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Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, 6th Earl of Salisbury KG (22 November 1428 – 14 April 1471), known as Warwick the Kingmaker, was an English nobleman, administrator, landowner of the House of Neville fortune and military commander.
Richard Neville, 16th earl of Warwick was an English nobleman called, since the 16th century, “the Kingmaker,” in reference to his role as arbiter of royal power during the first half of the Wars of the Roses (1455–85) between the houses of Lancaster and York.
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Richard Neville,16th Earl of Warwick, looms large over the middle of the fifteenth century, not only in England but across the continent. French and Burgundian sailors feared him, foreign rulers heard that he was the power behind the throne in England, the mastermind of the Lancastrian ejection and ‘the puppeteer of the Yorkist regime’.
In 1449 Richard Neville became jure uxoris (by right of his wife) Earl of Warwick. However the newly titled Earl of Warwick soon found himself in conflict with the Duke of Somerset. The Duke had been granted control of Glamorgan, until then held by Warwick, by King Henry VI.
The man who put the teenage Edward IV on the throne was one of England’s most powerful barons, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. But the man who became known as ‘Warwick the Kingmaker’ saw his star ascendancy fall after playing a dangerous game of double-dealing and manipulation.
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, found himself forced to swear an oath of loyalty to the King. Only one other man, Richard of York, was asked to do this. In 1457 the French raided the English port of Sandwich.
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May 26, 2024 · At the heart of this turbulent period stood Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, a powerful nobleman whose political maneuvering and military prowess earned him the moniker "the Kingmaker." This article explores Neville‘s life, his role in the Wars of the Roses, and his lasting impact on English history.
