John Neville Earl of Northumberland, 1st Marquis of Montagu [2891] 24,25
- Born: Abt 1431, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
- Marriage: Isabel Ingoldesthorpe Marquise of Montagu [2888] [LZPB-H5S] on 25 Apr 1457
- Died: 13 Apr 1471, Battle of Barnet, Hertfordshire, England about age 40
 Cause of his death was Battle of Barnet.
FamilySearch ID: L781-BM8.
General Notes:
Lord Montagu, Marquis Montagu
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal03527
Acceded: 1461
Knight of the Garter. A Yorkist leader in the Wars of the Roses, be st-known for eliminating Lancastrian resistance in the north of England du ring the early part of the reign of Edward IV of England. A younger s on of Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury and Alice Montagu, Countess of Sa lisbury, and a brother of Richard, Earl of Warwick the Kingmaker. He foug ht at the Battle of Blore Heath and was captured and imprisoned by the Lan castrians. After the Yorkist victory at Northampton he was released, but w as captured again at the second Battle of St Albans. Following his seco nd release from imprisonment, he led the Yorkist forces in the north of En gland, defeating the Lancastrians at Hedgeley Moor and again at Hexham (bo th 1465). In reward for driving out the Lancastrians, Neville was creat ed Earl of Northumberland. This title had long been held by the Percy fami ly, but they were in disgrace. However, when Henry Percy was rehabilitat ed in 1470, Neville was forced to give up the earldom and many important o ffices in favor of his former foe. He was in compensation created Marque ss of Montagu, but without suitable estates to support such a dignity. N ow set against Edward IV, he joined his brother Warwick in the restorati on of Henry VI. Montagu returned to high office in the north, but was kill ed at the Battle of Barnet, while endeavoring to succor his brother Warwic k. They were both laid in state at Westminster, London, and afterward we re carried to Bisham Abbey and buried among their ancestors.
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Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded, 1461.
John married Isabel Ingoldesthorpe Marquise of Montagu [2888] [LZPB-H5S] [MRIN: 802], daughter of Edmund Ingoldesthorpe [2889] [LZPT-LGQ] and Joan Tiptopf [2890] [LZPB-HRM], on 25 Apr 1457. (Isabel Ingoldesthorpe Marquise of Montagu [2888] [LZPB-H5S] was born in 1441 in Borough Green, Cambridgeshire, England and died on 25 May 1476 in Bisham, Berkshire, England.)
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