George Neville, 4th Baron Bergavenny

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• Name: George Nevill
• Death: 20 Sep 1492, Lewes Priory, Sussex, Eng, England

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Died:
Age: 52

George married Margaret Fiennes in 1466 in Scoulton, Norfolk, England. Margaret (daughter of Hugo Fiennes) was born in 1444 in Sculton, Burdeleys, Norfolk, England; died on 28 Sep 1485 in Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth Neville was born in 1479 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales; died in 1500 in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England.
2. Richard Neville was born in 1477; died about 1515.
3. Thomas Neville was born about 1484 in Breconshire, Wales; died on 29 May 1542 in Mereworth, Kent, England.
4. William Neville was born in 1473 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales; died on 9 Jan 1538.
5. Edward Neville was born in 1471 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales; died on 8 Dec 1538 in Tower of London, London, Middlesex, England.
6. 5th Baron Bergavenny George Neville was born in 1469 in Staindrop, Durham, England; died on 28 Sep 1535 in Birling, Kent, England; was buried in Mereworth, Tonbridge and Malling , Kent, England.
7. Jane Neville was born in 1481 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales; died on 9 Jan 1539 in Tower of London, London, Middlesex, England; was buried on 1 Sep 1543 in St Clement, Eastcheap, London, England.
8. John Neville was born in 1467 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales; died in 1469 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.

Edward married Elizabeth Beauchamp on 18 Oct 1424 in Raby Castle, Durham, England. Elizabeth (daughter of 1st Earl of Worcester, 2nd Baron Bergavenny Richard Beauchamp 1st Earl of Worcester 2nd Baron Bergavenny and Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester and Warwick) was born on 16 Sep 1415 in Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England; died on 18 Jun 1448 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales; was buried in Carmelites, Coventry, Warwickshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Elizabeth Beauchamp 3rd Baroness Bergavenny
• Birth: 16 Sep 1415, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
• Death: 26 Sep 1480

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Knight of the Garter; active on the border with Scotish affairs; strong supporter of Henry IV; life tenant of the Honor of Richmond after 1399; took no part in the French wars of Henry V but was one of his executors and a member of the Council of Regency for Henry VI; father of 23 children by two wives.

Ralph married Joan Beaufort on 29 Nov 1396 in Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France. Joan (daughter of John "of Gaunt" Plantagenet, Duke of Lancaster and Katherine de Roët) was born on 1 May 1375 in Beaufort Castle, Goudet, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France; died on 13 Nov 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester and Warwick on 27 Jul 1411. Isabel (daughter of Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Constance "of York" Plantagenet) was born on 26 Jul 1400 in Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales; died on 27 Dec 1439 in London, Greater London, England; was buried in Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 26 Jul 1400, Cardiff, Wales

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Sir John Nevill, 3rd Baron Nevill of Raby, summoned to Parliament from 1368-1388. Knight of the Garter. This nobleman was carried by his father to witness the Battle of Durham, being then scarcely five years old. He received the honour of Knighthood when in arms before the barriers of Paris. In 44th of Edward III (1370) he was again in wars with France and then constituted Admiral of the King's Fleet from the mouth of the Thames northward. During the remainder of Edward III's reign he was constantly in active service either in Scotland or France. In 2nd of Richard II (1379) he was constituted Lieutenant of Aquitiane in France and Seneschal of Bordeaux. His lordship was a Knight of the Garter. He married Maud, daughter of Henry, Lord Percy. He married 2nd Elizabeth, daughter of William, Lord Latimer. He died at New Castle October 17, 1388, and was buried in the south side of the nave of Durham Cathedral. He was succeeded by his son, Ralph .
Sources: Collins' English Peerage, Vol. 5, pp. 151-162.
Edmondson's Baronagium Genealogicum, Vol. 4, p. 350.
Cokayne's Complete Peerage, Vol. 1, pp. 24-31.
Berry's Visitation of Hants (Hampshire), p. 209.
Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerage, pp. 392-394.
American Families Genealogic and Heraldic, Vol. 9, p. 94.
History and Lineage Book of Daughters of American Colonists in Missouri, compiled by Mellcene Thurman Smith, pp. 356-358.

John married Maude de Percy about 1362. Maude (daughter of 2nd Baron Percy Henry de Percy and Lady Alnwick Idonea de Clifford) was born about 1335 in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England; died before 18 Feb 1378 in Durham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was a Knight of the Order of the Garter. He was Prince of England, in 1342 he was Earl of Richmond, in 1361 he was Earl of Lancaster, and, in 1362 he was Earl of Derby, Earl of Leicester and Earl of Lincoln. Also he was Titular King of Castile and Leon and Duke of Aquitane. In 1377, he became Earl Palatinate.

Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Richmond, Earl of Derby, Earl of Lincoln, Duke of Aquitaine, Lord of Beaufort and Nogent, Rey de Castilla y Leon, Seigneur de Bergerac et Roche-sur-Yon, Knight of the Garter.

He virtually ran England during his Father's declining years. He was one of the wealthiest men in the realm. --- He had wealth and power over the lives of others of a type we find it hard to even imagine today. His progeny became rich and powerful in his train. Perhaps he mused that he would go down in History as Duke of Lancaster, honored, feared, magnificent and respected. And yet, because William Shakespeare [1564-1616], 200 years after the Duke of Lancaster's death --- writes a play called Richard II [1595-1596] and calls him John of Gaunt, an infant nickname that John enjoyed until the age of three, and not thereafter --- this sobriquet --- corrupted from his birthplace in Ghent, Flanders, Netherlands --- sticks to him forever. Ghent is now in Belgium. John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, Rey de Castilla y Leon has been dead for almost 600 years --- but Shakespeare's christening wins the historical palm and is the name he sleeps with for the eons. Scribblers are often powerful beyond belief. -- Spencer Hines

He was only able to marry her after Constanza's death, at which time her children by him were retro-actively legitimated. -- Brant Gibbard

The four original Beauforts were born to Katherine Roet Swynford and John of Gaunt while John's second wife was still alive. On her death in 1394 John married Katherine, and in 1397 Richard II, as a favour to John of Gaunt and in order to neutralize John's son Derby (later King Henry IV) legitimatized the children who had been born out of wedlock. Richard's Act of Parliament did not bar the Beauforts or their descendants from the throne. But Henry IV later wrote in, between the lines of the document, a clause excluding the Beauforts from the succession. This interlineation was, bluntly, a forgery of an Act of Parliament, and Henry VII's sccession confounded it. -- from Kings & Queens of England & Scotland (by Allen Andrews, Marshall Cavendish, London 1985)

John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399), English soldier and statesman, the fourth son of King Edward III of England, and brother of Edward, the Black Prince. John was born in March 1340 in Ghent (M.E., Gaunt), now in Belgium. In 1359 he married Blanche, daughter of Henry, duke of Lancaster; when Henry died, John became duke.

John of Gaunt played an important part in the wars of the period between England and France and between England and Spain. He commanded a division of the English army, led by the Black Prince, that defeated the army of Henry (later Henry II, king of Castile and Leon) at N jerera in 1367. As a result of his second marriage, to Constance, daughter of Peter the Cruel (king of Castile and Leon), John laid claim to the throne ofofof Castile. . During the Hundred Years' War, he aided (1370-1371) the Black Prince against France and established English rule over most of southern France. After a severe illness forced the return of the Black Prince to England, John took command of the English armies; by 1380 he had lost much of the territory the English had previously won. In 1386 John invaded Castile, but was defeated by John I, king of Castile and Leon. John of Gaunt gave up his claim to Castile and Leon in 1387, whe when his daughter married d Henry, later Henry III, king of Castile and Leon.

John of Gaunt was also prominent in English affairs. Together with Alice Perrers, his father's mistress, John dominated the English government. He was opposed by Parliament and by the Black Prince. In 1376 Parliament banished Alice Perrers and curtailed John's powers. The death of the Black Prince that year and the dissolution of Parliament, however, enabled John to regain his power. In 1377, on the death of Edward III and the accession of Richard II (John's nephew and son of the Black Prince), John gave up his control of the government and thereafter played the role of peacemaker; he also supported the king, by whom he was made (1390) duke of Aquitaine. In 1396, after the death of his second wife, John married his mistress Catherine Swynford, and Richard legitimized their children the following year. Saddened by the exile (1398) of his son, Henry of Lancaster (later King Henry IV of England), John died on February 3 of the following year.

Birth:
Abbaye De St Bavon, Ghent, Flandre Orientale, Belgium

John married Katherine de Roët on 13 Jan 1396 in Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire, England. Katherine (daughter of Paon de Roët) was born on 25 Nov 1350 in Hainault, Belgium; died on 10 May 1403 in Lincolnshire, England; was buried in Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Katherine Swynford

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Governess to the Duke's daughter by his first wife, became John's mistress in 1388. All their children were before they were married. They were legitimated later by the Pope.

William married Joan FitzAlan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
beheaded

Thomas married Constance "of York" Plantagenet about 7 Nov 1379. Constance (daughter of 1st Duke of York Edmund "of Langley" Plantagenet, Duke of York and Isabella Perez, Princess of Castile and Leon) was born about 1374 in Conisborough Castle, Yorkshire, England; died on 28 Nov 1416 in Reading, Berkshire, England; was buried in Reading Abbey, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]