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This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:15th-century English people. It includes English people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Contents
English pirate active in South West England during the early-to-mid-15th century. Gödeke Michels: d. 1402: 1392–1402 Germany: A German pirate and one of the leaders of the Likedeelers, a combination of former Victual Brothers (Vitalienbrüder) Martin Pechlin [2] 1480–1526 Germany: Died in Mandal, Norway. One of the most feared pirates in ...
Seal of Henry Le Despenser. The House was founded in the 15th century by Henry Spencer (died c. 1478), from whom all members descend. In the 16th century, the claim arose that the Spencers were a cadet branch of the older House Le Despencer, though this theory has since been debunked, in particular by historian J. Horace Round in his essay The Rise of the Spencers.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:15th-century people. It includes people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Biography portal
Anne Neville (c. 1408 – 20 September 1480) was a daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, and his second wife Lady Joan Beaufort.Her first husband was Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, and she was an important English noblewoman, landholder and book owner during the fifteenth century.
Freedom's Mercenaries: British Volunteers in the Wars of Independence of Latin America. Vol. 2. Hamilton Books, 2006. Military science in western Europe in the sixteenth century. Prologue:The nature of armies in the 16th century (pdf): A given army often included numerous nationalities and languages. The normal Landsknecht regiment included one ...
The House of York was a cadet branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet. Three of its members became kings of England in the late 15th century. The House of York descended in the male line from Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York , the fourth surviving son of Edward III .
Alice Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk LG (c. 1404 –1475) was a granddaughter of the English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Married three times, she eventually became a Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter , an honour granted rarely to women and marking the friendship between herself and her third husband, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk ...