Euphemia de Clavering
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In brief
1260s–1320s
Born around 1266, daughter and heiress of Robert fitzRoger, 1st Baron Clavering, lord of Warkworth Castle, and Margery la Zouche. Married Ranulph Neville, 1st Baron Neville of Raby; they had fourteen children, among them Ralph, 2nd Baron Neville. Died around 1320.
Family
Children
- Ralph Neville, 2nd Lord Neville · in this lineb. Abt. 1291 · Englandm. Alice de Audley, January 14, 1326, to Alice de Audleyd. August 5, 1367
Life story
Family Background
Euphemia de Clavering was born around 1266, daughter and eventual heiress of Robert fitzRoger, 1st Baron Clavering, lord of Warkworth Castle in Northumberland, and Margery la Zouche.
Marriage and Children
Euphemia married Ranulph Neville, 1st Baron Neville of Raby, and the couple had fourteen children. Their eldest son, Robert Neville, earned the epithet "Peacock of the North" but was slain in a border skirmish outside Berwick before his father's death. Their second son, Ralph Neville, succeeded as 2nd Baron Neville. Other children included Sir Alexander Neville; John Neville, killed at the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333; and Thomas Neville, who became Archdeacon of Durham.
Legacy
Her son Ralph, 2nd Baron Neville, commanded the English victory at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, cementing her family's place among the great powers of the north of England.
Sources (2)
- Shawn Henry Potter & Lois Carol Potter, Weston Pedigree Reconsidered (Woodbridge, Virginia: Renatus Press, 2022).
- Wikipedia contributors, "Ranulph Neville, 1st Baron Neville," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranulph_Neville,_1st_Baron_Neville : accessed October 26, 2026).