Lady Alice Neville | |
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Baroness FitzHugh of Ravensworth | |
Spouse(s) | Henry FitzHugh, 5th Baron FitzHugh of Ravensworth |
Issue
Richard FitzHugh, 6th Baron FitzHugh
George FitzHugh, Dean of Lincoln Edward FitzHugh Thomas FitzHugh John FitzHugh Alice FitzHugh Elizabeth FitzHugh Anne FitzHugh Margery FitzHugh Joan FitzHugh Eleanor FitzHugh |
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Noble family | Neville |
Father | Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury |
Mother | Lady Alice Montague, 5th Countess of Salisbury |
Born | c. 1430 Wessex |
Died | after 22 November 1503 |
Lady Alice Neville (c. 1430 – after 22 November 1503), Baroness FitzHugh of Ravensworth, was the wife of Henry FitzHugh, 5th Baron FitzHugh. She is best known for being the great-grandmother of Queen consort Catherine Parr and her siblings, Anne and William, as well as one of the sisters of Warwick the 'Kingmaker'. Her family was one of the oldest and most powerful families of the North. They had a long-standing tradition of military service and a reputation for seeking power at the cost of the loyalty to the crown as was demonstrated by her brother, the Earl of Warwick.
Lady Alice was the third daughter of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury jure uxoris and Lady Alice Montacute, 5th Countess of Salisbury suo jure. By her father she was a descendant of King Edward III through the legitimised children of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and his mistress, later wife, Katherine Roët. Her mother was the only child and sole heiress of Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury by his first wife Lady Eleanor Holland. Lady Alice was the sister of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, the wealthiest and most powerful English peer of his age. Warwick was the most important and influential peer in the realm, and one of the principal protagonists in the Wars of the Roses. Her aunt, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, mother of future kings and Alice's first cousins, Edward IV and Richard III, was another key figure in the dynastic civil wars that dominated most of the latter half of 15th century England.