Cecily Neville, Duchess of York
1415 - 1495 (80 years)
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Name Cecily Neville 
Arms of Cecily Neville Arms of Neville Suffix Duchess of York Nickname The Rose of Raby Born 03 May 1415 Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England 
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Raby Castle Gender Female Church Affiliation 1480 Berhamsted, Hertfordshire [3, 4] Took orders as Benedictine oblate Death 1494 [4] Died 31 May 1495 Berkhamsted Castle, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire [5] Buried Church of St Mary and All Saints, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire 
The Church of St Mary and All Saints, Fotheringhay Person ID I9612 Dickinson Last Modified 13 Apr 2015
Father Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, 4th Baron Neville de Raby, Earl Marshal, KG, PC, b. ca. 1364, Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England , d. 21 Oct 1425 (Age ~ 61 years) Relationship Birth Mother Joan Beaufort, Countess Westmorland, b. ca. 1379, Château de Beaufort, Anjou, France , d. 13 Nov 1440, Howden, Yorkshire (Age ~ 61 years) Relationship Birth Married ca. 1396 Château de Beaufort, Anjou, France Family ID F3682 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, KG, b. 21 Sep 1411, England , d. 30 Dec 1460, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England (Age 49 years) Married 1424 [6, 7] Married 1429 [8] Children 1. Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter, b. 10 Aug 1439, Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire , d. Jan 1476 (Age 36 years) [Birth]2. Henry of York, b. Feb 1441, Hatfield, Hertfordshire [Birth]+ 3. Edward IV, King of England, b. 28 Apr 1442, Rouen, Normandy, France , d. 9 Apr 1483, Westminster, London (Age 40 years) [Birth]4. Edmund of York, Earl of Rutland, b. 17 May 1443, Rouen, Normandy, France , d. 30 Dec 1460, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England (Age 17 years) [Birth]+ 5. Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk, b. 22 Apr 1444, Rouen, Normandy, France , d. ca. 1504, Wingfield, Suffolk (Age 59 years) [Birth]6. Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy, b. 3 May 1446, Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire , d. 23 Nov 1503, Mechelen, Belgium (Age 57 years) [Birth]+ 7. George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, KG, b. 21 Oct 1449, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland , d. 18 Feb 1478, The Tower of London, Tower Hamlets, London, Greater London, England (Age 28 years) [Birth]+ 8. Richard III, King of England, b. 2 Oct 1452, Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire , d. 22 Aug 1485, Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England (Age 32 years) [Birth]Last Modified 8 Jul 2015 Family ID F2611 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 03 May 1415 - Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England 
Died - 31 May 1495 - Berkhamsted Castle, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire 
Buried - - Church of St Mary and All Saints, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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