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1st Earl of Westmoreland

Tomb of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland.
St. Mary's Church, Staindrop, County Durham.
Effigy to both of his wives. This one is Joan Beaufort, though she is not bur there.
Image from here. From Shirley's Royal Ancestors site. Used with permission.

Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland, K.G. (see here and here and here), born 1363,
mar 1stly to Lady Margaret Stafford [descendant of Edward I],
Lady Margaret died 1396,
had issue:

1. Sir John Neville of Westmoreland, born 1387,
   died 1420 (in lifetime of his father) age 33 yrs, having had issue:
   1. Ralph Neville, 2nd Earl of Westmoreland, born 1406.

he mar 2ndly, 1396, to Joan de Beaufort [born c.1379, grand-dau of Edward III],
cr Earl 1397,
supported his brother-in-law Henry IV's seizure of power 1399,
appears in the plays Henry IV, part 1 and Henry IV, part 2 and Henry V by Shakespeare,
the play Henry V has him at Agincourt 1415, but it confuses him and Warwick in different versions,
in reality, Westmoreland remained in England during Henry V's French campaign, while Warwick did fight in France,
died 1425, age 62 yrs, bur St. Mary's Church, Staindrop, County Durham,
Joan died 13th Nov 1440, age c.61 yrs, bur Lincoln Cathedral with her mother,
had issue by 2nd wife:

1. Richard Neville, 1st Earl of Salisbury, born 1400.

   
   

2. Cecily Neville (see here), born 1415,
   mar Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and had issue.

   
   

3. Anne Neville, mar Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham and had issue.

   
   

4. Sir Edward Neville, K.G., 3rd Baron Abergavenny (see here and here), born c.1417,
   mar 1stly to Elizabeth Beauchamp [born 16th Dec 1415, descendant of Edward III],
   he inherited her family title,
   Elizabeth died 18th June 1447, age 31 yrs, bur at the Carmelites, Coventry,
   mar 2ndly [dispensation 15th Oct 1448] to Catherine Howard [born c.1414],
   he died 18th Oct 1476, age c.59 yrs,
   had issue by 1st wife:
   1. George Neville, 4th Baron Abergavenny, born 1440.

   
   

5. Eleanor Neville, mar Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland and had issue.

Drawing of tomb of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland.
St. Mary's Church, Staindrop, County Durham.
See larger and full size.
From Sepulchral Monuments of Great Britain by Richard Gough, London, 1796.
Scanned by Scott Nourse.

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