George Neville | |
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Baron Bergavenny | |
Spouse(s) | Margaret Fenne Elizabeth (surname unknown) |
Issue
George Neville, 5th Baron Bergavenny
John Neville William Neville Sir Edward Neville Sir Thomas Neville Sir Richard Neville Elizabeth Neville |
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Noble family | House of Neville |
Father | Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny |
Mother | Elizabeth Beauchamp |
Born | c.1440 |
Died | 20 September 1492 |
George Neville, or Nevill, 4th and de jure 2nd Baron Bergavenny (c.1440 – 20 September 1492) was an English nobleman.
George Neville was the son of Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny and Elizabeth Beauchamp. He was knighted by Edward IV on 9 May 1471, after fighting for the King at the Battle of Tewkesbury. He succeeded his father in 1476.
Neville married firstly, before 1 May 1471, Margaret Fenne (d. 28 September 1485), the daughter and heiress of Hugh Fenne, Treasurer of the Household to King Henry VI, Escheator of Norfolk & Suffolk and Eleanor Fiennes, by whom he had six sons and a daughter:
He married secondly a wife named Elizabeth whose surname is unknown. She was the widow successively of Richard Naylor, Sir Robert Bassett, and John Stokker. There were no issue of his second marriage.
Bergavenny was a captain in the English forces at Calais in 1490, and died in 1492.