Lady Katherine Percy (18 May 1423 – ) was an English noblewoman who became Countess of Kent by marriage.

Biography

Percy was born on 18 May 1423 in Alnwick, Northumberland. She 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 No ...

, and Lady Eleanor Neville. 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 ( ...

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 surviving) of King Edward III of England, and the father of King Henry IV. Because ...

. She married

Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent, KB (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 Throug ...

, the son of Sir John Grey and Lady Constance Holland. They 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 ...

and

Jacquetta of Luxembourg Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415/1416 – 30 May 1472) was a prominent figure in the Wars of the Roses. Through her short-lived first marriage to the Duke of Bedford, brother of King Henry V, she was firmly allied to the House of Lancaster. Howe ...

; * Elizabeth Grey (d. 1472), married Sir Robert Greystoke; * Anne Grey (b. 1450), married John Grey, 8th

Baron Grey de Wilton Baron Grey de Wilton is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England (1295) and once in the Peerage of Great Britain (1784). The first creation was forfeit and the second creation is extinct. History First creation The fi ...

; *

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 d ...

(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 ...

, another daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg; * John Grey (1455–1484); * Edmund Grey (b. 1457). She died about 1475.

Ancestry

References

External links

Profile
Tudorplace.com. Accessed 7 January 2023. {{DEFAULTSORT:Percy, Lady Katherine 1423 births 1470s deaths

Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...

15th-century English people 15th-century English women Daughters of English earls Katherine Percy, Lady Wives of knights