Anne de Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick

Anne de Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick (February 1443 – 3 January 1448) was born in Cardiff, the only child of Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick and Lady Cecily Neville. Her maternal grandparents were Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury and Alice Montagu, Countess of Salisbury. Anne was niece to Richard Neville, who by marriage to her aunt Lady Anne Beauchamp, inherited the title Earl of Warwick.^[1]

Her maternal grandfather was the brother of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, wife of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York. Her mother was a first cousin of Edward IV of England, Edmund, Earl of Rutland, Margaret of York, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence and Richard III of England.^[2]

In 1445, her father died. While his dukedom became extinct, his earldom was inherited by his daughter, so Anne became the suo jure 15th Countess of Warwick at age two. Anne also succeeded to the title of 7th Baroness Burghersh [E., 1330] on 11 June 1446, suo jure.^[1] However, she died just three years later at Ewelme in Oxfordshire, the home of her maternal step-great-grandmother. She was buried in Reading Abbey.

Her title as Countess of Warwick was inherited by her paternal aunt, Lady Anne, and maternal uncle, Sir Richard. The barony of Burghersh fell into abeyance between her aunts.^[1]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Anne de Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick

16. Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick               8. Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick                       17. Katherine Mortimer               4. Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick                             18. William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby               9. Margaret Ferrers                       19. Margaret Ufford               2. Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick                                   20. Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer               10. Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester                       21. Elizabeth de Burghersh               5. Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester                             22. Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York               11. Constance of York                       23. Isabella of Castile               1. Anne de Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick                                         24. John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby               12. Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland                       25. Maud Percy               6. Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury                             26. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster               13. Joan Beaufort                       27. Katherine Swynford               3. Cecily Neville, Duchess of Warwick                                   28. John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury               14. Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury                       29. Maud Francis               7. Alice Neville, 5th Countess of Salisbury                             30. Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent               15. Lady Eleanor Holland                       31. Lady Alice FitzAlan

References

1. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 428.
2. Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 15.

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