Lady Katherine Percy (18 May 1423 – ) was the daughter of
Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland
Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (3 February 139322 May 1455) was an English nobleman and military commander in the lead up to the Wars of the Roses. He was the son of Henry "Hotspur" Percy, and the grandson of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of N ...
, and
Lady Eleanor Neville
Eleanor Neville (c. 1398–1472) was the second daughter of Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland (died 1425), by his second wife, Joan Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and Katherine Swynford.
Marriage and chi ...
.
Her maternal grandparents were
Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland
Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland Earl Marshal (c. 136421 October 1425), was an English nobleman of the House of Neville.
Origins
Ralph Neville was born about 1364, the son of John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville by his wife Maud Percy (d. ...
and his second wife
Joan Beaufort, a legitimized daughter of
John of Gaunt
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was an English royal prince, military leader, and statesman. He was the fourth son (third to survive infancy as William of Hatfield died shortly after birth) of King Edward ...
.
She married
Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent
Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (26 October 141622 May 1490), English administrator, nobleman and magnate, was the son of Sir John Grey, KG and Constance Holland. His main residence was at Wrest near Silsoe, Bedfordshire.
Lineage
Through Cons ...
, and had seven children:
* Mary Grey (1440–1474);
* Anthony Grey (1446–1480), married Eleanor Woodville, daughter of
Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers
Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1405 – 12 August 1469), also Wydeville, was the father of Elizabeth Woodville and father-in-law of Edward IV.
Early life
Born at Maidstone in Kent, Richard Woodville was the son of Richard Wydeville ( ...
;
* Elizabeth Grey (d. 1472), married Sir Robert Greystoke;
* Anne Grey (b. 1450), married
John Grey, 8th Baron Grey de Wilton
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second ...
;
*
George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent
George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, (1454 – 25 December 1505) was the son of Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent and Lady Katherine Percy. He was the Second Earl of Kent from 1490 to 1505.
Biography
George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent and 5th Baron Grey de Ru ...
(1454–1505), married
Anne Woodville
Anne Woodville, Viscountess Bourchier (c. 1438 – 30 July 1489) was an English noblewoman. She was a younger sister of Queen Consort Elizabeth Woodville to whom she served as a lady-in-waiting. Anne was married twice; first to William Bour ...
;
* John Grey (1455–1484);
* Edmund Grey (b. 1457).
Ancestry
External links
Profile Tudorplace.com. Accessed 7 January 2023.
1423 births
1470s deaths
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
15th-century English people
15th-century English women
Daughters of British earls
Katherine Percy, Lady
Wives of knights
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