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  Cecily Neville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cecily Neville (3 May 1415 31 May 1495), Duchess of York, was called "the Rose of Raby" (because she was born at Raby Castle in Durham, England) and "Proud Cis" (because of her pride and a temper that went with it).
In 1437, Cecily married Richard, Duke of York, the leader of the House of York in the Wars of the Roses, and two of their sons became kings: Edward IV of England and Richard III of England.
While the most notable woman named Cecily Neville was the mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, she was not the only historical figure to bear that name.
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 The National Archives | Exhibitions & Learning online | Citizenship | Citizen or subject
Cecily Neville was at the very top of the social scale in late medieval England, and held the highest status a woman could enjoy.
Cecily was a great beauty and indulged in the luxurious lifestyle that her marriage to the wealthiest peer of the realm allowed.
Cecily soon received confirmation of her lands and rights, and as a widow with enormous personal wealth she continued her patronage of religious houses and the college founded by her husband at Fotheringhay, in Northamptonshire.
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 Royal Family of Europe - pafg07 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Cecily NEVILLE [Parents] was born on 31 May 1415 in Raby, Durham, England.
Ralph De NEVILLE [Parents] was born in 1364 in Of, Castle Raby, Raby With Keverstone, Durham, England.
Cecily NEVILLE was born on 31 May 1415.
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 Neville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Neville Chamberlain, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, May 1937-May 1940.
Sir Henry Neville (great-great-grandson of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland), who it is claimed by Brenda James and Professor William Rubinstein to have written the works of William Shakespeare
Neville Longbottom, in the Harry Potter books by J.
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 Cecily Neville - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Cecily Neville (3 May, 1415 – 31 May, 1495), Duchess of York, was called "the Rose of Raby" (because she was born at Raby Castle in Durham, England) and "Proud Cis" (because of her pride and a temper that went with it).
To this day a rumor surfaces that Cecily's son Edward was illegitimate and that his father was most likely an archer by the name of Blaybourne.
Cecily Neville, 1415 births, 1495 deaths and House of York.
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 Richard III Society -- Back to Basics 6
Cecily Neville was born in 1415, the youngest of the twenty-three children of Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland.
As part of the Neville family's policy of extending their influence by marriage alliances with other noble families she was betrothed to Richard Duke of York as a child and they were married when she was about 14 and he was four years older.
Cecily herself, known as the 'Rose of Raby', is said to have spent so much on clothes (£608 in the year 1443-4, almost the annual income of an earl) that her husband ws forced to appoint a special officer to keep a watch on her expenditure.
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 NEVILLE of Westmoreland/Kent/Salisbury
Catherine Neville was last heard of at the coronation of her nephew Richard III in 1483.
Cecily then bequeaths gifts to Fotheringhay College, the college at Stoke Clare, the nunnery at Syon and her granddaughters (the children of Edward IV) and makes a range of bequests to the de la Pole family (John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk, having married her daughter Elizabeth):
A younger son of Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury and Alice Montagu, Countess of Salisbury, and a brother of Richard, Earl of Warwick the Kingmaker.
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 Cecily Neville   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The most notable woman named Cecily Neville was the mother of Edward IV of England and RichardIII of England (see below), but she was not the only one to bear that name.
Richard Neville, Earl ofWarwick (known as "the Kingmaker") had a sister named Cecily Neville whose first husband became 1st Duke ofWarwick (in 1445) and the only King of the Isle of Wight (and of Jersey and Guernsey) and whose second husband became 1st Earl ofWorcester (in 1449), but little more is known of her.
Cecily Neville (3 May 1415 - 31 May 1495), Duchess of York, was called "the Rose of Raby" (because she was bornat Raby Castle in Durham, England) and "Proud Cis" (because of her pride and a temper that went with it).
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 Mark Pilling Family History - pilg792 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
married Cecily Neville on 1434 in of, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
Cecily married Henry de Beauchamp [Duke of Warwick] on 1434 in of, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
Cecily married John Tiptoft [Earl of Worcester] on 3 Apr 1449 in License.
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 The Genealogy Website of Adams/Simpson - pafg78 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Cecily Neville [Parents] was born about 1426 in of,Salisbury,Wilts,England.
Richard Neville [Parents] was born on 22 Nov 1428 in of,Salisbury,Wilts,England.
George Neville was born in 1460 in of,Salisbury,Wilts,England.
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 The Federation of the Wars of the Roses - History Page
The family of Ralph Neville was one of the most powerful in England and shared domination of the northern counties with the Percyfamily, with whom the Nevilles were closely allied.
His daughter Cecily Neville married Richard, duke of York, and became the mother of EdwardIV and Richard III; another of his grandsons was Richard Neville, earl of Warwick, called the Kingmaker.
In defiance of Edward, Clarence married Isabel Neville and joined her father, RichardNeville, earl of Warwick, in rebellion against the king in 1469-70.He deserted that party in 1471, however, and was reconciled with Edward.
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 To Prove a Villain -- The Real Richard III
The sixth son (the third surviving infancy) of Richard, Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, he was born in Dublin in 1449 during his father's residence there as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
His first wife was Margaret Neville, daughter of the Earl of Salisbury, and their only son, John, having died a prisoner in the Tower during his father's exile, he was succeeded by his nephew.
Cecily Neville: Seal and signature, miniature of the Neville family at prayer with Cecily behind her mother, the Countess of Westmoreland.
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 Westmorland, Ralph Neville, 1st earl of on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
His family was one of the most powerful in England and shared domination of the northern counties with the Percy family, with whom the Nevilles were closely allied.
Neville succeeded his father as Baron Neville of Raby in 1388 and supported Richard II against the baronial party.
His daughter Cecily Neville married Richard, duke of York, and became the mother of Edward IV and Richard III; another of his grandsons was Richard Neville, earl of Warwick, called the Kingmaker.
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 C h e c k m a t e d !
Cecily would spend the rest of her life living in the shadow of the man who had betrayed her parents.
Neville glared at him, and for a moment he nearly shouted that if he had his way, he would have taken Cecily to his home and raised her himself.
Neville could hear how strained his voice was, as if it was taking every ounce of will he had to stay civil.
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 The Genealogy Website of Adams/Simpson - pafg379 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Cecily Neville [Duchess of York [Parents] was born on 31 May 1415 in,Raby,Durham,England.
She married Richard The King Neville [Earl of Warwick in 1434 in of Caversham,Oxfordshire,England.
Ralph de Neville [Earl of Westmor [Parents] was born in 1364 in of Castle Raby,Raby With Kevers,Durham,England.
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 EdwardIV
Edward IV, son of Richard, Duke of York and Cicely Neville, was born in 1442.
Edward came to the throne through the efforts of his father; as Henry VI became increasingly less effective, Richard pressed the claim of the York family but was killed before he could ascend the throne: Edward deposed his cousin Henry after defeating the Lancastrians at Mortimer's Cross in 1461.
Richard Neville, the Kingmaker, Earl of Warwick proclaimed Henry king once again in 1470, but less than a year elapsed when Edward reclaimed the crown and had Henry executed in 1471.
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 Cecily Neville
The most notable woman named Cecily Neville was the mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (see below), but she was not the only one to bear that name.
Cecily married (in 1437) Richard (1411-1460), 3rd Duke of York, the leader of the Yorkists in the Wars of the Roses, and two of their sons became kings: Edward IV of England and Richard III of England.
The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
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 Dramtis Personae
Persuaded by Louis XI, she reconciled with Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick and their alliance was cemented by the marriage of the Prince of Wales, Edward of Lancaster to Warwick's youngest daughter Anne.
This was quickly followed by Mary in 1467, Cecily in 1469, the heir to the throne, Edward in 1470, Margaret in 1471, Richard in 1473, Anne in 1475, George in 1476, Catherine in 1479 and finally Bridget in 1481.
York and some of his supporters fled to Ireland, the Nevilles, accompanied by Edward, Earl of March, fled to Calais (the Earl of Warwick was Captain of Calais), there to lick their wounds and seek to fight another day.
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 Voyages In Time ~ Family, Friends & Places - Smythe of Wiltshire
Consequently, when the rebellion failed, Neville was imprisoned in the Tower, brought before the Council on 8 Jul, dismissed from his place and fined £5,000.
In the addled parliament of 1614, the paper of advice which Neville had drawn up in 1612 was discussed by the Commons (May 1614) and, with his view, the Commons could find no fault.
About this time Neville was much interested in commercial affairs and, in 1613, he had drawn up a scheme for an overland trade route from India.
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 Mark Pilling Family History - pilg783 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Anne married Richard "The King Maker" Neville [Earl of Warwick] on 1434 in of Caversham, Oxfordshire, England.
Joan married Ralph de Neville [Earl of Westmorland] on 29 Nov 1396 in Chateau de Beaufort, Meuse-et-Loire, France.
Catherine married Edward Neville [Baron Abergavenny] on 15 Oct 1448 in Disp.
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 Banks/Dean Genealogy - Person Page 146
Eleanor Neville Percy/ was born in 1398 at of Raby, Durham, England.
Cecily Neville Plantagenet/ was born on 3 May 1415 at Raby Castle, Durham, England.
Geoffrey de Neville was born circa 1200 at of Raby Castle, Durham, England.
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 Edmund, Earl of Rutland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edmund, Earl of Rutland (May 17, 1443 – December 31, 1460) was the fourth child and second surviving son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville.
He died at the age of seventeen after the Battle of Wakefield (December 30, 1460) during the Wars of the Roses, executed on the orders of the Lancastrian Lord Clifford, or by some accounts, by Lord Clifford himself.
His head was displayed on the gates of York, England, along with his father's and uncle's Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury.
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 The Genealogy Website of Adams/Simpson - pafg380 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Cecily Neville [Parents] was born about 1426 in of,Salisbury,Wiltshire,England.
He married Cecily Neville on 3 Apr 1449 in License.
Richard The King Neville [Earl of Warwick [Parents] was born on 22 Nov 1428 in of,Salisbury,Wiltshire,England.
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 Royalty and Daughters: The Lives of Isobel and Anne Neville - Page 1
Anne Neville, the wife of Richard III, was Queen of England for such a brief period not much beyond the principal facts have been recorded.
Isobel and Anne Neville would prove to be the most valuable of pawns in their father's game of political conniving.
It was at their father's stronghold of Middleham Castle in Yorkshire where they became acquainted with their cousins, George and Richard of York, sons of Cecily Neville and Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York.
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 Voyages In Time - The Family Vault - The Hastings Legacy - Nevilles
Salisbury was the architect behind the Neville family's rise to power.
But this brought resentment from others, particularly the Percy family who were the Nevilles' main rivals in the North.
In 1440, he was in conflict with the senior branch of the Nevilles over estates in Durham and Yorkshire in his mother's jointure.
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 TimeRef - History Timelines - Medieval People Starting With N
The ceremony was conducted by Warwick's brother George Neville the Archbishop of York.
In recognition of their contribution to the security of his reign, Edward IV gave John Neville, Lord Montagu the title of Earl of Northumberland, and George Neville was made Archbishop of York.
Although John Neville had accepted Edward as King, Edward had removed John's title of Earl of Northumberland earlier in the year and given it to the Percys.
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 Citizenship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
In this petition to Cecily, Duchess of York, a woman named Joan Conway, who had been imprisoned by Cecily's brother, Lord Bergavenny, asks the duchess to help secure her release.
It is not known why George Neville imprisoned Joan, nor if her appeal to Cecily was successful.
During his fourth term as mayor of London, Richard Whittington (c.1392-1423) had established the jail at Ludgate in 1419 to hold freemen of the city, debtors and 'reputable' persons, which helped ease the overcrowded, fetid and corrupt conditions in the ancient prison of Newgate.
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 My Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Parents: Richard NEVILLE [EARL OF SALISBURY] and Alice MONTAGU [COUNTESS OF SALISBURY].
Children were: Ralph VI Baron NEVILLE K. Earl of Westmorland, Ralph De NEVILLE [EARL OF WESTMORLAND].
Children were: Joan NEVILLE, Cecily NEVILLE, Richard "The King Maker" NEVILLE [EARL OF WARWICK], Thomas NEVILLE [SIR KNIGHT], Alice NEVILLE [BARONESS FITZHUGH], John NEVILLE [MARQUESS OF MONTAGU], George NEVILLE [ARCHBISHOP], Catherine NEVILLE, Eleanor NEVILLE, Ralph NEVILLE, Margaret NEVILLE, Robert NEVILLE.
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