Jane Neville Countess of Westmorland (1533/1537 – buried 30 June 1593), daughter of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

Henry Howard, KG, , known as The Earl of Surrey although he never was a peer, was an English aristocrat, and one of the founders of English Renaissance poetry.-Life:...

 and Frances de Vere.

Her maternal grandparents were John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford

John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford

John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford was an English peer and courtier.-Biography:John de Vere was the son of John de Vere and Alice Kilrington , and the great-grandson of Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, succeeding his second cousin, John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford.Oxford was Esquire of the...

 and Dorothy de Vere, Countess of Oxford. Dorothy was a daughter of Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland

Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland

Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland KG, PC was an English peer and soldier.-Early life:Ralph Neville was born to Ralph Neville, Lord Neville and Edith Sandys, and was the grandson of Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland and Isabel Booth. When his father died in 1498 he took the style of Lord...

 and Catherine Neville, Countess of Westmorland. Catherine was a daughter of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham

Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham

Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, KG was an English nobleman. He was the son of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and the former Lady Catherine Woodville, daughter of the 1st Earl Rivers and sister-in-law of King Edward IV.-Early life:Stafford was born at Brecknock Castle in Wales...

 and Lady Alianore (Eleanor) Percy

Eleanor Percy, Duchess of Buckingham

Eleanor Percy, Duchess of Buckingham , also known as Alianore, was a daughter of Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland by his wife Lady Maud Herbert, herself a daughter of the first Earl of Pembroke. She married Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, who was beheaded in 1521 on false charges of...

.

Jane married her first cousin Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland

Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland

Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland was an English nobleman and one of the leaders of the Rising of the North in 1569....

 on 28 August 1564.

In the events that preceded the Northern Rebellion, she had more to do with raising the troops than her husband did. She was well educated but perhaps not the most clever of women when it came to understanding political machinations. She was first to urge the rebels to rise up against Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...

 and yet she expected Elizabeth to pardon her when they failed.

She hoped to arrange the marriage of her brother, Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk

Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk

Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, KG, Earl Marshal was an English nobleman.Norfolk was the son of the poet Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey. He was taught as a child by John Foxe, the Protestant martyrologist, who remained a lifelong recipient of Norfolk's patronage...

, to Mary, Queen of Scots, and put them both on England's throne. He was executed for treason in 1572 and she lived under house arrest for the rest of her life.

Issue

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Lady Margaret Neville	Unknown	Unknown	married Sir Nicholas Pudsey
Lady Anne Neville			married David Ingleby
Thomas Neville Westmoreland
Lady Catherine Neville			married Sir Thomas Grey of Chillingham
Lady Eleanor Neville