Cecily de Neville 
Cecily de was born on May 3rd, 1415 in Raby Castle, Durham, England. Cecily de's father was Ralph de Neville , KG, 1st Earl Westmorland and her mother was Joan Beaufort. Her paternal grandparents were John 3rd Baron de Neville , of Raby, KG, Sir and Maud de Percy; her maternal grandfather was John Plantagenet of Gaunt , Duke of Lancaster. She had three brothers and three sisters, named Richard, George, Edward, Katherine, Eleanor and Anne. She was the youngest of the seven children. She had a half-brother and three half-sisters, named Ralph de, Maud (Mathilda) de, Philippa de and Mary de. She died at the age of 80 on May 31st, 1495 in Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, England. She was buried in Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England.General Notes
Cecily (d. 31 May 1495), daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, by his (2) wife Joan de Beaufort, daughter of John, Duke of Lancaster by (3) Katharine Swynford. [Magna Charta Sureties]
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He married, before 18 October 1424, Cecily (then aged 9), youngest daughter of Ralph (NEVILLE), 1st EARL OF WESTMORLAND, being 5th daughter by his 2nd wife, Joan BEAUFORT, sister of the half-blood to HENRY IV, legitimated daughter of John, "of Gaunt," DUKE OF LANCASTER. He died 30 December 1460, aged 49, and was buried at Pontefract, co. York, his head, bearing a crown of paper and straw, being set up on Micklegate Bar, York, but afterwards interred with his body, the whole being exhumed, 24 July, and buried with great pomp, 30 July 1476, at Fotheringhay. M.I. His widow, who was born 3 May 1415, having survived her two last surviving sons, Edward IV and Richard III, died 31 May 1495 at her castle at Berkhampstead, aged 80, and was buried with her husband at Fotheringhay. M.I. [Complete Peerage XII/2:905-9, XIV:642, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1331 in Raby Castle, Durham, England d.17 Oct 1388 in Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England
- b.< 1364 in Raby Castle, Durham, England d.21 Oct 1425 in Raby Castle, Durham, England
- b.~ 1344 in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England d.BEF. 18 FEB 1378/79
- b.03 May 1415 in Raby Castle, Durham, England d.31 May 1495 in Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, England
- b.MAR 1339/40 in Bavon Abbey, Ghent, Flanders d.3 FEB 1398/99 in Leicester Castle, London, Middlesex, England
- b.1375 in Beaufort Castle, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou, France d.13 Nov 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England
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Cecily de and Richard were married in a religious ceremony before October 18th, 1424 in Yorkshire, England. They had three sons and a daughter, named Edward IV Plantagenet King of, George, Richard III Plantagenet King of and Elizabeth "of York".
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Children
Edward IV Plantagenet King of England
Edward IV Plantagenet King of was born on April 28th, 1441 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France. He died at the age of 41 on April 9th, 1483 in Westminster Palace, Middlesex, England. He was buried on April 18th, 1483 in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England.
Elizabeth "of York" Plantagenet
Elizabeth "of York" was born on April 22nd, 1444 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. She died before May 3rd, 1504 in Wingfield, Suffolk, England. She was buried in Wingfield Church, Suffolk, England.
George Plantagenet , KG, Duke of Clarence
George was born on October 21st, 1449 in Dublin, Ireland. He died in Tower of London, Middlesex, England (drowned in butt of Malmsey wine).
Richard III Plantagenet King of England
Richard III Plantagenet King of was born on October 2nd, 1452 in Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England. He died at the age of 32 on August 22nd, 1485 in Battle of Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England (killed). He was buried in Leicester, Leicestershire, England (tomb destroyed).
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