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Cecily Neville Duchess of York 1415–1495 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 May 1415

Birth Location: Raby Castle, Raby-With-Keverstone, Durham

Death Date: 31 May 1495

Death Location: Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Ralph KG

Mother: Joan Westmoreland

Spouse(s): Richard Ulster

Children(s): Margaret Burgundy, George Warwick, Edward Ireland, Anne Exeter, Henry York, Ursula Fotheringhay, Joan York, John Plantagenet, Edmund Rutland, William York, Mary York, Henry Holland, Thomas Holland, Thomas York, Richard Gloucester, Elizabeth Suffolk, Henry York

In 1415, Cecily Neville Duchess of York entered the world in Raby Castle, Raby-With-Keverstone, Durham, born to Ralph De Neville 4Th Baron Neville 1St Earl Of Westmoreland Kg And Joan De Beaufort Countess Westmoreland. Cecily Neville Duchess of York married Richard Plantagenet Prince Of Wales 3Rd Duke Of York 6Th Earl Of March 4Th Earl Of Cambridge 7Th Earl Of Ulster, and had children including Anne Plantagenet Of York Duchess Of Exeter, Edmund Plantagenet Of York Earl Of Rutland, Edward Plantagenet Iv King Of England Lord Of Ireland, Elizabeth Plantagenet Of York Duchess Of Suffolk, George Plantagenet Kg 1St Duke Of Clarence 1St Earl Of Salisbury 1St Earl Of Warwick, Henry Holland, Henry Plantagenet Of York, Joan Plantagenet Of York, John Plantagenet, Margaret Plantagenet Of York Duchess Of Burgundy, Mary Plantagenet Of York, Richard The Usurper Plantagenet Iii King Of England Duke Of Gloucester, Thomas Holland, Thomas Plantagenet Of York, Ursula Plantagenet Of Fotheringhay, William Plantagenet Of York. Cecily Neville Duchess of York passed away in 1495 in Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1415, Cecily Neville Duchess of York entered the world in Raby Castle, Raby-With-Keverstone, Durham, born to Ralph De Neville 4Th Baron Neville 1St Earl Of Westmoreland Kg And Joan De Beaufort Countess Westmoreland.
  • Cecily Neville Duchess of York married Richard Plantagenet Prince Of Wales 3Rd Duke Of York 6Th Earl Of March 4Th Earl Of Cambridge 7Th Earl Of Ulster, and had children including Anne Plantagenet Of York Duchess Of Exeter, Edmund Plantagenet Of York Earl Of Rutland, Edward Plantagenet Iv King Of England Lord Of Ireland, Elizabeth Plantagenet Of York Duchess Of Suffolk, George Plantagenet Kg 1St Duke Of Clarence 1St Earl Of Salisbury 1St Earl Of Warwick, Henry Holland, Henry Plantagenet Of York, Joan Plantagenet Of York, John Plantagenet, Margaret Plantagenet Of York Duchess Of Burgundy, Mary Plantagenet Of York, Richard The Usurper Plantagenet Iii King Of England Duke Of Gloucester, Thomas Holland, Thomas Plantagenet Of York, Ursula Plantagenet Of Fotheringhay, William Plantagenet Of York.
  • Cecily Neville Duchess of York passed away in 1495 in Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ralph KG
1364–1425
Birth Location: Raby Castle, Durham, England
RK
Joan Westmoreland
1375–1440
Birth Location: Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France
JW

Spouses(s)

Richard Ulster
1411–1460
Birth Location: Conisborough Castle, Yorkshire, England
RU

Children(s)

Margaret Burgundy
1446–1503
Birth Location: Fotheringhay Castle , Northamptonshire, England
MB
George Warwick
1449–1478
Birth Location: Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland
GW
Edward Ireland
1442–1483
Birth Location: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
EI
Anne Exeter
1439–1476
Birth Location: Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire
AE
Henry York
1441–1441
Birth Location: Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
HY
Ursula Fotheringhay
1455–1455
Birth Location: Fotheringhay Castle, Northants, England, Europe.
UF
Joan York
1438–1438
Birth Location: Fotheringhaly Castle, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England.
JY
John Plantagenet
1448–1448
Birth Location: Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England
JP
Edmund Rutland
1443–1460
Birth Location: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
ER
William York
1447–1447
Birth Location: Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England
WY
Mary York
1449–1491
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, , England
MY
Henry Holland
1485–1561
Birth Location: Westminster, London, England
HH
Thomas Holland
1461–
Birth Location: Westminster, London, England
TH
Thomas York
1447–1451
Birth Location: Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England
TY
Richard Gloucester
1452–1485
Birth Location: Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England
RG
Elizabeth Suffolk
1444–1504
Birth Location: Rouen, Seine Maritime, Haute Normandy, France
ES
Henry York
1441–1442
Birth Location: Hatfield, Yorkshire, England
HY

Cecily York's Ancestors

Self
Cecily York
1415–1495
Birth Place: Raby Castle, Raby-With-Keverstone, Durham
Parents
Ralph De Neville, 4th Baron Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland, KG
1364–1425
Raby Castle, Durham, England
Joan (de Beaufort Countess) Westmoreland
1375–1440
Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France
Grandparents
Robert (Eldon) DeNeville
1331–1388
Raby, Durham, England
Maud (De Percy Baroness) Neville
1335–1379
Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Cecily York's Descendants

1.
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Cecily (Neville Duchess of) York (3 May 1415–31 May 1495) m. Richard (Plantagenet Prince of Wales, 3rd Duke of York, 6th Earl of March, 4th Earl of Cambridge, 7th Earl of) Ulster (21 Sep 1411–30 Dec 1460)
  1. 1. Margaret (Plantagenet of York , Duchess of) Burgundy 1446–1503 m. Thomas Pelham 1452–1516 m. Charles ('the Bold' Capet-Valois Duke of) Burgundy 1433–1477 m. John (de la Pole, 2nd Duke of) Suffolk 1442–1492
    1. 1. Catherine Pelham 1481–1515 m. Thomas Morley 1482–1516
      1. 1. Thomas Morley 1512–1558
        1. 1. Joan Moreley 1542–1614 m. WILLIAM Longley 1536–1581
    2. 2. Anthony Pelham 1492–1566
    3. 3. William (Pelham) Kt 1485–1538
    4. 4. Joan Pelham 1483–
    5. 5. Nicholas Pelham 1491–1562
    6. 6. John Pelham 1476–1538
    7. 7. Thomas Pelham 1478–
  2. 2. George (Plantagenet KG, 1st Duke of Clarence, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 1st Earl of) Warwick 1449–1478
  3. 3. Edward (Plantagenet IV, King of England, Lord of) Ireland 1442–1483 m. Elizabeth Grey 1437–1492
    1. 1. Edward (Plantagenet V, King of) England 1470–1483
    2. 2. Richard (Plantangenet Duke of) York 1473–1483
    3. 3. Cecily (Plantagenet of) York 1469–1507
    4. 4. George (Plantagenet, of York, 1st Duke of) Bedford 1477–1479
    5. 5. Bridget (Plantagenet of) York 1480–1517
    6. 6. Anne (Plantagenet of York, Countess of) Surrey 1475–1511
    7. 7. Mary (Plantagenet of) York 1467–1482
    8. 8. Margaret (Plantagenet of) York 1472–1472
    9. 9. Catherine (Plantagenet of York, Countess of) Devon 1479–1527 m. William (Courtenay 1st Earl of) Devon 1475–1511
      1. 1. Margaret (Courtenay Countess of) Worchester 1499–1526
      2. 2. Henry (Courtenay 1st & Last Marquis of Exeter; 2nd Earl of) Devonshire 1496–1539 m. Gertrude Blount 1497–1558 m. Elizabeth (Grey 6th Baroness) Lisle 1505–1519
        1. 1. Edward (Courtenay Earl of) Devonshire 1526–1566
        2. 2. Henry Courtenay 1525–1529
      3. 3. Edward Courtenay 1497–1538
      4. 4. Edward Courtenay 1497–1502
    10. 10. Isabel Mylbery 1470–
    11. 11. Elizabeth Plantagenet 1466–1503 m. Henry VII 1457–1509
      1. 1. Henry (VIII Tudor King of) England 1491–1547 m. Anne (Boleyn Queen Consort of) England 1501–1536 m. Catherine Parr 1512–1548 m. Elizabeth (Blount Baroness Windsor.) Mistress 1468–1543 m. Jane Seymour 1509–1537 m. Katherine (of Aragon, Queen of England) QUEEN 1485–1536 m. Anne (Tudor of Cleves, Queen of) England 1515–1557 m. Catherine (Howard Queen consort of) England 1521–1542
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Tudor I, Queen of England and) Ireland 1533–1603
        2. 2. Henry (Fitzroy Tudor 1st Duke of Richmond & Somerset, 1st Earl of) Nottingham 1519–1536
        3. 3. Baby (Girl) Tudor 1518–1518
        4. 4. Henry ("2") Tudor 1513–1514
        5. 5. Baby (Boy) Tudor 1514–1514
        6. 6. Mary ('Bloody Mary' Tudor I, Queen of England &) Ireland 1516–1558 m. Philip (of Habsburg II, King of Portugal &) Spain 1527–1598
        7. 7. Henry (Tudor Prince of England, Duke of) Cornwall 1511–1511
        8. 8. Edward (Tudor VI, Prince of Wales; King of England &) Ireland 1537–1553
        9. 9. Girl Tudor 1510–1510
      2. 2. Margaret (Tudor Princess of England; Queen Consort of) Scotland 1489–1541
      3. 3. Mary (Rose Tudor Princess Of England Queen Consort Of King Louis XII of) France 1496–1533
      4. 4. Arthur (Tudor Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, Duke of) Cornwall 1486–1502 m. Katherine (of Aragon, Queen of England) QUEEN 1485–1536
        1. 1. Philip (of) Spain 1501–1501
      5. 5. Elizabeth Tudor 1492–1495
      6. 6. Edmund (Tudor, Duke of Somerset) (infant) 1499–1500
      7. 7. Katherine Tudor 1503–1509
      8. 8. Roland (Tudor de Vielleville of) Beaumaris 1474–1535
      9. 9. Charlotte (Tudor Princess of) England 1502–1507
      10. 10. Anne (Agnes Tudor Lumley of York, Lady) Bedingfield 1484–1526
      11. 11. Edward (Tudor) England 1494–1575
      12. 12. Sibell (Mary Lumley) Tudor 1485–1518
      13. 13. Princess (Margaret Elizabeth Tudor Styles) "R" 1473–1519
      14. 14. Richard Lumley 1478–1510
        1. 1. John (Lumley Baron) Lumley 1493–1544
      15. 15. William Carey 1491–1547
      16. 16. Roger (Lumley Tudor) III 1487–1530
      17. 17. John Lumley 1479–1483
  4. 4. Anne (Plantagenet of York, Duchess of) Exeter 1439–1476 m. Henry (Holland 3rd Duke of) Exeter 1430–1475 m. Thomas (St) Leger 1442–1483
    1. 1. Anne Holland 1461–1526
    2. 2. Anne (St Leger Lady, Baroness of Ross) Helmsley 1476–1526 m. George (Manners 11th Lord Ross of) Helmsley 1470–1513
      1. 1. Thomas (Manners Lord Ross, 5th Earl of) Rutland 1491–1543
      2. 2. Katherine Manners 1505–
      3. 3. Eleanor Manners –1547
      4. 4. Richard Manners –1551
    3. 3. Anthony (St.) Leger 1474–1539
  5. 5. Henry (Plantagenet of) York 1441–1441
  6. 6. Ursula (Plantagenet of) Fotheringhay 1455–1455
  7. 7. Joan (Plantagenet of) York 1438–1438
  8. 8. John Plantagenet 1448–1448
  9. 9. Edmund (Plantagenet of York, Earl of) Rutland 1443–1460
  10. 10. William (Plantagenet of) York 1447–1447
  11. 11. Mary (Plantagenet of) York 1449–1491
  12. 12. Henry Holland 1485–1561
  13. 13. Thomas Holland 1461–
  14. 14. Thomas (Plantagenet of) York 1447–1451
  15. 15. Richard ("the Usurper" Plantagenet III, King of England, Duke of) Gloucester 1452–1485 m. Anne (Neville of) Warwick 1456–1485
    1. 1. Edward (Plantagenet Prince of) Wales 1473–1484
    2. 2. Katherine (Plantagenet Countess of) Huntingdon 1468–1487
  16. 16. Elizabeth (Plantagenet of York, Duchess of) Suffolk 1444–1504 m. John (De La Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk,) KG 1442–1491
    1. 1. John (La Pole 1st Earl of) Lincoln 1462–1487
    2. 2. Edmund (de la Pole, 3rd Duke of) Suffolk 1471–1513
    3. 3. Geoffrey (de la) Pole 1464–1464
    4. 4. Elizabeth (de la) Pole 1468–1489
    5. 5. Humphrey (de la Pole) Priest 1474–1513
    6. 6. Anne (de la Pole) Nun 1476–1495
    7. 7. Catherine (de la) Pole 1477–1513
    8. 8. Sir (William de la Pole Knight of Wingfield) Castle 1478–1539
    9. 9. Richard (de la) Pole 1480–1525
    10. 10. Edward (de la Pole Archdeacon of) Richmond 1466–1485
  17. 17. Henry (Plantagenet of) York 1441–1442

Cecily York's Timeline

2 Records

1415
3 May 1415
Birth of Cecily Neville Duchess of York in Raby Castle, Raby-With-Keverstone, Durham
Raby Castle, Raby-With-Keverstone, Durham
1495
31 May 1495
Age 80
Death of Cecily Neville Duchess of York in Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, England.
Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, England.

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 May 1415
    Event Place: Raby Castle, Raby-With-Keverstone, Durham
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] Millennium File
    [5] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [6] International, Find a Grave Index
    [7] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [8] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [9] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 3361963

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 May 1495
    Event Place: Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, England.
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The descendants of Veach Williams, of Lebanon, Connecticut : who was of the fifth generation from R
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [4] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [5] Millennium File
    [6] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [7] International, Find a Grave Index
    [8] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [9] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [10] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [11] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 3361963

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index
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