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Birth:          10 Nov 1341 of Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England
Christening:    10 Nov 1341 Northumberland, England
Death:          20 Feb 1408 Bramham Moor, Bramham, Yorkshire, England
Burial:         York Minster, York, Yorkshire, England

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Percy,_1st_Earl_of_Northumberland
Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, 4th Baron Percy, titular King of Mann, KG, 
Lord Marshal (10 November 1341 – 20 February 1408) was the son of Henry de Percy, 
3rd Baron Percy, and a descendant of Henry III of England. His mother was Mary of 
Lancaster, daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, son of Edmund, Earl of Leicester 
and Lancaster, who was the son of Henry III.
Life[edit]

Henry Percy was originally a follower of Edward III of England, for whom he held high 
offices in the administration of northern England. At a young age he was made 
Warden of the Marches towards Scotland in 1362, with the authority to negotiate with 
the Scottish government. In February 1367 he was entrusted with the supervision of 
all castles and fortified places in the Scottish marches. He went on to support King 
Richard II and was created an Earl and briefly given the title of Marshal of England. 
After Richard elevated his rival Ralph Neville to the position of Earl of Westmorland in 
1397, Percy supported the rebellion of Henry Bolingbroke, who became King as Henry 
IV.

On King Henry IV's coronation he was appointed Constable of England and granted 
the lordship of the Isle of Man. Percy and his son, Henry Percy, known as "Hotspur", 
were given the task of subduing the rebellion of Owain Glyndwr, but their attempts to 
make peace with the Welsh rebels did not meet with the king's approval.

Rebellion[edit]

In 1403 the Percys turned against Henry IV in favour of Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of 
March, and then conspired with Owain Glyndwr against King Henry. The Tripartite 
Indenture was signed by all three parties, which divided England up between them. 
Glyndwr was to be given Wales, and a substantial part of the west of England, 
Northumberland was to have received the north of England, as well as 
Northamptonshire, Norfolk, Warwickshire, and Leicestershire. The Mortimers were to 
have received the rest of southern England, below the river Trent.[2]

The Percy rebellion failed at the Battle of Shrewsbury, where Hotspur was killed. 
Since the earl did not directly participate in the rebellion, he was not convicted of 
treason. However, he lost his office as Constable. In 1405 Percy supported Richard le 
Scrope, Archbishop of York, in another rebellion, after which Percy fled to Scotland, 
and his estates were confiscated by the king.

In 1408 Percy invaded England in rebellion once more and was killed at the Battle of 
Bramham Moor. Percy's severed head was subsequently put on display at London 
Bridge.

Marriages[edit]

1. In 1358, he married Margaret Neville (b.12 Feb 1339, d.12 May 1372), daughter of 
Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby and Alice de Audley.[3] They had four sons 
(Harry "Hotspur" Percy, Thomas, Ralph and Alan) and one daughter (Margaret).

2. In 1381, he married Maud Lucy (b.1343, d.18 Dec 1398), daughter of Sir Thomas 
de Lucy (2nd Lord Lucy) and Margaret de Multon, and thus sister and heiress of 
Anthony Lucy, Baron Lucy (d.1366) of Cockermouth Castle, Cumbria, which estate he 
inherited on condition that he and his heirs male should bear the arms of Lucy (Gules, 
three lucies hauriant argent) quarterly with their own.[4] They had no issue.

In literature and media[edit]

Northumberland is a major character in Shakespeare's Richard II, Henry IV, part 1, 
and Henry IV, part 2.

His position as a character in the Shakespearean canon inspired the character of Lord 
Percy Percy, Duke of Northumberland in the historical sitcom The Black Adder, set 
during the very late Plantagenet era.

The novel Lion of Alnwick by Carol Wensby-Scott is the first volume of the Percy Saga 
trilogy which retells the story of "the wild and brilliant Percy family" and relates a 
fictionalised account of the 1st Earl of Northumberland and his son Henry "Hotspur" 
Percy's lives. The other novels in the trilogy, Lion Dormant and Lion Invincible tell the 
story of his other descendants and their role in the English War of the Roses.

Henry Percy and his son Hotspur are also essential characters in Edith Pargeter's 
novel, A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury which recounts the events leading up to the 
Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403.

He is a major character in My Lord John by Georgette Heyer.

Alnwick Castle, the traditional home of the Percy family, was featured in the Harry 
Potter movies as the location of Hogwarts.

Parents
DE PERCY Henry (1320 - 18 May 1368)
PLANTAGENET Mary "of Lancaster" (1320 - 1 Sep 1362)

Siblings
DE PERCY Henry (10 Nov 1341 - 20 Feb 1408)

Marriage To NEVILLE Margaret (12 Feb 1339 - 12 May 1372)
    m. 1358 

Notes

Parents
NEVILLE Ralph (ABT 1291 - 5 Aug 1367)
AUDLEY Alice (1300 - 1358)

Children by NEVILLE Margaret 12 Feb 1339 - 12 May 1372
DE PERCY Henry "Hotspur" (20 May 1364 - 21 Jul 1403)

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