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Also Known As Anthony Wydevill, 2nd Earl Rivers • Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, Baron Rivers • Anthony Wydeville, 2nd Earl Rivers • Anthony Wydville, 2nd Earl Rivers
Born c.1440
Died June 25, 1483
Political Affiliation house of York
Role In Wars of the Roses

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Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, portrait miniature from his Dictes and Sayenges of the Phylosophers, 1477; in Lambeth Palace Library, London
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