Henry 2nd Earl

Percy - Prudhoe Castle another Percy stronghold, was once part of the Lucy estate Percy - Percy pillar near Wooler showing the crescent and manacles the Percy badges Percy knight - An effigy on a Percy Tomb at Fountains Abbey. Note the Percy Lion emblazoned on the shield Percy - A view of Cockermouth in Cumbria. A Percy domain in the 15th century, it is now inhabited by Lord Egremont Prudhoe Castle - Landscape view from the gatehouse to the inner bailey Prudhoe Castle - Landscape view of south curtain wall and southeast turret from the south. Prudhoe Castle - Prudhoe Castle - Portrait view from the northeast showing the southeast turret Prudhoe Castle - Portrait view of the east wall of the barbican leading to the gatehouse, from the southeast Prudhoe Castle - Landscape view of the gatehouse, curtain wall, barbican walls and the late georgian house Prudhoe Castle - Portrait view of the gatehouse from the bailey

Henry's father was Harry Hotspur Percy and his mother was Elizabeth Mortimer.  His paternal grandparents were Henry 4th Lord Percy - 1st Earl of Northumberland and Margaret de Neville.  He was an only child.  He died due to murder / assassination in 1455.

• Death Notes

  Died in battle

• General Notes

  Second Earl of Northumberland (1414 - 1455).
  Captured by English privateers while on a ship to France with James, son of the King of Scotland.  He was then held in Windsor Castle and became a close friend of Henry Prince of Wales, who later became King Henry V.  As a result in 1414 the honours and estates lost at the Battle of Bramham Moor in 1409 were reinstated to Henry Percy, and he became the Second Earl of Northumberland.
  He was appointed General Warden of the Marches whenever Henry V or later Henry VI were absent in France on battle campaigns.
  Led campaigns against the Scots in 1436 and 1448.
  In 1452 the Wars of the Roses began.  Henry sided with the House of Lancaster, but was killed at the first battle of the wars at St. Albans in 1455.

Details of Henry's family with <Unknown>