Richard NEVILLE

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Richard Neville 'the Kingmaker', Knt., Earl of Warwick juer uxoris, Earl of Salisbury (succeeding his other), son and heir, born 22 Nov 1428; after the recovery of King Henry VI from madness he became a staunch Yorkist and at the first battle of St. Albans on 22 May 1455 'had the good fortune to decide the day and win somewhat easily a military reputation'; defeated the Lancastrians at Northampton on 10 July 1460, and captured King Henry VI whom he brought to London; still in charge of the King in London when the Yorkists were defeated at the battle of Wakefield on 30 December (in which his father was taken prisoner, being beheaded the next day, when he succeeded to the great Neville estate of Middleham, co. York); on 17 Feb 1460/1 put to flight by the Lancastrians at the 2nd battle of St. Alans, and allowed King Henry VI to be recaptured, but having joined the young Duke of York, the entered London; one of the peers who declared the Duke to be King, as Edward IV; commanded the centre in the decisive Yorkist victory at Towton on 29 Mar 1461. The King's marriage, however, in May 1464, to Elizabeth Wydeville and the favour shown to the Queen's relatives alienated him; secretly planned his restoration to authority throughout 1468; allowed to cross to Calais early in 1469; joined by his brother George, Archbishop of York, and by the King's brother, the Duke of Clarence, to whom he there married Isabel, his eldest daughter and co-heiress presumptive; these three joined the Yorkshire insurgents; then suppressed the Lancastrian rising in the North; slain at Barnet on Easter Sunday 14 Apr 1471 s.p.m. buried Bisham Abbey, co. Berks.

Family/Spouse: Anne DE BEAUCHAMP. Anne (daughter of Richard DE BEAUCHAMP and Isabel LE DESPENSER) was born about Sep 1426 in Caversham; died about 1490. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Isabel NEVILLE was born on 05 Sep 1451 in Warwick Castle, England; died on 12 Dec 1476 in Warwick Castle; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey.
2. Anne NEVILLE was born on 11 Jun 1456 in Warwick Castle, England; died on 16 Mar 1485 in Westminster Palace; was buried in Westminster Abbey.

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• Also Known As: 4th Earl of Salisbury

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He was Warden of the Wes march of Scotland, and Constable of Pontefract Castle. "Richard Nevil, earl of Salisbury" was killed testate at the battle of Wakefield on 30 Dec 1460 (or was captured after the battle and beheaded after at Pontefract), and was buried at Bisham.

Richard married Alice MONTAGU before Feb 1420/1. Alice (daughter of Thomas MONTAGU, K.G. and Alianor II DE HOLAND) was born about 1408; died between 03 Apr and 09 Dec 1462. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Death: Bef Feb 1462/3

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 6th Earl Neville of Raby Castle
• Fact: 1397, 1st Earl of Westmorland

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Ralph Neville, K.G., 4h Lord Neville of Raby, P.C., son and heir of John de Neville, 3rd Lord Neville of Raby, by Maud, daughter of Henry de Percy. Margaret Stafford was born before 164 (aged twenty-four at her father's death). They had nine children. She died on 9 June 1396, and was buried at Brancepeth, Durham. He took part in the Earl of Buckingham's expedition to Brittany, where he was knighted at St. Omer in July 1380. He succeeded his father on 17 Oct 1388, and was summoned to Parliament from 6 Dec 1389, by writs directed 'Radulpho de Nevyll de Raby'. From 1389 till 1424 he was continually employed on the Border in negotiating truces and peace with Scotland. He was married for the second time before 20 Feb 1397 to Joan Beaufort, widow of Robert Ferrers. She was born about 1379. He was created Earl of Westmorland on 29 Sep 1397. His near alliance to the House o Lancaster (being son-in-law of John of Gaunt), led him to forsake the King, and take a prominent part in the elevation of Henry of 'Bolingbroke' the exiled Duke of Lancaster, to the throne as King Henry IV. Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland, died testate at Raby Castle on 21 Oct. 1425, and was buried at Staindrop, Durham. His second wife, on whom the lordships of Middleham and Sheriff-Hutton, with other extensive lands, were between he and her sons on the one side, and the grandsons of her husband by his first wife on the other, which resulted in the elder branch espousing the cause of Lancaster, and Salisbury and his brothers, that of York.

Ralph married Joan BEAUFORT before Feb 1397. Joan (daughter of John Of GAUNT and Katherine DE ROET) was born about 1379; died on 13 Nov 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Lincoln Cathedral. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Joan De Beaufort

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 4th Earl of Salisbury, Lt. Gen. of Normany

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Thomas Montagu, Knt., K.B., Earl of Salisbury, Lord Montagu, son and heir, was born about 1388 (aged twelve at his father's death). He was married for the first time to Alianor De Holand. She was born in 1387, the fifth child and second daughter of that name, and was co-heiress of her brother Edmund Holand, Earl of Kent. She was living in 1413, and according to her husband's will, was buried at Bisham. He was summoned to Parliament as Earl of Salisbury on 26 Oct 1409. In consideration of his great services in the French War, he was restored in blood to the dignities held by his father on 2 May 1421, becoming thus Lord Montagu, etc. He received a grant of the Comte of Perche, and was appointed Lieut. General of Normandy.

Thomas married Alianor II DE HOLAND before 23 May 1399. Alianor (daughter of Sir Thomas DE HOLAND, K.G. and Alice FITZ ALAN) was born in 1387; died after 1413. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 1360, Knighted
• Fact: 1369, Knight of Garter

John married Maud DE PERCY in or before 1364. Maud (daughter of Henry DE PERCY, K.G. and Idonea DE CLIFFORD) was born in Alnwick, England; died on 18 Feb 1378. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: John Plantagenet
• Fact: Knight of the Garter
• Fact: Prince of England
• Fact: 2nd Duke of Lancaster
• Fact: 5th Earl of Lancaster, Derby, Lincoln, and Leicester
• Fact: 20 Sep 1342, Earl of Richmond
• Fact: 13 Nov 1362, Duke Of Lancaster
• Fact: Sep 1371, Titular King of Castile and Leon
• Fact: 2 Mar 1390, Duke of Aquitaine

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Earl of Richmond. Some say born Jun 1340, but see CP vol.XIV,p.421.Earl of Derby, Lincoln. Duke of Aquitaine. Lord of Beaufort & Nogent.Burke says he died at Ely House, Holborn King of Castile & Leon. Lord of Bergerac & Roche-sur-Yon. The Complete Peerage vol.VII,pp.410-416 & vol.XIV,p.421.

John of Lancaster (f Gaunt), Duke of Lancaster, fourth son, was married for the third time at Lincoln Cathedral on 13 Jan. 1395/6 to Katherine De Roet, widow of Hugh Swynford, Knt., of Coleby and Ketelthorpe, co., Lincoln. (died 1372), and younger daughter and co-heiress of Pain de Roet, Knt., Guienne King of Arms, a Hainaulter, and one of the knights of Queen Philippe's household. She was born probably in Hainault, about 1350 and had formerly been the governess to his daughters, and then his mistress, and by her he had children, born before marriage. The marriage was ratified and confirmed during the Great Schism by the Roman pope, Boniface IX. Their three sons were legitimised, with the assent of parliament, on 9 Feb. 1396/7, the patent confirmed by King Henry IV of 10 Feb. 1406/7, but with a saving clause barring them from succession to the throne. Their children were given the name Beaufort from their father's (lost) castle in Champagne which had devolved on him through his first wife, Blanche of Lancaster, a descendant of Blanche d'Artois who had purchased the lordship of Beaufort in 1270.

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He was created Earl of Richmond on 20 Sep 1342. He was created Duke of Lancaster on 13 Nov 1362 in consequence of the marriage, and was ancestor of the Lancastrian Kings of England. In her right (Constance De Castille) John assumed in September 1371 the title of King of Castille and Leon. From 1376 until his death his diplomatic and military services in France and Guienne, and in Scotland, and his Spanish expedition (1386-88) formed interludes in the factious life of politics in which, as eldest uncle of King Richard II and his chief subject, he was involved. He was created Duke of Aquitaine on 2 Mar 1390.

John married Katherine DE ROET on 13 Jan 1395/6. Katherine (daughter of Payn DE ROET and ? UNKNOWN) was born in 1350 in Picardy, Somme, France; died on 10 May 1403 in Lincoln, England; was buried in Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: Swynford
• Name: Catherine Roet
• Birth: Abt 1350, probably Hainault

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 3rd Earl of Salisbury, Lord Montagu
• Fact 1: A first Founder Knight of the Order of the Garter

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John De Montagu, Knt., K.G., Earl of Salisbury, Lord Montagu, Lord Monthermer, son and heir, was born about 1350/1 (aged thirty-nine at death of his father), and was nephew and heir of William de Montagu, Earl of Salisbury. He was summoned to Parliament from 23 Nov 1392. John De Montagu, Earl of Salisbury, having conspired against King Henry IV, was beheaded at Cirencester on 7 Jan 1399/1400, and was buried there.

John married Maud FRANCIS before 04 May 1383. Maud (daughter of Adam FRANCEYS and ? UNKNOWN) died before 05 Aug 1424. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Lord Woodstock
• Fact: 2nd Earl of Kent
• Fact: Lord Wake
• Fact: Lord Holland
• Name: Thomas Holand

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He was summoned to Parliament from 16 July 1381 by writs directed 'Thome de Holand' comiti Kanc.

Thomas married Alice FITZ ALAN after 17 Mar 1364. Alice (daughter of Sir Richard II Copped Hat FITZ ALAN and Alianor Of LANCASTER) was born in Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 17 Mar 1415/6. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]