1st Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy 
Henry was born on November 10th, 1341 in Castle Raby, England.1 Henry's father was 3rd Lord Percy of Alnwick Henry Percy III and his mother was Princess Mary of Lancaster Plantagenet. His paternal grandparents were 2nd Lord Percy of Alnwick Henry Percy and Idonea Clifford; his maternal grandparents were 3rd Earl of Lancaster Henry Plantagenet and Lady Maud de Chaworth. He had a brother and a sister, named Thomas and Mary. He died due to Battle of Bramham Moor at the age of 66 on February 29th, 1408 in Bramham Moor.1 General Notes
1st Earl of Northumberland, 4th Baron Percy of Alnwick
Percy, Henry, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1342-1408), English nobleman, first in the line of famous English dukes and earls. Sir Henry Percy traced his descent from Sir William de Percy, an 11th-century Norman baron who traveled to England with William I (called the Conqueror) in 1066. Percy was created marshal of England and 1st Earl of Northumberland in 1377. He initially supported the reign of King Richard II of England, but he later became dissatisfied with the way the new king treated him. In 1403 the earl and his son Sir Henry Percy (known as Hotspur) played a leading role in bringing about Richard’s deposition and the subsequent accession of Henry IV. This revolt cost the earl his offices and lands, but these were restored after Hotspur's death at Shrewsbury in 1403. In 1405 the earl took part in the conspiracy, led by Welsh leader Owen Glendower, to depose Henry IV, and was declared a traitor. He was slain at Bramham Moor in 1408 while invading England.
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Henry Percy (November 10,1342 - February 20,1408), 1st earl of Northumberland, was the son of Henry, 3rd baron Percy, and the father of Henry " Harry Hotspur" Percy. His mother was Mary of Lancaster, daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, son Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, son of Henry III of England.
Originally a follower of Edward III of England, for whom he held high offices in the administration of northern England, Henry Percy went on to support King Richard II. He was given the title of Marshal of England and created an earl at Richard's coronation (1377), but he switched to the side of Henry Bolingbroke (later, Henry IV) after Richard created his chief rival, Ralph Neville, 1st earl of Westmorland in 1399. On Henry's coronation he was appointed Constable of England and granted the lordship of the Isle of Man. In 1403 Percy turned against Henry IV in favor of Edmund Mortimer, 5th earl of March, and then conspired with Owen Glendower against King Henry. This rebellion failed at the Battle of Shrewsbury but, since Percy did not directly participate, he lost his office as Constable but was not convicted of treason. But in 1405 Percy supported Richard le Scrope, archbishop of York, in another rebellion, and then Percy fled to Scotland, and his estates were confiscated by the king. In 1408 Percy invaded England and was killed at the Battle of Branham Moor.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1193 in Alwick, Northumberland, England d.28 Jul 1245 in Alwick, Northumberland, England
- b.1230 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England d.29 Aug 1272
- b.1200 in Barnard Castle, Gianford, Durham, England d.22 Nov 1281 in Alwick, Northumberland, England
- b.25 Mar 1273 in Petworth, England d.02 Oct 1314 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland Shire, England
- b.1166 in Surrey, England d.27 May 1240
- b.1251 d.1282
- b.1192 in Pembroke, Wales, England d.27 Mar 1248
- b.26 Feb 1301 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England d.26 Feb 1352 in Warkworth, England
- b.14 Sep 1246 in Arundel, Essex, England d.18 Mar 1272 in Clun, Shropshire, England
- b.03 Feb 1267 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.09 Mar 1302
- b.1248 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.10 Aug 1274 in Arundel, Sussex, England
- b.1287 in Arundel, Essex Co., England d.Jul 1328
- b.1234 in Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy d.03 Dec 1296
- b.1271 in Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy d.25 Sep 1292 in Todingham Priory, England
- d.22 Aug 1291
- b.1321 d.17 Jun 1368
- b.1189 in Clifford's Castle, Herefordshire, England d.Dec 1231
- b.1243 d.06 Nov 1282
- b.1178 in Ewyas, England d.1236 in Ewyas, Harold, England
- b.01 Apr 1274 d.24 Jun 1314
- b.1210 in Brougham Castle, Westmoreland, England d.07 Jun 1264 in Brougham Castle, Westmoreland, England
- b.1234 in Brougham Castle, Westmoreland, England d.1291
- b.1210 in Walden, Essex, England d.16 Apr 1301
- b.1303 in Clifford, Hereford, England d.24 Aug 1365
- b.04 Aug 1222 in Gloucestershire, England d.15 Jul 1262 in Ashenfield Manor, Waltham, Kent, England
- b.1245 in Tunbridge, Kent, England d.29 Aug 1287 in Thomond, Connaught, County Clare, Ireland
- b.1223 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d.10 Mar 1288
- b.1276 d.01 Feb 1327
- b.1250 d.1286
- b.1249 in Dublin, Ireland d.1309 in Thomond, Connaught, County Clare, Ireland
- b.1250 d.1291
- b.10 Nov 1341 in Castle Raby, England d.29 Feb 1408 in Bramham Moor
- b.24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.01 Oct 1207 in Winchester Castle, England d.16 Nov 1272 in Westminster, London, England
- b.1188 in Angouleme, France d.31 May 1245 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France
- b.16 Jan 1244 in London, England d.05 Jun 1296 in Bayonne, Pyrennes-Atlantiques, France
- b.1198 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.19 Aug 1245 in France
- b.1222 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.24 Jun 1291 in Ambresbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.1201 in Chambery, Savoie, France d.Dec 1266 in France
- b.1281 in Grosmont Castle, Monmouth, Wales d.22 Sep 1345 in Newark Abbey, Leicester, England
- b.05 Sep 1187 in Paris, France d.08 Nov 1226 in Auvergne, France
- b.25 Sep 1216 in Paris, France d.08 Feb 1248 in Monsoure, Egypt
- b.04 Mar 1187 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.27 Nov 1252 in Paris, France
- b.1248 in Paris, Seine, France d.02 May 1302 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.1207 in Brabant, France d.01 Feb 1248 in Leuven, Flemish-Brabant, Flanders, Belgium
- b.1224 in Brabant, France d.Sep 1288 in Artois, France
- b.1208 in Constantinople, Byzantine Empire d.1235 in Leuven, Belgium
- b.1320 in Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England d.01 Sep 1362
- b.1183 in Kempsford, Gloucestershire, England d.1226
- b.1218 in Stoke Bruern, Northampshire, England d.1258
- b.1190 in Kempsford, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1250 in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.07 Jul 1283 in England
- b.1183 in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.1223 in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.1274
- b.1183 in England
- b.02 Feb 1282 in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.03 Dec 1322 in England
- b.1210 in Elmley Castle, Worchestershire, England d.07 Jan 1268
- b.1237 in Elmley Castle, Herefordshire, England d.05 Jun 1298 in Elmley Castle, Herefordshire, England
- b.1214 d.1268
- b.1252 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England d.30 May 1306 in Elmley Castle, Herefordshire, England
- b.1215 in Shere, England d.23 Nov 1258
- b.1250 in Bernard Castle, Warwickshire, England d.18 Apr 1301 in Grey Friars, Worcestershire, England
- b.1222 in Thetford, Norfolk, England d.1239
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Details of Henry's family with Margaret Neville
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