Richard NEVILLE

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Name:
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]

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Isabel and George had a child that born and died at sex, 1470; buried Calais.

Isabel married Sir George PLANTAGENET, K.G. on 11 Jul 1469 in Calais, church of Notre Dame. George (son of Richard PLANTAGENET and Cecily DE NEVILLE) was born on 21 Oct 1449 in Dublin Castle; died on 18 Feb 1478 in Put to death in the Tower; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Queen of England

Anne married Edward Of ENGLAND in Aug 1470 in Amboise. Edward (son of Henry VI King Of ENGLAND and Margaret Of ANJOU) was born on 13 Oct 1453; died on 04 May 1471 in Killed - Battle of Tewkesbury. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married Richard III 'Plantagenet' King Of ENGLAND on 12 Jul 1472 in Westminster. Richard (son of Richard PLANTAGENET and Cecily DE NEVILLE) was born on 02 Oct 1452 in Fotheinghay Castle; died on 22 Aug 1485 in Killed - Battle of Bosworth; was buried in Grey Friars Abbey, Leicester. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]