John Welles, 1st Viscount Welles
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1450 – 1499
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Who was John Welles, 1st Viscount Welles?
John Welles, 1st Viscount Welles, KG was an English Lancastrian nobleman who was made a Knight of the Garter.
John was born about 1450 to Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles and Margaret Beauchamp. He was a maternal half-brother of Margaret Beaufort, and thus an uncle of the half-blood of Henry VII.
John died and was buried on February 1498 in Westminster, England.
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- Born
- 1450
- Also known as
- John Welles
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Cecily of York
(1487/12 - 1499/02/09)
- Cecily of York
- Died
- Feb 9, 1499
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on July 23, 2013
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