Mother Elizabeth Beauchamp | Name George 4th Died September 20, 1492 | |
Spouse(s) Margaret FenneElizabeth (surname unknown) Father Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny Children George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny, Edward Neville, Thomas Nevill Parents Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny, Elizabeth de Beauchamp, Baroness Bergavenny Grandchildren Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny Cousins Edward IV of England, Richard III of England, George Plantagenet - 1st Duke, Margaret of York, Anne of York - Duchess Similar People Ralph Neville - 1st Earl of W, Joan Beaufort - Countess, Edward IV of England, Mary Fiennes - Baroness | ||
George Neville, or Nevill, 4th and de jure 2nd Baron Bergavenny (c.1440 – 20 September 1492) was an English nobleman.
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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, after fighting for the King 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:
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.