Person:William Neville (20)

William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent
m. 28 Apr 1422
  1. Dionice Neville1418 - 1437
  2. Joan Neville1433 -
  3. Elizabeth Neville1435 - 1490
  4. Alice Neville1437 - 1490
  • HWilliam Neville, 1st Earl of KentAbt 1410 - 1462/63
  • WUnknown
  1. Thomas Neville, Bastard - 1471
  • HWilliam Neville, 1st Earl of KentAbt 1410 - 1462/63
  • WMargaret de HollandAbt 1385 - 1439
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Facts and Events
Name William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent
Gender Male
Alt Birth[2] Abt 1405 Alnwick, Northumberland, England
Birth[1] Abt 1410 Raby, Durham, EnglandHouse of Neville
Alt Marriage Bef 28 Apr 1422 to Joan Fauconberge, Baroness Fauconberge
Marriage 28 Apr 1422 Raby, Durham, Englandto Joan Fauconberge, Baroness Fauconberge
Marriage to Unknown
Marriage Cohabitation?
to Margaret de Holland
Other? From 1429 to 1461 Assignments: Summoned to Parliament by writs
Military[1] 1460 Combatant of Northampton (1460)
Military[1] 29 Mar 1461 Combatant of Towton
Title (nobility)? 1461 Lord Fauconberge in right of his wife. Created Earl of Kent
Death[1][2] 9 Jan 1462/63 Alnwick, Northumberland, EnglandMost probably at Alnwick. Died without surviving male legitimate issue.
Burial[2] Guisborough, Yorkshire, EnglandPriory
Other? Kinship: 8th son, being 6th son by 2nd wife.
Other? Office: Keeper of Roxburgh Castle; joint keeper of Windsor Castle. Captain of Calais.
Other? Honors: Knighted. : [K.G.] Knight of the Order of the Garter.
Reference Number? Q2364228?


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William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent KG (c. 14059 January 1463) and jure uxoris 6th Baron Fauconberg, was an English nobleman and soldier. He fought during the latter part of the Hundred Years War, and during the English dynastic Wars of the Roses.

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    p. 15 BEAUFORT:10.iv.
  3.   Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59)
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  4.   William de Neville, 1st and last Earl of Kent, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.