Katherine Percy, Countess of Kent
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Lady Katherine Percy (18 May 1423 – c. 1475) was the daughter of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, and Lady Eleanor Neville.
Katherine Percy | |
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Countess of Kent | |
Born | 18 May 1423 |
Died | 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 |
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, and had seven children:
- Mary Grey (1440–1474);
- Anthony Grey (1446–1480), married Eleanor Woodville, daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers;
- 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;
- John Grey (1455–1484);
- Edmund Grey (b. 1457).
- Profile, Tudorplace.com. Accessed 7 January 2023.