Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick (b. 1426)
Anne Beauchamp, 16th Countess of Warwick (13 July 1426 – 20 September 1492) was an important late medieval English noblewoman. She was the daughter of Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, and his second wife Isabel le Despenser, a daughter of Thomas le Despenser (22 September 1373 – 13 January 1399/1400) and Constance of York. Anne Beauchamp was the mother of two famous daughters, Isabel Neville, the royal Duchess of Clarence, and Anne Neville, Queen consort of England as the spouse of King Richard III.
1492Sep, 20
Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick
Choose Another Date
Events on 1492
- 2Jan
Emirate of Granada
Reconquista: the Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders. - 6Jan
Reconquista
The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella enter Granada, completing the Reconquista. - 31Mar
Alhambra Decree
Queen Isabella of Castile issues the Alhambra Decree, ordering her 150,000 Jewish and Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion. - 12Aug
Canary Islands
Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World. - 5Dec
Hispaniola
Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic).