George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny
| George Neville | |
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| Baron Bergavenny | |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Fenne Elizabeth (surname unknown) |
| Issue
George Neville, 5th Baron Bergavenny
John Neville William Neville Sir Edward Neville Sir Thomas Neville Sir Richard Neville Elizabeth Neville |
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| Noble family | House of Neville |
| Father | Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny |
| Mother | Elizabeth Beauchamp |
| Born | c.1440 |
| Died | 20 September 1492 |
George Neville, or Nevill, 4th and de jure 2nd Baron Bergavenny (c.1440 – 20 September 1492) was an English nobleman.
Career
George Neville was the son of Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny and Elizabeth Beauchamp. He was knighted by Edward IV on 9 May 1471,[1] after fighting for the King at the Battle of Tewkesbury. He succeeded his father in 1476.
Marriages and issue
Neville married firstly, before 1 May 1471, Margaret Fenne (d. 28 September 1485), the daughter and heiress of Hugh Fenne, Treasurer of the Household to King Henry VI, Escheator of Norfolk & Suffolk and Eleanor Fiennes, by whom he had six sons and a daughter:[2][3]
- George Neville, 5th Baron Bergavenny (c.1469–c.1535).[3]
- John Neville.[4]
- William Neville.[4]
- Sir Edward Neville (1471–1538), who married, before 6 April 1529, Eleanor (née Windsor), widow of Ralph Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope (d. 17 September 1515), and daughter of Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor.[3] He was the ancestor of George Washington through his granddaughter Catherine.[5]
- Sir Thomas Neville (c.1484–1542), Speaker of the House of Commons, who married firstly Katherine Dacre, and secondly Elizabeth Bryce.[6]
- Sir Richard Neville[6] (bef. 1485 – c.1515).
- Elizabeth Neville, who married firstly Thomas Berkeley, esquire, of Avon, Hampshire, and secondly Richard Covert, esquire, of Slaugham, Sussex.[6]
He married secondly a wife named Elizabeth whose surname is unknown. She was the widow successively of Richard Naylor, Sir Robert Bassett, and John Stokker. There were no issue of his second marriage.[2][3]
Bergavenny was a captain in the English forces at Calais in 1490, and died in 1492.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cokanye 1910, p. 31.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Richardson I 2011, pp. 168–70.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Richardson I 2011, p. 168.
- ↑ http://www.geni.com/path/George+Washington+1st+President+of+the+USA+is+related+to+John+Tyler+10th+President+of+the+USA?from=6000000008211776777&to=6000000000426801888
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Richardson I 2011, p. 170.
References
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Ancestry
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| Preceded by | Baron Bergavenny 1476–1492 |
Succeeded by George Nevill |
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