward IV
realm late medieval England
sexOrGender female
socialStatus heiress
spouse Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers NERFINISHED
spouseRole Anthony Woodville was a leading courtier of Edward IV NERFINISHED
timePeriod 15th century
titleHeld Baroness Scales NERFINISHED

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Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers spouse Elizabeth de Scales, 8th Baroness Scales