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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Earls of Salisbury (1149), Earls of Salisbury (1337), Earls of Salisbury (1605), George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, Alice de Lacy, 3rd Countess of Lincoln, William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury, Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, William Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury, James Cecil, 4th Earl of Salisbury, William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales, Alice Montacute, 5th Countess of Salisbury, Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, Patrick of Salisbury, 1st Earl of Salisbury, William of Salisbury, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, James Cecil, 6th Earl of Salisbury, James Cecil, 5th Earl of Salisbury, James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury. Excerpt: Richard Neville, jure uxoris 16th Earl of Warwick and suo jure 6th Earl of Salisbury and 8th and 5th Baron Montacute, KG (22 November 1428 - 14 April 1471), known as Warwick the Kingmaker, was an English nobleman, administrator, and military commander. The son of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, Warwick was the wealthiest and most powerful English peer of his age, with political connections that went beyond the country's borders. One of the main protagonists in the Wars of the Roses, he was instrumental in the deposition of two kings, a fact which later earned him his epithet of "Kingmaker." Through fortunes of marriage and inheritance, Warwick emerged in the 1450s at the centre of English politics. Originally a supporter of King Henry VI, a territorial dispute with the Duke of Somerset led him to collaborate with Richard, Duke of York, opposing the king...
