Editing Anne Neville (section)

==Early life==
[[File:MiddlehamCJW.jpg|thumb|left|[[Middleham Castle]] came into the possession of the Neville family in 1270.]]

Anne Neville was born at [[Warwick Castle]] on 11 June 1456, the younger daughter of [[Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick]], and [[Anne Neville, 16th Countess of Warwick|Anne de Beauchamp]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Panton |first=Kenneth J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oeDwEAAAQBAJ&dq=anne+beauchamp&pg=PA371 |title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy |date=2023-10-15 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-7577-4 |language=en}}</ref> Her father was one of the most powerful noblemen in England and the most important supporter of the House of York. Her grandfather's sister, [[Cecily Neville, Duchess of York|Cecily Neville]], was the wife of [[Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York|Richard, Duke of York]], who claimed the crown for the [[House of York]].

Much of Anne Neville's childhood was spent at [[Middleham Castle]], one of her father's properties, where she and her elder sister, [[Isabel Neville|Isabel]], met two younger sons of the Duke of York: Richard, Duke of Gloucester (the future [[Richard III]]) and [[George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence|George, Duke of Clarence]]. Richard especially attended his knighthood training at Middleham since mid-1461 until at least the spring of 1465,<ref name=kendall1955>{{cite book|last=Kendall|first=Paul Murray|title=Richard the Third|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K0Rml6pLuSMC|year=2002|publisher=[[W.W. Norton]]|location=New York City|isbn=978-0393007855|page=608}}</ref> or possibly since 1465 until late 1468.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Baldwin|first1=David|title=Richard III|date=2012|publisher=Amberley Publishing|isbn=978-1445601823|page=288}}</ref> It is possible that even at this early stage, a match between the Earl's daughters and the young dukes was being considered.<ref>Licence 2013, p. 63. Young aristocrats were often sent away to be raised in households of their intended future partners</ref> The Duke of York was killed on 30 December 1460 but, with Warwick's help, his eldest son became King [[Edward IV]] in March 1461. In July 1469, Lady Isabel married Clarence, while in July 1470, after the Earl of Warwick's flight to France and change of allegiance, Anne Neville was betrothed to [[Edward of Westminster]], the Lancastrian heir to the throne of England, and married to him by the end of the same year.<ref name="wagner" />