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Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick

1428 - 1471

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Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, 6th Earl of Salisbury (22 November 1428 – 14 April 1471), known as Warwick the Kingmaker, was an English nobleman, administrator, landowner of the House of Neville fortune and military commander. The eldest son of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, he became Earl of Warwick through marriage, and was the wealthiest and most powerful English peer of his age, with political connections that went beyond the country's borders. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick has received more than 2,300,482 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick is the 4,275th most popular politician (down from 2,863rd in 2019), the 866th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 653rd in 2019) and the 147th most popular British Politician.

Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick is most famous for his role in the War of the Roses. He was a key player in the Battle of Tewkesbury which resulted in the death of King Edward IV and the coronation of King Richard III.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick ranks 4,275 out of 19,576. Before him are Lady Margaret Beaufort, Ernesto Geisel, Jayavarman II, Alfred Moisiu, Princess Milica of Serbia, and Gracia Mendes Nasi. After him are Elena Glinskaya, Josef Terboven, Micheline Calmy-Rey, Yakov Yurovsky, Merikare, and Claudia Acte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1428, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick ranks 3. Before him are Jingtai Emperor, and Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile. After him are Janibek Khan, Catherine of France, Countess of Charolais, Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine, John VIII, Count of Vendôme, Pedro González de Mendoza, Julius Pomponius Laetus, and Bernhard II, Margrave of Baden-Baden. Among people deceased in 1471, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick ranks 9. Before him are Thomas à Kempis, George of Poděbrady, Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy, Thomas Malory, and João Gonçalves Zarco. After him are Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg, Emperor Go-Hanazono, Otto V, Duke of Brunswick, Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Cristoforo Moro, and Antonio Beccadelli.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick ranks 866 out of 8,785. Before him are Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141), George Canning (1770), Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443), James Gregory (1638), Andy Serkis (1964), and Simon Cowell (1959). After him are Nevill Francis Mott (1905), Boris Karloff (1887), Rishi Sunak (1980), Daniel Burley Woolfall (1852), Frederick Griffith (1879), and Martin Evans (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick ranks 147. Before him are Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (1156), William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520), Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (1430), Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141), George Canning (1770), and Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443). After him are Rishi Sunak (1980), Daniel Burley Woolfall (1852), Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770), Robert Clive (1725), Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915), and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1484).

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