Isabella Plantagenet, Duchess of Clarence

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Isabel Neville
Duchess of Clarence
Spouse	George, Duke of Clarence
Issue
Anne of York Margaret, Countess of Salisbury Edward, Earl of Warwick Richard of York
Father	Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick
Mother	Anne Neville, 16th Countess of Warwick
Born	5 September 1451(1451-09-05) Warwick Castle
Died	22 December 1476 (aged 25)

Isabel Neville (or Isabella) (5 September 1451 – 22 December 1476) was the elder daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, the Kingmaker of the Wars of the Roses, and Anne Neville, 16th Countess of Warwick. She was the wife of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence. She was also the elder sister of Anne Neville, Princess of Wales by her first marriage and queen consort by her second.

[edit] Marriage

Isabel was born at Warwick Castle the seat of the Earls of Warwick. In 1469, her ambitious father engaged her to England's heir presumptive, George, Duke of Clarence, the brother of both Edward IV of England and Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III). The king was against the marriage as this would bring the already powerful Warwick too close to the throne. The ceremony took place in secret at Calais on 11 July 1469, conducted by Isabel's relation George Neville, archbishop of York.

Following their marriage Clarence joined forces with Warwick and traitorously allied with the Lancastrians led by Margaret of Anjou, Queen Consort to Henry VI. After Isabella's sister Anne was married to Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, the son and heir of Henry VI, Clarence rejoined his brother, realising that it was now unlikely that he would become king.

Isabel's first child was either stillborn or died shortly after its birth at sea. In 1473, she gave birth to a daughter called Margaret and in 1475 to a son called Edward. Isabel died the next year either from consumption or childbed fever.

[edit] Ancestry

v • d • e Ancestors of Isabella Plantagenet, Duchess of Clarence

16. John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby               8. Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland                       17. Maud Percy               4. Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury                             18. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster               9. Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland                       19. Katherine Swynford               2. Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick                                   20. John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury               10. Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury                       21. Maud Francis               5. Alice Neville, 5th Countess of Salisbury                             22. Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent               11. Lady Eleanor Holland                       23. Alice FitzAlan               1. Isabella Neville                                         24. Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick               12. Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick                       25. Katherine Mortimer               6. Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick                             26. William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby               13. Margaret Ferrers                       27. Margaret d'Ufford               3. Anne Neville, 16th Countess of Warwick                                   28. Edward le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despencer               14. Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester                       29. Elizabeth de Burghersh               7. Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester and Warwick                             30. Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York               15. Constance of York                       31. Infanta Isabella of Castile

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