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Birth:          ABT 1430 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Death:          AFT 22 Nov 1503 Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England

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Lady Alice Neville (c. 1430 – after 22 November 1503), Baroness FitzHugh of 
Ravensworth, was the wife of Henry FitzHugh, 5th Baron FitzHugh.[2] She is best 
known for being the great-grandmother of Queen consort Catherine Parr and her 
siblings, Anne and William, as well as one of the sisters of Warwick the 'Kingmaker'. 
Her family was one of the oldest and most powerful families of the North. They had a 
long-standing tradition of military service and a reputation for seeking power at the 
cost of the loyalty to the crown as was demonstrated by her brother, the Earl of 
Warwick.[3]
Family[edit]

Lady Alice was the third daughter of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury jure uxoris 
and Lady Alice Montacute, 5th Countess of Salisbury suo jure. By her father she was a 
descendant of King Edward III through the legitimised children of John of Gaunt, 1st 
Duke of Lancaster and his mistress, later wife, Katherine Roët. Her mother was the 
only child and sole heiress of Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury by his first wife 
Lady Eleanor Holland. Lady Alice was the sister of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of 
Warwick, the wealthiest and most powerful English peer of his age. Warwick was the 
most important and influential peer in the realm, and one of the principal protagonists 
in the Wars of the Roses. Her aunt, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, mother of future 
kings and Alice's first cousins, Edward IV and Richard III, was another key figure in 
the dynastic civil wars that dominated most of the latter half of 15th century England.

Alice's other siblings included Lady Joan Neville, Countess of Arundel; Cecily Neville, 
Duchess of Warwick; John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu; George Neville, 
Archbishop of York and Chancellor of England; Lady Eleanor Neville, Countess of 
Derby; Lady Katherine Neville, Baroness Hastings; Sir Thomas Neville (1443–1460); 
and Lady Margaret Neville, Countess of Oxford.

Lady Fitzhugh's nieces, the daughters of Warwick, were Isabel Neville, who married 
Edward IV's brother George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence and Anne Neville. 
Anne was Princess of Wales as the wife of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, 
the son of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou. After the premature death of the Prince of 
Wales at 17 years old, Anne eventually became Queen consort of England upon her 
second marriage to Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who later became King of England 
as Richard III.[4][5]

Lady-in-waiting[edit]

Lady Alice, who was close to her niece Anne, was very supportive of the Duke of 
Gloucester after he had become Lord Protector of the Realm. She influenced her 
family members to do the same. When Gloucester ascended the throne as King 
Richard III in 1483, Lady Alice and her daughter, Elizabeth, were appointed by the 
Queen to serve as her ladies-in-waiting. The two received presents from the King 
which included yards of the grandest cloth available to make dresses. At the 
coronation in 1483, it was Alice and Elizabeth who were two of the seven noble ladies 
given the honour to ride behind the queen.[3]

The position of lady-in-waiting to the Queens of England became a family tradition 
spanning down to Lady FitzHugh's great-granddaughter, Anne Parr who served all of 
King Henry VIII's six wives.[6]

Lady Fitzhugh was very much the same temperament of her brother the Earl of 
Warwick. Although her husband, Henry, Lord FitzHugh is generally given credit for 
instigating the 1470 rebellion which drew King Edward IV into the north and allowed a 
safe landing of the Earl of Warwick in the West country, the boldness of the stroke is 
far more in keeping with Alice, Lady Fitzhugh's temperament and abilities than with her 
husband's.[7]

After the death of her husband in 1483, Lady Fitzhugh along with her children 
Richard, Roger, Edward, Thomas, and Elizabeth joined the Corpus Christi guild at 
York.[8]

Marriage and issue[edit]

Lady Alice married Henry, Lord FitzHugh of Ravensworth Castle, near Richmond 
(1429–72), head of a powerful local family between Tees and Swale.[10] Lord and 
Lady FitzHugh had 11 children; five sons and six daughters:
Sir Richard, 6th Baron FitzHugh who married Elizabeth Burgh, daughter of Thomas 
Burgh of Gainsborough; their son, George, inherited the barony of FitzHugh, but after 
his death in 1513 the barony fell into abeyance between his aunt Alice and her 
nephew Sir Thomas Parr, son of his other aunt Elizabeth. This abeyance continues to 
the present day.[11]
George FitzHugh, Dean of Lincoln from 1483–1505 [11]
Alice FitzHugh married Sir John Fiennes, the son of Sir Richard Fiennes and Joan 
Dacre, 7th Baroness Dacre.[11][12]
Elizabeth FitzHugh, who married firstly William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Kendal and 
secondly Sir Nicholas Vaux. By her first husband, Elizabeth was the grandmother to 
Queen consort Catherine Parr, Anne, Countess of Pembroke, and William, Marquess of 
Northampton.[11]
Anne, wife of Francis Lovell, 1st Viscount Lovell.[13]
Margery, who married Sir Marmaduke Constable.[11]
Joan, who became a nun.[11]
Edward FitzHugh (dsp.)[11]
Thomas FitzHugh (dsp.)[11]
John FitzHugh (dsp.)[11]
Eleanor FitzHugh[11]

Parents
NEVILLE Richard (1400 - 31 Dec 1460)
MONTAGU Alice (1407 - BEF 9 Dec 1462)

Siblings
NEVILLE Alice (ABT 1430 - AFT 22 Nov 1503)

Marriage To FITZ HUGH Henry (ABT 1424 - 8 Jun 1472)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
FITZ HUGH William (ABT 1399 - 22 Oct 1452)
WILLOUGHBY Margaret (Margery) (ABT 1397 - BEF 22 Oct 1452)

Children by FITZ HUGH Henry ABT 1424 - 8 Jun 1472
FITZ HUGH Elizabeth (ABT 1455 - BEF 10 Jul 1507)

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