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Queen Elizabeth Woodville

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    (1437-June 8, 1492)
    Married to King Edward IV (1464-1483)

Why she might be annoying:

    She was a commoner and was considered an inappropriate choice of wife for Edward.
    She married Edward in secret, and the nobles did not find out about the marriage until months after the fact.
    She was the former lady-in-waiting to the Lancastrian Queen Margaret of England, and Edward was a member of the House of York.
    She used her influence to put family members into powerful positions.
    She and her family were very unpopular with the English people.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was considered to be very beautiful.
    She bore Edward several children.
    Two of her sons--Edward and Richard--were imprisoned in the Tower of London and killed (allegedly by her brother-in-law, Richard III).
    She arranged for her daughter, Elizabeth, to marry King Henry VII, which united the houses of Lancaster and York and ended the Wars of the Roses.

Credit: The Truffle


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 78 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 58 Votes: 55.17% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 69 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 165 Votes: 41.82% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 31 Votes: 51.61% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 106 Votes: 57.55% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 31 Votes: 54.84% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 36 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 66 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 90 Votes: 52.22% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 25 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 36 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 80 Votes: 48.75% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 116 Votes: 55.17% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 207 Votes: 58.45% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 247 Votes: 46.56% Annoying