Individual Details

Cecily Neville

(3 May 1415 - 31 May 1495)

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Lady Cecily Neville1

F, #101633, b. 3 May 1415, d. 31 May 1495
Last Edited=18 Jan 2011
Consanguinity Index=0.03%
Lady Cecily Neville was born on 3 May 1415 at Raby Castle, Durham, County Durham, EnglandG.2 She was the daughter of Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Lady Joan de Beaufort.3 She married Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, son of Richard of York, 1st Earl of Cambridge and Lady Anne de Mortimer, before 18 October 1424.4 She died on 31 May 1495 at age 80 at Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, EnglandG.5 She was buried at Collegiate Church of Fotheringhay, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, EnglandG.2
After her marriage, Lady Cecily Neville was styled as Duchess of York before 18 October 1424. From before 18 October 1424, her married name became Plantagenet. She was a nun after 1456.
Children of Lady Cecily Neville and Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York

Joan Plantagenet b. 1438, d. 1438
Anne Plantagenet+ b. 10 Aug 1439, d. 12 Jan 1476
Henry of York b. 10 Feb 1441
Edward IV Plantagenet, King of England+ b. 28 Apr 1442, d. 9 Apr 1483
Edmund Plantagenet, Earl of Rutland b. 27 May 1443, d. 30 Dec 1460
Elizabeth Plantagenet+ b. 22 Apr 1444, d. bt 7 Jan 1503 - 3 May 1504
Margaret Plantagenet b. 3 May 1446, d. 16 Apr 1503
William Plantagenet b. 7 Jul 1447
John Plantagenet b. 7 Nov 1448
Sir George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence+6 b. 21 Oct 1449, d. 18 Feb 1477/78
Thomas Plantagenet b. 1450/51
Richard III Plantagenet, King of England+ b. 2 Oct 1452, d. 22 Aug 1485
Ursula Plantagenet b. 22 Jul 1455
Citations

[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XII/2, page 908. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 134. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
[S8] BP1999 volume 1, page 17. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S8]
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, page 132.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume XII/2, page 909.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 260.

Events

Birth3 May 1415
MarriageBef 18 Oct 1424Richard of York Plantagenet
Death31 May 1495

Families

SpouseRichard of York Plantagenet (1411 - 1460)
ChildJoan Plantagenet (1438 - 1438)
ChildAnne Plantagenet (1439 - 1476)
ChildHenry of York Plantagenet (1441 - )
ChildKing Edward IV Plantagenet (1442 - 1483)
ChildEdmund Plantagenet (1443 - 1460)
ChildElizabeth Plantagenet (1444 - 1503)
ChildMargaret Plantagenet (1446 - 1503)
ChildWilliam Plantagenet (1447 - )
ChildJohn Plantagenet (1448 - )
ChildGeorge Plantagenet (1449 - )
ChildThomas Plantagenet ( - )
ChildKing Richard III Plantagenet (1452 - 1485)
ChildUrsula Plantagenet (1455 - )
FatherRalph Neville (1364 - 1425)
MotherJoan Beaufort (1379 - 1440)