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- Anne to Richard Neville (later the Kingmaker) and Henry to Richard’s sister Cecily. Henry died when he was 20 and his heir died 4 years later, leaving Anne not only the Despenser lands but the Warwick earldom making her husband the 16th Earl of Warwick.
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Sep 26, 2021 · Anne, being Henry’s sole whole sister and thus his heir, inherited the Beauchamp estates as well a s being a coheiress with another sister and also entitled to a half-share of their mother’s Despenser estates.
The dukedom of Warwick, created in 1445, had been originally granted only to male heirs, [3] and so became extinct upon Henry Beauchamp's death, but the earldom (created in 1088) allowed for female succession and was therefore inherited by his daughter.
But Anne Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick, did not accept this. Protesting that she was the king’s true liege woman, she petitioned the king and parliament for her rights and her inheritance, which had been divided between Clarence and Gloucester by Edward IV.
Dec 22, 2021 · Anne Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick, daughter of Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and his second wife Isobel Despenser, was born at Caversham, Oxfordshire in 1426. She was sister and heir to Henry, Duke of Warwick and wife to Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick known as ‘The Kingmaker’.
The Warwick Inheritance dispute is a well-known story. The Beauchamp earldom of Warwick lasted from 1268 until 1449, when the direct line failed. The last such Beauchamp was the infant Anne (1444 -9), sole daughter and heiress of Henry Duke of Warwick (d. 1446).
Following the death of Anne's father in 1439, and subsequently that of her brother Henry in 1446, and his infant daughter Lady Anne in 1449, [4] Neville inherited the title and the considerable estates of the Earldom of Warwick through his wife.
Following the death of Anne's father in 1439, and subsequently that of her brother Henry in 1446, and his infant daughter Lady Anne in 1449, Neville inherited the title and the considerable estates of the Earldom of Warwick through his wife.
