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Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 1421–1461 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 July 1421

Birth Location: Leckonfield, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 29 Mar 1461

Death Location: York, York Unitary Authority, North Yorkshire, England

Father: Henry Northumberland

Mother: Eleanor Neville

Spouse(s): Eleonore Poynings, Eleanor Poynings

Children(s): Sir Northumberland, Elizabeth Percy, Margaretha Gascoigne, Anne Percy, Sir (Pierce), Ralph Percy, Eleanor Percy, Margaret Percy, Henry Percy

Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland was born in 1421 in Leckonfield, Yorkshire, England, the child of Henry Percy Earl Of Northumberland And Eleanor Neville. Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland married Eleanor Poynings, Eleonore Poynings, and had children including Anne Percy, Eleanor De Percy, Elizabeth De Percy, Henry Percy, Margaret Percy, Margaretha Margaret De Percy Depercy Gascoigne, Ralph De Percy, Sir Henry Percy 4Th Earl Of Northumberland 2Nd Duke Of Northumberland, Sir Lord Peter De Percy Pierce. Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland passed away in 1461 in York, York Unitary Authority, North Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland was born in 1421 in Leckonfield, Yorkshire, England, the child of Henry Percy Earl Of Northumberland And Eleanor Neville.
  • Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland married Eleanor Poynings, Eleonore Poynings, and had children including Anne Percy, Eleanor De Percy, Elizabeth De Percy, Henry Percy, Margaret Percy, Margaretha Margaret De Percy Depercy Gascoigne, Ralph De Percy, Sir Henry Percy 4Th Earl Of Northumberland 2Nd Duke Of Northumberland, Sir Lord Peter De Percy Pierce.
  • Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland passed away in 1461 in York, York Unitary Authority, North Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Henry Northumberland's Ancestors

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Henry Northumberland
1421–1461
Birth Place: Leckonfield, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland
1392–1455
Alnwick, Northumberland, England
Eleanor Neville
1407–1472
Raby, Durham, England
Grandparents
Elizabeth (de) Camoys
1371–1417
Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales
Ralph Neville
1364–1425
Joan Beaufort
1379–1440
Great-Grandparents
John Plantagenet
1340–1399
Katherine Lancaster”
1350–1403
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward Plantagenet
1312–1377
Philippa Hainault
1313–1369

Henry Northumberland's Descendants

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Henry (Percy 3rd Earl of) Northumberland (25 July 1421–29 Mar 1461) m. Eleonore Poynings (1422–11 February 1484) m. Eleanor Poynings (1422–10 Feb 1481)
  1. 1. Sir (Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland\2nd Duke of) Northumberland 1449–1489 m. Maud\Mathilde (Herbert, Countess of Northumberland) [Percy] 1448–1485
    1. 1. Lady (Eleanor Percy Duchess of) Buckingham 1474–1530
      1. 1. Eleanor (Stafford) Windsor 1500–1531
      2. 2. Anne (Percy Beaufort Stafford) Winsor 1460–1522
      3. 3. Lady (Mary) Boleyn 1499–1543
      4. 4. Margaret STAFFORD 1482–1537
      5. 5. Mary (Anne Maria) Boleyn 1506–1543
      6. 6. Elisabeth Stafford 1490–1558
      7. 7. Lady (Elizabeth) Stafford 1499–1545
      8. 8. Mary (Lady Abergavenny Stafford) Neville** 1478–1545
      9. 9. Lord (Stafford Stafford) Henry 1501–1563
      10. 10. Mary (Stafford Bergavenny) Winsor 1495–1545
      11. 11. Catherine Stafford 1490–
      12. 12. Catherine (Stafford Countess) Westmorland 1500–1555
      13. 13. Lady (Anne) Stafford 1493–1518
      14. 14. Thomas (Buckingham) Winsor 1490–1543
      15. 15. Elizabeth Howard 1494–1558
      16. 16. Mary Neville 1494–1545
      17. 17. George Stafford 1506–
    2. 2. (Sir) (Henry Algernon Percy, 5th Earl Northumberland,) KG 1477–1527
    3. 3. Elizabeth (Percy) [Scrope] 1473–1512
    4. 4. Anna Henry 1470–1552
    5. 5. Johanna Percy 1475–1547
    6. 6. Margery Percy 1475–1540
    7. 7. Sir (William) Percy 1479–1536
  2. 2. Elizabeth (de) Percy 1460–1512
  3. 3. Margaretha (Margaret de Percy DePercy) Gascoigne 1447–1487
  4. 4. Anne Percy 1445–1522
  5. 5. Sir (Lord Peter de Percy) (Pierce) 1447–1510
  6. 6. Ralph (De) Percy 1440–1528
  7. 7. Eleanor (de) Percy 1444–1530
  8. 8. Margaret Percy 1447–1486 m. Sir (William) Gascoigne 1409–1466
  9. 9. Henry Percy 1449–1489

Henry Northumberland's Timeline

4 Records

1421
25 July 1421
Birth of Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland in Leckonfield, Yorkshire, England
Leckonfield, Yorkshire, England
1421
25 July 1421
Birth of Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland
None
1461
29 March 1461
Age 40
Death of Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland in Battle of Towton Field, Towton, England
Battle of Towton Field, Towton, England
1461
29 Mar 1461
Age 40
Death of Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 July 1421
    Event Place: Leckonfield, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Millennium File
    [4] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 3593683
    [5] Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M84-4683

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 July 1421

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Gardiner-Gardner genealogy
    [2] A History of the House of Percy : from the Earliest Times Down to the Present Century

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 March 1461
    Event Place: Battle of Towton Field, Towton, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Millennium File
    [4] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 3593683
    [5] Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M84-4683

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Mar 1461

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: York, York Unitary Authority, North Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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