Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville explained

Ralph Neville
Baron Neville
Spouse:Alice Audley
Issue:John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville
Alexander Neville, Archbishop of York
Noble Family:House of Neville
Father:Ralph Neville, 1st Baron Neville de Raby
Mother:Euphemia de Clavering
Birth Date:c.1291
Death Date:5 August 1367

Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (– 5 August 1367) was an English aristocrat, the son of Ralph Neville, 1st Baron Neville de Raby by Eupheme de Clavering.

Neville led the English forces to victory against King David II of Scotland at the Battle of Neville's Cross on 17 October 1346.

Marriage and children

He married Alice de Audley (d. 1358), daughter of Hugh de Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley and Isolde le Rous (and widow of Ralph de Greystoke, 1st Baron Greystoke (died 1323)), on 14 Jan 1326 with whom he had thirteen children:

  1. Euphemia Neville (– 1394), married firstly in 1344 Robert Clifford, 4th Baron Clifford, secondly Reynold [Reginald]Lucy, son of Thomas Baron Lucy and thirdly Walter Heselarton, knight.
  2. John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby (1322/8–17 October 1388), married firstly Maud Percy and secondly Elizabeth Latimer and had issue with both
  3. Margaret Neville (12 February 1329 – 12 May 1372), married firstly William de Ros, 3rd Baron de Ros, by whom she had no issue, and secondly Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, by whom she had issue.
  4. Catherine Neville (– 1 September 1361), married William Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre of Gillesland
  5. Sir Ralph Neville (–), married Elizabeth de Ledes
  6. Robert Neville of Eldon, married Clara Pinckney
  7. William Neville (–), married firstly Elizabeth Le Waleys and secondly Alice de St Philbert
  8. Eleanor Neville, married Geoffrey Scrope
  9. Alexander Neville (– 1392), Archbishop of York
  10. Elizabeth Neville
  11. Isabel Neville, married Hugh FitzHugh FitzHenry
  12. Thomas Neville
  13. Alice Neville

References

. 1835. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. 2. Henry Colburn. London. John Burke (genealogist).

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