Many people are calling the Earl of Warwick "Kingmaker." He seems to believe that what he made he should also be able to control. Not this king! Edward IV married without the great earl's permission. (Elizabeth Woodville is not even royalty!) Worse, if possible, King Edward listened to the London merchants instead of Warwick's friend, the French king. He made an alliance with Burgundy instead of France. (This 6'4" king is out of control!) It must be the fault of his new in-laws. There are certainly enough of those ...
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Many people are calling the Earl of Warwick "Kingmaker." He seems to believe that what he made he should also be able to control. Not this king! Edward IV married without the great earl's permission. (Elizabeth Woodville is not even royalty!) Worse, if possible, King Edward listened to the London merchants instead of Warwick's friend, the French king. He made an alliance with Burgundy instead of France. (This 6'4" king is out of control!) It must be the fault of his new in-laws. There are certainly enough of those Woodvilles. His queen has five brothers and seven sisters. Those upstarts are marrying earls and even a duke. But Warwick has influence. He understands the power of words and is circulating papers against the Woodvilles. He also has old-fashioned armed military might. From his many lands and other volunteer supporters, he can raise an army at will. Warwick even has a back-up plan to put King Edward's brother George on the throne. Now to deal with those troublesome Woodvilles.
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