Katherine Neville, Baroness Hastings
Noble person
1442 – 1503
Who was Katherine Neville, Baroness Hastings?
Katherine Neville, Baroness Hastings, was a noblewoman and a member of the powerful Neville family of northern England. She was one of the six daughters of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, and the sister of military commander Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, known to history as Warwick the Kingmaker.
She was married twice. By her first husband William Bonville, 6th Baron Harington of Aldingham, she was the mother of Cecily Bonville, who became the wealthiest heiress in England following the deaths in the Battle of Wakefield of Katherine's husband, her father-in-law; and less than two months later, of William Bonville's grandfather, William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville who was executed following the Yorkist defeat at the Second Battle of St Albans. Katherine's second husband was William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, a powerful noble who was beheaded in 1483 on the order of King Richard III, who placed Katherine directly under his protection.
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- Born
- 1442
England - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- William Bonville, 6th Baron Harington
(1458 - 1460/12/30) - William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
( - 1483/06/13)
- William Bonville, 6th Baron Harington
- Children
- Nationality
- Kingdom of England
- Died
- Nov 22, 1503
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on July 23, 2013
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