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George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny

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Noble family
  
House of Neville

Mother
  
Elizabeth Beauchamp


Name
  
George 4th

Died
  
September 20, 1492

Spouse(s)
  
Margaret Fenne Elizabeth (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:

  • George Neville, 5th Baron Bergavenny (c.1469–c.1535).
  • John Neville.
  • William Neville.
  • Sir Edward Neville (1471–1538), who married, before 6 April 1529, Eleanor (née Windsor), widow of Ralph Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope (d. 17 September 1515), and daughter of Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor.
  • Sir Thomas Neville (c.1484–1542), Speaker of the House of Commons, who married firstly Katherine Dacre, and secondly Elizabeth Bryce.
  • Sir Richard Neville (bef. 1485 – c.1515).
  • Elizabeth Neville, who married firstly Thomas Berkeley, esquire, of Avon, Hampshire, and secondly Richard Covert, esquire, of Slaugham, Sussex.
  • 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.

    References

    George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny Wikipedia