Cecily Neville

Dates: May 3, 1415 - May 31, 1495

Known for: figure in the Wars of Roses

Occupation: Duchess, household and estate administrator, mother of King Edward IV and King Richard III, grandmother of Elizabeth of York who married Henry VII

Also see: Cecily of Neville full biography

• 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

Cecily Neville was the sister of Richard, 5th Earl of Salisbury, and thus she was the aunt of his son, Richard, Earl of Warwick, called the "Kingmaker"; Warwick's daughters, Cecily Neville's great 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, also a son of Cecily

• 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

1. Joan (1438-1438)
2. Anne (1439-1475/76)
3. Henry (1440/41-1450)
4. Edward (King Edward IV of England) (1442-1483)
5. Edmund (1443-1460)
6. Elizabeth (1444-1502)
7. Margaret (1445-1503) - married Charles, Duke of Burgundy
8. William (1447-1455?)
9. John (1448-1455?)
10. George (1449-1477/78)
11. Thomas (1450/51-1460?)
12. Richard (Richard III of England) (1452-1485)
13. Ursula (1454?-1460?)

• 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)

Biography: Cecily of Neville

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