1415 - 1495
Cecily Neville (3 May 1415 – 31 May 1495) was an English noblewoman, the wife of Richard, Duke of York (1411–1460), and the mother of two kings of England—Edward IV and Richard III. Cecily Neville was known as "the Rose of Raby", because she was born at Raby Castle in Durham, and "Proud Cis", because of her pride and a temper that went with it, although she was also known for her piety. She herself signed her name "Cecylle". Her husband, the Duke of York, was the leading contender for the throne of England from the House of York during the period of the Wars of the Roses until his death in 1460. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York has received more than 970,996 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Cecily Neville, Duchess of York is the 2,329th most popular politician (up from 4,251st in 2019), the 565th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 917th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular British Politician.
Cecily Neville, Duchess of York is most famous for being the mother of Edward IV, Richard III, and George, Duke of Clarence.
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Among politicians, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York ranks 2,329 out of 15,710. Before her are Abolhassan Banisadr, Emperor Dezong of Tang, Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress, Khaba, Volusianus, and Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair. After her are Occhiali, Al-Hadi, Robert, King of Naples, Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Prajadhipok, and Mieszko I of Poland.
1933 - Present
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 2,323
742 - 805
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 2,324
1434 - 1467
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 2,325
2700 BC - 2700 BC
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 2,326
300 - 253
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 2,327
680 - 625
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 2,328
1415 - 1495
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 2,329
1519 - 1587
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 2,330
764 - 786
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 2,331
1277 - 1343
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 2,332
1787 - 1816
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 2,333
1893 - 1941
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 2,334
940 - 992
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 2,335
Among people born in 1415, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York ranks 5. Before her are Piero della Francesca, Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, Dieric Bouts, and Vasily II of Moscow. After her are Joanot Martorell, Jan Długosz, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Albert van Ouwater, John Argyropoulos, and Aristotele Fioravanti. Among people deceased in 1495, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York ranks 4. Before her are John II of Portugal, Sultan Cem, and Seongjong of Joseon. After her are Alfonso II of Naples, Francis, Count of Vendôme, Cosimo Tura, Dorothea of Brandenburg, Jacob Sprenger, Elizabeth Tudor, Magdalena of France, and Jasper Tudor.
1415 - 1492
HPI: 80.08
Rank: 1
1415 - 1493
HPI: 79.80
Rank: 2
1415 - 1475
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 3
1415 - 1462
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 4
1415 - 1495
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 5
1415 - 1465
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 6
1415 - 1480
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 7
1415 - 1472
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 8
1415 - 1475
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 9
1415 - 1487
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 10
1415 - 1486
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 11
1455 - 1495
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 1
1459 - 1495
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 2
1457 - 1495
HPI: 73.23
Rank: 3
1415 - 1495
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 4
1448 - 1495
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 5
1470 - 1495
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 6
1430 - 1495
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 7
1430 - 1495
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 8
1435 - 1495
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 9
1492 - 1495
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 10
1443 - 1495
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 11
1431 - 1495
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York ranks 565 out of 6,924. Before her are William Byrd (1543), Brook Taylor (1685), David Attenborough (1926), Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969), Jean Simmons (1929), and John Horton Conway (1937). After her are Douglas Adams (1952), Robbie Coltrane (1950), David Brewster (1781), Diana Rigg (1938), Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), and Edmund Cartwright (1743).
1543 - 1623
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 559
1685 - 1731
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 560
1926 - Present
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 561
1969 - Present
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 562
1929 - 2010
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 563
1937 - 2020
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 564
1415 - 1495
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 565
1952 - 2001
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 566
1950 - Present
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 567
1781 - 1868
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 568
1938 - 2020
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 569
1757 - 1806
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 570
1743 - 1823
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 571
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York ranks 102. Before her are James III of Scotland (1451), Edmund Ironside (993), Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), Marie of Romania (1875), Harthacnut I of Denmark (880), and Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473). After her are Kenneth MacAlpin (810), William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779), Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550), Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (1930), Gordon Brown (1951), and Gladwyn Jebb (1900).
1451 - 1488
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 96
993 - 1016
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 97
1844 - 1900
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 98
1875 - 1938
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 99
880 - 1000
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 100
1473 - 1483
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 101
1415 - 1495
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 102
810 - 858
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 103
1779 - 1848
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 104
1550 - 1604
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 105
1930 - 2017
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 106
1951 - Present
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 107
1900 - 1996
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 108