Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland Earl Marshal, was an English nobleman of the House of Neville. Elevated to the earldom by Richard II, he later supported his brother-in-law Henry of Lancaster in deposing the king and became a key supporter of the Lancastrian dynasty.
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![Alabaster effigy of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland with his two wives, Staindrop Church, County Durham, considered the finest sepulchral monument in the north of England.[1] On his tunic he displays the arms of Neville; his head rests on a helm atop which is the bull's head crest of Neville](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Ralph_Neville%2C_1st_Earl_of_Westmorland%2C_and_his_two_wives%2C_Margaret_Stafford_and_Joan_Beaufort%2C_Staindrop_Church%2C_County_Durham.jpg/500px-Ralph_Neville%2C_1st_Earl_of_Westmorland%2C_and_his_two_wives%2C_Margaret_Stafford_and_Joan_Beaufort%2C_Staindrop_Church%2C_County_Durham.jpg)
Alabaster effigy of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland with his two wives, Staindrop Church, County Durham, considered the finest sepulchral monument in the north of England.[1] On his tunic he displays the arms of Neville; his head rests on a helm atop which is the bull's head crest of Neville
Contemporary miniature of the 1st Earl of Westmorland with twelve of his children in the Neville Hours. Another miniature (not pictured) features his second wife, Lady Joan Beaufort, with the rest of his children
Cecily Neville (1415-1495), a daughter of Ralph Neville by his second wife Joan Beaufort. She married Richard, 3rd Duke of York by whom she was the mother of King Edward IV and King Richard III
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428-1471), "The Kingmaker", a grandson of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, and Joan Beaufort. On his shield he displays his maternal arms of Montacute, but displays the Neville bull's head crest at sinister and stands on the same Neville heraldic beastAwards 1
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Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland Earl Marshal, was an English nobleman of the House of Neville. Elevated to the earldom by Richard II, he later supported his brother-in-law Henry of Lancaster in deposing the king and became a key supporter of the Lancastrian dynasty. As a royal kinsman through his marriage to Joan Beaufort, he was rewarded with high offices, including Earl Marshal, and played a central role in northern politics and border warfare with Scotland.
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