Anne Beauchamp, 16th Countess of Warwick
Anne Beauchamp | |
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| 16th Countess of Warwick (suo jure) Countess of Salisbury | |
Drawing of Anne from the Rous Roll, c. 1483 | |
| Born | Lady Anne Beauchamp 13 July 1426 |
| Died | 20 September 1492 (aged 66) |
| Noble family | Beauchamp |
| Spouse(s) | Richard Neville, 6th Earl of Salisbury |
| Issue | Isabel, Duchess of Clarence Anne, Queen of England |
| Father | Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick |
| Mother | Isabel Despenser |
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 married Richard Neville "the Kingmaker", who became Earl of Warwick by right of Anne. She was the mother of two famous daughters, Isabel Neville, the wife of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, and Anne Neville, Queen of England as the wife of King Richard III.
She has been described as "diplomatic, intelligent and resilient", and was at the centre of politics during the War of the Roses.