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Birth:          12 Feb 1371 Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales
Death:          20 Apr 1417 England
Burial:         St Georges Chuch, Trotton, Sussex, England

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Mortimer
Elizabeth Mortimer, Baroness Camoys (12 February 1371 – 20 April 1417) was an 
English noblewoman, the granddaughter of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, 
and great-granddaughter of King Edward III. Her first husband was Sir Henry Percy, 
known to history as 'Hotspur'. She married secondly Thomas de Camoys, 1st Baron 
Camoys. She is represented as 'Kate, Lady Percy,' in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1, 
and briefly again as 'Widow Percy' in Henry IV, Part 2.
Family, marriages, and issue[edit]

Elizabeth Mortimer was born at Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales on 12 or 13 February 
1371, the eldest daughter of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, and his wife, 
Philippa, the only child of Lionel, 1st Duke of Clarence, and Elizabeth de Burgh, 
Countess of Ulster. Elizabeth Mortimer had two brothers, Sir Roger (1374–1398) and 
Sir Edmund (1376–1409), and a younger sister, Philippa (1375–1401), who married 
firstly John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (d.1389), secondly Richard de Arundel, 
11th Earl of Arundel (1346–1397), and thirdly, Sir Thomas Poynings.[1]


 


 A romanticised painting of Elizabeth Mortimer and her first husband Henry "Hotspur" 
Percy
It is unknown when Elizabeth was married to her first husband, Henry Percy, 
nicknamed 'Hotspur' (1364–1403), eldest son of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of 
Northumberland, who was already acquiring a reputation as a great soldier and warrior 
and responsible administrator. The couple resided at Alnwick Castle in 
Northumberland.[citation needed] They had two children:
Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (3 February 1393 – 22 May 1455), who 
married Eleanor Neville, by whom he had issue. He was slain at the First Battle of St 
Albans.[2]
Lady Elizabeth Percy (c.1395-26 October 1436), who married firstly John Clifford, 7th 
Baron de Clifford, slain at the Siege of Meaux on 13 March 1422, by whom she had 
issue, and secondly Ralph Neville, 2nd Earl of Westmorland (d. 3 November 1484), by 
whom she had a son, Sir John Neville.[3]

On 21 July 1403, Elizabeth's husband was slain at the Battle of Shrewsbury[4] while 
commanding a rebel army that fought against the superior forces of King Henry IV. He 
was buried in Whitchurch, Shropshire, however when rumours circulated that he was 
still alive, 'Henry IV had the corpse exhumed and displayed it, propped upright 
between two millstones, in the market place at Shrewsbury'.[5] This done, the king 
dispatched Percy's head to York, where it was impaled on one of the city's gates; his 
four-quarters were first sent to London, Newcastle upon Tyne, Bristol, and Chester 
before they were finally delivered to Elizabeth. She had him buried in York Minster in 
November of that year.[6] In January 1404, Percy was posthumously declared a traitor 
and his lands were forfeited to the Crown.[citation needed] The king ordered Elizabeth 
herself arrested on 8 October 1403.[7]

Sometime after 3 June 1406, Elizabeth Mortimer was married to her second husband, 
Thomas de Camoys, 1st Baron Camoys. Although Camoys was in his mid-sixties, she 
may have had a son by him, Sir Roger Camoys.[8] Like her first husband, Camoys was 
a renowned soldier who commanded the left wing of the English army at the Battle of 
Agincourt on 25 October 1415.[9]

Death[edit]

Elizabeth died on 20 April 1417 at the age of 46 years. She was buried in St. George's 
Church at Trotton, Sussex. Her second husband was buried beside her.[10] Their 
table-tomb with its fine monumental brass depicting the couple slightly less than life 
size and holding hands can be viewed in the middle of the chancel inside the church.

King Henry VIII's Queen consort Jane Seymour was one of Elizabeth Mortimer's many 
descendants through her daughter Elizabeth Percy.

In fiction[edit]

Lady Elizabeth is represented as Kate, Lady Percy, in William Shakespeare's plays 
Henry IV, Part 1[11] and Henry IV, Part 2.

Parents
DE MORTIMER Edmund "the Good" (1 Feb 1352 - 27 Dec 1381)
PLANTAGENET Philippa (16 Aug 1355 - 5 Jan 1382)

Siblings
MORTIMER Elizabeth (12 Feb 1371 - 20 Apr 1417)

Marriage To DE PERCY Henry "Hotspur" (20 May 1364 - 21 Jul 1403)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE PERCY Henry (10 Nov 1341 - 20 Feb 1408)
NEVILLE Margaret (12 Feb 1339 - 12 May 1372)

Children by DE PERCY Henry "Hotspur" 20 May 1364 - 21 Jul 1403
DE PERCY Henry (3 Feb 1392 - 22 May 1455)

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