About Philippa Neville
Lived 1386 – 1453 (aged 66–67). Philippa Neville was an English aristocrat.
Philippa Neville, Baroness Dacre (1386–after 1453) was the third daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, by his first wife, Margaret Stafford.
Philippa's younger half-sister was Cecily Neville, making Edward IV and Richard III her nephews. Her younger half-brother was Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury. His son, also Philippa's nephew, was Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick who was nicknamed "Warwick the Kingmaker" and whose home and stronghold was Warwick Castle where he imprisoned his cousin, Edward IV.
Marriage and issue Born in 1386, Philippa was the daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, by his first wife, Margaret Stafford. On 20 July 1399, Philippa was married to Thomas Dacre, 6th Baron Dacre the son of William Dacre, 5th Baron Dacre and Joan Douglas.
They had: Sir Thomas Dacre (d. before 5 January 1458), who married Elizabeth Bowet Ranulph or Ralph Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre of the North, who married Eleanor FitzHugh, by whom he had no issue. He was slain at the Battle of Towton on 29 March 1461. Humphrey Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre of Gilsland (d. 30 May 1485), who married Mabel Parr (d. 14 November 1508) Ralph Dacre. Richard Dacre. George Dacre. John Dacre. Joan Dacre, who married Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford. Margaret Dacre, who married John le Scrope.
Philippa's husband, Thomas Dacre, 6th Baron Dacre of Gilsland, died 5 January 1458. She died after 1453.
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Who was Philippa Neville?
British noblewoman
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Philippa Neville was born in 1386.
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Philippa Neville died on 8 July 1453.
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Philippa Neville was an aristocrat.
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Philippa Neville was English.
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