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Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick ( 1428 – April 14, 1471 ), was also known as "Warwick the Kingmaker." Neville was the richest man in England outside the royal family, and he used his wealth and power to help depose the "Lancastrian" Henry VI in favor of the "Yorkist" Edward IV, and then later to place Henry VI back on the throne.
In 1464 during the Wars of the Roses, Bamburgh Castle became the first castle in England to be defeated by artillery, at the end of a nine-month siege by Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick. He fought in the First Battle of St. Albans on 22 May 1455, commander of the Yorks.
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General Notes. Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, was a Yorkist leader during the early parts of the Wars of the Roses. Richard Neville was born in 1400 at Raby Castle in County Durham.
Warwick, Richard Neville, earl of (nĕvˈəl) (, wŏrˈĭk), 1428–71, English nobleman, called the Kingmaker. Through his grandfather, Ralph Neville, 1st earl of Westmorland, he had connections with the house of Lancaster; he was also the nephew of Cecily Neville, wife of Richard, duke of York.
Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400 – December 31, 1460) was a Yorkist leader during the early parts of the Wars of the Roses. He was the son of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland , by his second wife, Joan Beaufort , a daughter of John of Gaunt .
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