William Neville, Earl of Kent

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15th-century person English nobleman Yorkist supporter medieval soldier member of the English peerage

William Neville, Earl of Kent, was a prominent 15th-century English nobleman and military leader who played a key role in the Wars of the Roses on the Yorkist side.

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Surface form	Occurrences
William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	15th-century person ⓘ English nobleman ⓘ Yorkist supporter ⓘ medieval soldier ⓘ member of the English peerage ⓘ
acquiredTitleThrough	marriage to Joan Fauconberg ⓘ
allegiance	House of York NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ William Neville, Lord Fauconberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty	Plantagenet NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
battle	Battle of Ferrybridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Northampton (1460) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Towton NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthYear	c. 1405 ⓘ
burialPlace	likely in England (exact site uncertain) ⓘ
conflict	Wars of the Roses NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathYear	1463 ⓘ
era	Late Middle Ages ⓘ
familyName	Neville NERFINISHED ⓘ
father	Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
heldOffice	Constable of Roxburgh Castle ⓘ Justice of the Peace in Yorkshire ⓘ Lord High Admiral of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Warden of the Eastern March ⓘ Warden of the Scottish Marches ⓘ
maternalFamily	House of Beaufort NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf	House of Neville NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRank	commander ⓘ
mother	Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitle	Earl of Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Fauconberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	border warfare with Scotland ⓘ commanding Yorkist forces at Towton ⓘ naval operations in the North Sea ⓘ
politicalFaction	Yorkist faction NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForTitleGrant	military service to the Yorkist cause ⓘ
receivedTitleFrom	Edward IV of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Northern England NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholic ⓘ
sibling	Cecily Neville, Duchess of York NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Joan Fauconberg, 6th Baroness Fauconberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportedClaimant	Edward, Earl of March (later Edward IV) NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard, Duke of York NERFINISHED ⓘ
uncleOf	Edward IV of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Towton → commander → William Neville, Earl of Kent ⓘ

Cecily Neville, Duchess of York → sibling → William Neville, Earl of Kent ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent