page_title: Richard Grey
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Richard Grey / Early life
caption_attribution_description: Edward IV meets his wife-to-be, Elizabeth Grey.
context_page_description: Sir Richard Grey was an English knight and the half-brother of King Edward V of England.
context_section_description: Richard Grey was the younger son of Sir John Grey of Groby and Elizabeth Woodville. Richard was a 3-year-old child when his father was killed fighting for the House of Lancaster at the Second Battle of St Albans on 17 February 1461. When Richard was 6 his mother married the Yorkist king, Edward IV, in secret, on 1 May 1464. Richard first appeared on the public scene when he took part in the jousts to celebrate the creation of his half-brother Richard as Duke of York in 1474, a feat he repeated at the Duke's marriage celebrations in 1478.
caption: Richard with his mother and brother meeting King Edward IV
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