Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland^{[1, 2]}

1421 - 1461  (39 years)

• Name	Henry Percy
  		Lancastrian
  		Arms of Percy
  Suffix	3rd Earl of Northumberland
  Born	25 Jul 1421	Leconfield, Yorkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  House	12 Oct 1459	Ludlow, Shropshire, England   [3]
  Battle of Ludford Bridge (Lancastrian victory)
  Military	30 Dec 1460	Wakefield, Yorkshire, England   [4]
  	Battle of Wakefield (Lancastrian victory)
  Died	29 Mar 1461	Towton, Yorkshire, England
  Person ID	I13918	Dickinson
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland,   b. 1393, Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England ,   d. 22 May 1455, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England  (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Eleanor Neville, Countess of Northumberland,   d. 1472, Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F4180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor Poynings, Lady Poynings,   b. ca.1422, England ,   d. 11 Feb 1484, England  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Married	ca. 25 Jun 1435
  Children	+ 1. Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, KG,   b. ca. 1449, England ,   d. 28 Apr 1489, Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England  (Age ~ 40 years)  [Birth]   2. Ralph Percy  [Birth]   3. Eleanor Percy  [Birth]   4. Margaret Percy  [Birth]   5. Elizabeth Percy,   d. Aft 20 May 1512, England  [Birth]
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2016
  Family ID	F5196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 Jul 1421 - Leconfield, Yorkshire, England House - Battle of Ludford Bridge (Lancastrian victory) - 12 Oct 1459 - Ludlow, Shropshire, England Military - Battle of Wakefield (Lancastrian victory) - 30 Dec 1460 - Wakefield, Yorkshire, England Died - 29 Mar 1461 - Towton, Yorkshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S336463] Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families, Charles Cawley, (Online: The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy at http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/, 20XX), http://bit.ly/2c35Dgf. [S336470] Wikipedia, (Online: https://en.wikipedia.org), "Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Percy,_3rd_Earl_of_Northumberland. [S165] The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors, Dan Jones, (New York: Viking, 2014), 162. [S165] The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors, Dan Jones, (New York: Viking, 2014), 176-178.