1341 - 1408 (66 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Henry de Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland was born on 10 Nov 1341 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England; died on 19 Feb 1408 in Battle of Bramham Moor, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England; was buried in Alnwick, Northumberland, England. Notes:
Henry de Percy, 4th Lord Percy, of Alnwick, a distinguished military commander in the reign of Edward III, who, assisting as marshal of England at the coronation of King Richard II, was advanced on the same day, 6 July, 1377, to the Earldom of Northumberland, with remainder to his heirs generally, and, like a barony in fee, transmissible, it would appear, to female as well as male heirs. He m. 1st, 1358, Margaret, dau. of Ralph, Lord Nevil, Ro Raby, and had issue. Henry, Thomas, Ralph, Alan, and Margaret. The earl m. 2ndly, Maud, sister and heir of Anthony, Lord Lucy, which Anthony settled upon his lordship and his heirs, the honour and castle of Cockermouth with other great estates, on condition that her arms should be forever quarterd with those of the Percys. In the 7th year of Richard II [1384], the earl having been elected one of the knights of the Garter, the king bestowed upon him the robes of the order out of the royal wardrobe. In some years afterwards, however, being proclaimed a traitor, and his land declared forfeited by King Richard, his lordship, in conjunction with his son, Sir Henry Percy, surnamed Hotspur, and Henry, Duke of Lancaster, accomplished the dethronement of that monarch and placed the crown upon the head of Henry, Duke of Lancaster, under the title of Henry IV. In requital, the king gave Percy the Isle of Man, by the tenure of carrying in the left hand the sword (which he wore when he landed in Holderness) at the coronation of himself and his successors. Against dissatisfied with the governemnt, the ducke is charged with concerting the rebellion, in which his son, Hotspur, and his brother, the Earl of Worcester, engaged, in 1403, for transferring the sceptre to Mortimer, Earl of March, then a boy. Of these two eminent persons, Sir Henry Percy, the renowned Hotspur, fell performing prodigies of valour, at Battle-field, near Shrewsbury, 21 July, 1403, and Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, was beheaded after the battle at Shrewsbury. The Earl of Northumberland fell subsequently (29 February, 1407-8), in arms against the king, at Bramham Moor, nearl Haslewood, when his honour became forfeited under an attainder, but were restored, in 1414, to his grandson (Hotspur's only son), Henry de Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, pp. 423-4, Percy, Barons Percy, Earls of Northumberland, &c.]
Buried:
Alnwick Abbey
Henry married Margaret Neville on 12 Jul 1358 in Brancepeth, Durham, England. Margaret (daughter of Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville de Raby and Alice d'Audley) was born on 12 Feb 1339 in Raby, Durham, England; died on 12 May 1372 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England; was buried in Alnwick, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Henry married Maud de Lucy on 3 Oct 1383. Maud was born before 1359; died on 18 Dec 1398. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
2. | Henry "Hotspur" Percy, Baron Percy (1.Henry1) was born on 20 May 1364 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England; died on 21 Jul 1403 in Battle of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England; was buried in York, Yorkshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Birth: 20 Apr 1364, Alnwick, Northumberland, England
Henry married Elizabeth Mortimer about 1390. Elizabeth (daughter of 3rd Earl of March Edmund "The Good" Mortimer and Phillipa Plantagenet) was born on 12 Feb 1369 in Usk, Monmouthshire, England; died on 20 Apr 1417 in Trotton, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 7. Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland
was born on 3 Feb 1392 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England; died on 22 May 1455 in Battle of St. Albans, Herefordshire, England; was buried in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.
- 8. Elizabeth Percy
was born in 1392 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England; died on 26 Oct 1437 in Durham, England; was buried in Staindrop, Durham, England.
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Generation: 3
7. | Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (2.Henry2, 1.Henry1) was born on 3 Feb 1392 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England; died on 22 May 1455 in Battle of St. Albans, Herefordshire, England; was buried in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Henry married Eleanor Neville on 7 Oct 1414 in Berwick, Wiltshire, England. Eleanor (daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Joan Beaufort) was born in 1398 in Raby Castle, Durham, England; died in 1472 in Raby, Durham, England; was buried in Beverley, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 10. Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont
was born on 29 Nov 1422 in Leconfield, Yorkshire, England; died on 11 Jul 1460 in Battle of Northampton, England; was buried in St Albans, St Albans District, Hertfordshire, England.
- 11. Bishop of Carlisle William Percy
was born about 1428; died in 1462.
- 12. 3rd Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy
was born on 25 Jul 1421 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England; died on 29 Mar 1461 in Battle of Towton, Yorkshire, England; was buried in York, North Yorkshire, England.
- 13. Richard Percy
was born in 1425 in Leconfield, Yorkshire; died on 29 Mar 1461.
- 14. George Percy
was born on 24 Jul 1424 in Leconfield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England; died in 1474; was buried in Beverley, Yorkshire, England.
- 15. Ralph Percy
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8. | Elizabeth Percy (2.Henry2, 1.Henry1) was born in 1392 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England; died on 26 Oct 1437 in Durham, England; was buried in Staindrop, Durham, England. Elizabeth married John Clifford, 7th Baron Clifford in May 1404 in Appleby, Westmorland, England. John (son of Thomas Clifford and Elizabeth DeRos) was born about 1389 in Appleby Castle, Westmorland, England; died on 13 Mar 1422 in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 16. John Clifford
was born on 1 Dec 1408 in Raby Castle, Durham, England; died on 29 Mar 1461 in Herefordshire, England.
- 17. Mary Clifford
was born in 1406; died in 1430.
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Elizabeth married 2nd Earl of Westmoreland Ralph Neville in 1426. Ralph (son of John Neville and Elizabeth Holland) was born about 1407. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
10. | Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont (7.Henry3, 2.Henry2, 1.Henry1) was born on 29 Nov 1422 in Leconfield, Yorkshire, England; died on 11 Jul 1460 in Battle of Northampton, England; was buried in St Albans, St Albans District, Hertfordshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Death: 10 Jul 1460, Battle of Northampton
Notes:
Acceeded: 20 November 1449, Lord Egremont the First
Thomas married Eleanor Harbottle in 1455 in Leconfield, Yorkshire, , England. Eleanor (daughter of Guiacard (Richard ) Harbottle and Eleanor Chatelleraut) was born in 1438 in Beamish, Durham, England; died in 1483 in Kingston, Surrey, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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12. | 3rd Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy (7.Henry3, 2.Henry2, 1.Henry1) was born on 25 Jul 1421 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England; died on 29 Mar 1461 in Battle of Towton, Yorkshire, England; was buried in York, North Yorkshire, England. Notes:
His maternal uncles included Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury. His maternal aunts included Cecily Neville. Percy was first cousin to (among others) Edward IV of England, Margaret of Burgundy, George, Duke of Clarence and Richard III of England. He was thus closely related to the House of York.
Percy however followed his father in swearing allegiance to the House of Lancaster. On December 30, 1460, Percy is known to have fought on the Lancastrian side at the Battle of Wakefield. He commanded the Lancastrian van at the Battle of Towton, where he was killed.
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Henry married Eleanor Poynings on 25 Jun 1435. Eleanor (daughter of Baron Poynings Richard Poynings and Eleanor Berkeley) was born about 1422 in Beverton, Gloucestershire, England; died in Feb 1484 in Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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14. | George Percy (7.Henry3, 2.Henry2, 1.Henry1) was born on 24 Jul 1424 in Leconfield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England; died in 1474; was buried in Beverley, Yorkshire, England. |
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