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Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, 6th Earl of Salisbury KG (22 November 1428 – 14 April 1471), known as Warwick the Kingmaker, was an English nobleman, administrator, landowner of the House of Neville fortune and military commander.
His Earldom was forfeited and thus not able to be inherited by his son Edward Plantagenet, who did however manage to inherit it from his maternal grandmother Anne de Beauchamp (d.1492), wife of "Warwick the Kingmaker", who had been created Countess of Warwick by letters patent in 1450, at the same time her husband was created Earl of Warwick.
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428–1471), "Warwick the Kingmaker", English noble, fought in the Wars of the Roses; Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400–1460), Yorkist leader during the Wars of the Roses, father of the 16th Earl of Warwick; Richard Neville, 2nd Baron Latimer (died 1530), English soldier and peer
A kingmaker is a person or group that has great influence on a monarchy or royal in their political succession, without themselves being a viable candidate. Kingmakers may use political, monetary, religious, and military means to influence the succession.
Dionne Warwick is an American singer. She has charted 69 times on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, making her the second-most charted female vocalist during the rock era (1955–2010), after Aretha Franklin. [1]
Duke of Warwick, 14th Earl of Warwick: Richard of York (1411–1460) Duke of York: Anne Beauchamp (1426–1492) 16th Countess of Warwick: Richard Neville "the Kingmaker" (1428–1471) 16th Earl of Warwick jure uxoris: Henry VI (1421–1471) King of England: Dukedom of Warwick extinct, 1446: John Talbot (1426–1453) 1st Viscount Lisle: Anne ...
Dionne is a studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick.It was released by Warner Bros. Records in January 1972 in the United States. Her debut with the label following her departure from Scepter Records after the release of Very Dionne (1970), it features production by Burt Bacharach, Bob James, and Don Sebesky.
John Fisher (died c. 1590), politician and writer, was Town Clerk of Warwick for 27 years. John Ley (1583–1662), cleric and member of the Westminster Assembly of Divines, was born in Warwick and attended its free school. Abiezer Coppe (1619–1682), Ranter and religious pamphleteer, was born in Warwick and attended The King's School.