Challenge for a Throne: The Wars of the RosesIn the fifteenth century two families of royal descent, the houses of York and Lancaster, clashed in an epic struggle to win the throne of England. |
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... Neville lands Ralph added great tracts of land in northern England . By then Ralph Neville already had a large family . While a very young man he had married Margaret Stafford , the daughter of the second Earl of Stafford , and she had ...
... Neville lands Ralph added great tracts of land in northern England . By then Ralph Neville already had a large family . While a very young man he had married Margaret Stafford , the daughter of the second Earl of Stafford , and she had ...
Page 116
... Neville family , naturally , as the grown children of Ralph Neville watched their father transferring property to these upstart babes . He left little to his first family but the title of Earl of Westmorland itself , which remained for ...
... Neville family , naturally , as the grown children of Ralph Neville watched their father transferring property to these upstart babes . He left little to his first family but the title of Earl of Westmorland itself , which remained for ...
Page 272
... Neville , Cicely , see York , Duchess of Neville , Edward , see Abergavenny , Lord Neville , Eleanor , 116 Neville , George : Archbishop of York , 168 , 181 , 188 , 191 , 192 , 196 , 205 , 211 , 212-13 , 227-28 ; Bishop of Exeter , 159 ...
... Neville , Cicely , see York , Duchess of Neville , Edward , see Abergavenny , Lord Neville , Eleanor , 116 Neville , George : Archbishop of York , 168 , 181 , 188 , 191 , 192 , 196 , 205 , 211 , 212-13 , 227-28 ; Bishop of Exeter , 159 ...
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Of Kings and Kingdoms | 1 |
The Royal Cousins | 16 |
The Downfall of a King | 35 |
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