George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny explained

George Neville
Baron Bergavenny
Birth Date: 1440
Death Date:20 September 1492 (about 52)
Spouse:Margaret Fenn
Elizabeth Brent
Issue:George Neville, 5th Baron Bergavenny
John Neville
William Neville
Sir Edward Neville
Sir Thomas Neville
Sir Richard Neville
Elizabeth Neville
Noble Family:House of Neville
Father:Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny
Mother:Elizabeth Beauchamp

George Neville, or Nevill, 4th and de jure 2nd Baron Bergavenny (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, who was his cousin, at the Battle of Tewkesbury. He succeeded his father in 1476.

Marriages and issue

Neville married firstly, before 1 May 1471, Margaret Fenn (d. 28 September 1485), the daughter and heiress of Hugh Fenn, by whom he had six sons and a daughter:[2]

He married, secondly, Elizabeth Brent. She was the widow, successively, of Richard Naylor, Sir Robert Basett and John Stokker. There were no issue with his second marriage.[2]

Bergavenny was a captain in the English forces at Calais in 1490, and died in 1492.[1]

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Doyle, James Edmund . James William Edmund Doyle . 1886 . The Official Baronage of England . Longmans, Green & Co. . I . London . 4 .
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