Elizabeth Woodville is my favorite queen. I’ll be honest, I didn’t know anything about her until I read Philippa Gregory’s book, The White Queen. There is a lot we don’t know about Elizabeth and Edward’s relationship but I like to think of it as a fairy tale amongst a nightmare of a warring country.

Elizabeth was always described as a beautiful woman, as was her daughter, Elizabeth of York. The first image below is one that I found through the National Portrait Gallery and have never seen before now. This is by far my favorite portrait of Elizabeth Woodville. It is unlike the others I’ve seen. Her hair is down and it does not portray the large forehead that was fashionable during this time.