Katherine Percy, Countess of Kent
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Katherine Percy | |
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| Countess of Kent | |
| Born | 18 May 1423 Alnwick, Northumberland, England |
| Died | c. 1475 |
| Spouse(s) | Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent |
| Issue | Mary Grey Anthony Grey Elizabeth Grey Anne Grey George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent John Grey Edmund Grey |
| Father | Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland |
| Mother | Lady Eleanor Neville |
Lady Katherine Percy (18 May 1423 – c. 1475) was an English noblewoman who became Countess of Kent by marriage.
Biography
[edit]Percy was born on 18 May 1423 in Alnwick, Northumberland. She was the daughter of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, and Lady Eleanor Neville.[1] Her maternal grandparents were Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and his second wife Joan Beaufort, a legitimized daughter of John of Gaunt.
She married Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent, the son of Sir John Grey and Lady Constance Holland.[2] They had seven children:
- Mary Grey (1440–1474);
- Anthony Grey (1446–1480), married Eleanor Woodville, daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg;
- Elizabeth Grey (d. 1472), married Sir Robert Greystoke;
- Anne Grey (b. 1450), married John Grey, 8th Baron Grey de Wilton;
- George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent (1454–1505), married Anne Woodville, another daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg;
- John Grey (1455–1484);
- Edmund Grey (b. 1457).
She died about 1475.[3]
Ancestry
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Cokayne, George Edward. (1936) H. A. Doubleday; Baron Howard de Walden (eds.). The Complete Peerage. Vol. 9, 2nd ed. London: St. Catherine Press.
- ^ Horrox, Rosemary. "Grey, Edmund, first earl of Kent (1416–1490), administrator and magnate". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11529. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "PERCY". www.tudorplace.com.ar. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
External links
[edit]- Profile, Tudorplace.com. Accessed 7 January 2023.