Dates: (May 3, 1415 - May 31, 1495)
Known for: figure in the Wars of Roses
Also see: Cecily of Neville full biography
Occupation: Duchess, household and estate administrator, mother of King Edward IV and King Richard III, grandmother of Elizabeth of York who married Henry VII
Parents of Cecily Neville:
- Ralph, Earl of Westmoreland, and his second wife,
- Joan Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and Katherine Roët, known as Katherine Swynford, her earlier married name, whom he married after his children's births. John of Gaunt was the son of Edward III of England
More Family of Cecily Neville:
Cecily Neville was the sister of Richard, Earl of Warwick, called the "Kingmaker"; his daughters, Cecily Neville's nieces, were:
- Isabel Neville, married to George, Duke of Clarence, son of Cecily
- Anne Neville, married (or at least formally betrothed to) Edward, Prince of Wales, son of Henry VI, then married to Richard III
Marriage of Cecily Neville:
- married October 18, 1424: Richard, Duke of York, (September 21, 1411 - July 30, 1476) - son of Richard of York, 1st Earl of Cambridge, and Lady Anne de Mortimer
Children of Cecily Neville:
- Joan (1438-1438)
- Anne (1439-1475/76)
- Henry (1440/41-1450)
- Edward (King Edward IV of England) (1442-1483)
- Edmund (1443-1460)
- Elizabeth (1444-1502)
- Margaret (1445-1503) - married Charles, Duke of Burgundy
- William (1447-1455?)
- John (1448-1455?)
- George (1449-1477/78)
- Thomas (1450/51-1460?)
- Richard (Richard III of England) (1452-1485)
- Ursula (1454?-1460?)
Also known as:
- Cecylee - her signature
- Duchess of York after her marriage
- White Rose of Raby (Raby was the castle of her father, where she was born)
- Queen by Right of England (claimed title)
More About Cecily Neville:
Biography: Cecily of Neville
