A description of the women characters in Shakespeare's Richard III, including how their actual stories differ from Shakespeare's depiction.

Women in Shakespeare's Richard III

A brief description of Shakespeare's depiction of Elizabeth Woodville, Queen Elizabeth in Richard III, part of a longer biography of the historical Elizabeth Woodville.

Anne Neville, daughter of the Duke of Warwick who was a key figure in the Wars of the Roses, first married the heir of the Lancaster branch of the Plantagenets, then married the brother of Yorkist king who himself became king Richard III. Her life wa

Joan of Kent, granddaughter of Edward I of England, made impetuous and secret marriages that kept her in the center of controversy and power. She was the mother of King Richard II of England.

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Cecily Neville, whose husband unsuccessfully claimed the crown of England, was herself the mother of two kings of England.

Joan of Kent was the ancestor of many of England's monarchs. Here's some of her descendants.

A profile of Elizabeth Woodville, including basic facts about her life and continued with a longer biography of Elizabeth Woodville.