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Philippa Neville

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Philippa Neville
Naworth Castle, seat of the Dacre family
Diedafter 8 July 1453
Noble familyNeville (by birth)
Dacre (by marriage)
Spouse(s)Thomas Dacre, 6th Baron Dacre
IssueSir Thomas Dacre
Randolph Dacre
Humphrey Dacre
Ralph Dacre
Richard Dacre
George Dacre
John Dacre
Joan Dacre
Margaret Dacre
FatherRalph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland
MotherMargaret Stafford

Philippa Neville, Baroness Dacre (1386–after 1453) was the third daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, by his first wife, Margaret Stafford. As part of the Neville family she was great-aunt of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick perhaps better known as Warwick the Kingmaker.

Marriage and issue

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Sometime before 20 July 1399, she married Thomas Dacre, 6th Baron Dacre of Gilsland, born at Naworth Castle, Cumberland, on 27 October 1387, the son of William Dacre, 5th Baron Dacre of Gilsland, by Joan Douglas, the illegitimate daughter of Sir William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas.[1]

They had seven sons and two daughters:[2]

Philippa's husband, Thomas Dacre, 6th Baron Dacre of Gilsland, died 5 January 1458. The date of Philippa's death is unknown, although she was living 8 July 1453.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Cokayne 1916, p. 18; Richardson II 2011, pp. 16, 294.
  2. ^ Richardson II 2011, pp. 16–18.
  3. ^ Richardson II 2011, pp. 16, 294.
  4. ^ Cokayne 1916, p. 18.
  5. ^ Cokayne 1916, pp. 18–19;Richardson II 2011, p. 18.

References

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  • Cokayne, George Edward (1916). The Complete Peerage, edited by Vicary Gibbs. Vol. IV. London: St. Catherine Press.
  • Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Vol. II (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) ISBN 1449966381
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