Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland

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Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, was a prominent 15th-century English nobleman and leading Lancastrian military commander during the early stages of the Wars of the Roses.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 15th-century English person ⓘ
Earl ⓘ
English nobleman ⓘ
Lancastrian military commander ⓘ
allegiance House of Lancaster ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Northern England ⓘ
Northumberland ⓘ
birthPlace Kingdom of England ⓘ
birthYear 1393 ⓘ
burialPlace St Albans Abbey (traditional attribution) ⓘ
linked to: Abbey of St Albans
causeOfDeath killed in battle ⓘ
child Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland ⓘ
Thomas Percy, Baron Egremont ⓘ
conflict First Battle of St Albans ⓘ
Wars of the Roses ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathPlace St Albans, Hertfordshire, Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathYear 1455 ⓘ
era Late Middle Ages ⓘ
familyName Percy ⓘ
father Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland ⓘ
fatherInLaw Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
heldTitleFrom 1416 ⓘ
heldTitleUntil 1455 ⓘ
language Middle English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath killed in action ⓘ
militaryRank commander ⓘ
monarchServed Henry IV of England ⓘ
Henry V of England ⓘ
Henry VI of England ⓘ
mother Margaret Neville ⓘ
motherInLaw Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Percy ⓘ
nobleTitle Earl of Northumberland ⓘ
notableFor leading Lancastrian commander in early Wars of the Roses ⓘ
service on the northern English border ⓘ
ordinalInTitle 2nd Earl of Northumberland ⓘ
positionHeld Earl of Northumberland ⓘ
predecessor Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic ⓘ
restorationYear 1416 ⓘ
socialClass peerage of England ⓘ
spouse Eleanor Neville ⓘ
successor Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland ⓘ
titleRestored Earl of Northumberland ⓘ
titleRestoredBy Henry V of England ⓘ

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First Battle of St Albans → killed → Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland ⓘ
Percy family → notableMember → Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland ⓘ
Battle of Wakefield → commander → Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland ⓘ
linked to: Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland
House of Percy → notableMember → Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland ⓘ
Loveday of 1458 → involvedPerson → Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland ⓘ
linked to: Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland
Bondgate Tower → commissionedBy → Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland ⓘ
Arms of Percy family → notableBearer → Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland ⓘ
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland → father → Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland ⓘ
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland → predecessor → Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland ⓘ