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  2. Percy family - Wikipedia

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    Arms of Percy ancient: Azure, five fusils conjoined in fesse or [1] These arms are still quartered by the Dukes of Northumberland, but were superseded c. 1300 by the adoption by Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy (d.1314) of the arms Or, a lion rampant azure, the source for which is variously given as the "Lion of Brabant", [2] the extinct arms of Redvers, Earls of Devon, [3] or the Lion of ...

  3. Josceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland - Wikipedia

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    The title Earl of Northumberland was re-created in 1748 for his daughter's son Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset (1684–1750), with special remainder to the latter's son-in-law Sir Hugh Smithson, 4th Baronet (1715–1786), later created Duke of Northumberland, who changed his surname to Percy and inherited the ancient Percy seat of ...

  4. Duke of Northumberland - Wikipedia

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    The title was created for the third time in 1766 for Hugh Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (formerly Sir Hugh Smithson, 4th Baronet), who had assumed by Act of Parliament in 1750 for himself and his descendants the surname Percy, due to his having married in 1740 the daughter of Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset (1684–1750), whose ...

  5. Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland - Wikipedia

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    Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, KG (27 April 1564 – 5 November 1632) was an English nobleman. He was a grandee and one of the wealthiest peers of the court of Elizabeth I . Under James I , Northumberland was a long-term prisoner in the Tower of London , due to the suspicion that he was complicit in the Gunpowder Plot .

  6. Earl of Northumberland - Wikipedia

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    The title of Earl of Northumberland has been created several times in the Peerage of England and of Great Britain, succeeding the title Earl of Northumbria.Its most famous holders are the House of Percy (alias Perci), who were the most powerful noble family in Northern England for much of the Middle Ages.

  7. Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland - Wikipedia

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    Henry Percy was born about 1502, [3] the eldest son of Henry Algernon Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland, by Catherine, daughter of Sir Robert Spencer. [1] Through his mother he was a first cousin of William Carey, who was the brother-in-law to Anne Boleyn. When quite young, Henry was sent to serve as a page in Thomas Wolsey's household.

  8. Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland - Wikipedia

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    Alnwick Castle, held by Henry Percy, possible birthplace of his son "Harry Hotspur". Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, 4th Baron Percy, titular King of Mann, KG, [1] 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.

  9. Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland - Wikipedia

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    Warkworth Castle in Northumberland was the main residence of the Percy family. Northumberland served occasionally in Henry V's wars in France over the following years. He joined the king on an expedition to the Continent in 1416, and sent a minor contingent of soldiers the next year. [5]