Neville, Eleanor (fl. 1480s)
Neville, Eleanor (fl. 1480s)
Countess of Derby. Flourished in the 1480s; daughter of Richard Neville, 1st earl of Salisbury, andAlice Montacute (c. 1406–1463); sister of Richard Neville, earl of Warwick (1428–1471, known as Warwick the Kingmaker); married Thomas Stanley, earl of Derby; children: George Stanley, Lord Strange (d. 1497); Edward Stanley, Lord Monteagle (d. 1523).
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