Sir Henry DE PERCY

Male 1392 - 1455  (63 years)


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  • Name Henry DE PERCY  [1, 2, 3
    • Henry Percy, Knt., K.G., 5th Lord Percy, was heir to his grandfather, the Duke of Northumberland, who took him shortly after his father's death, to Scotland. King Henry V, probably influenced by the young exile's mother-in-law, the Countess of Westmorland, aunt to the King, interested himself in his return. he was created Earl of Northumberland in Parliament on 16 Mar 1415/6, and was regranted the entailed estates. He was knighted by the King, to whom he was faithful throughout his life. They had nine sons and three daughters. Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, a Lancastrian, was slain fighting at the first battle of St. Albans on 22 May 1455, and was buried at the Abbey there. [1]
    Prefix Sir 
    Birth 03 Feb 1392  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Birth 03 Feb 1393  [2, 4
    Fact 2nd Earl of Northumberland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Fact 1 Warden of the Marches of Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Fact 2 Knight of Garter Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Death 22 May 1455  Slain at St Albans, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Person ID I17291  Main Tree
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2022 

    Father Sir Henry 'hotspur ' PERCY, Knt.,   b. 20 May 1364   d. 21 Jul 1403, Killed at Shrewsbury Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Elizabeth MORTIMER,   b. 12 Feb 1370/1, Usk, co. Monmouth Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1417, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage bef. 10 Dec 1379  [1, 3, 4
    Family ID F05232  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alianor NEVILLE,   b. Abt 1401, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1463, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage Aft Oct 1414  [1, 2, 3
    Children 
    +1. Henry PERCY,   b. 25 Jul 1421   d. 29 Mar 1461, Battle of Towton Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Katherine PERCY,   b. 28 May 1423, Leconfield Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     3. Thomas DE PERCY,   b. 29 Nov 1422, Leckonfield co. York, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1460, Battle of Northampton Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)  [Natural]
     4. George DE PERCY,   b. 1424  [Natural]
     5. Joan DE PERCY   bur. Whitby Abbey Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     6. William DE PERCY,   b. 1428   d. 1462 (Age 34 years)  [Natural]
     7. Richard DE PERCY   d. 29 Mar 1461, Battle of Towton Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
    +8. Ralph DE PERCY, Knt.   d. 25 Apr 1464, Battle of Hedgely Moor Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    Family ID F05230  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Apr 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 03 Feb 1392 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFact 1 - - Warden of the Marches of Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFact 2 - - Knight of Garter Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 22 May 1455 - Slain at St Albans, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

    2. [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese.

    3. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.

    4. [S02447] Hulett FTW from MC Scott.FTW.
      Date of Import: Oct 13, 2000