Eleanor Neville, Countess of Northumberland

English countess
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroEnglish countess
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain England
wasNoble
Work fieldRoyals
Gender
Female
Birth1398
Death1472 (aged 74 years)
Family
Mother:Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland
Father:Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland
Siblings:William Neville 1st Earl of Kent Richard Neville 5th Earl of Salisbury Edward Neville 3rd Baron Bergavenny George Neville 1st Baron Latimer Robert Neville Alice Neville Cecily Neville Duchess of York Katherine Neville Duchess of Norfolk
Spouse:Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland Richard le Despenser 4th Baron Burghersh
Children:Lady Katherine Percy Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland Thomas Percy 1st Baron Egremont Ralph Percy William Percy
The details

Biography

Lady Eleanor Neville (c. 1397 – 1472) was the second daughter of Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland (died 1425), by his second wife, Joan Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Katherine Swynford.

Marriage and children

She was married first to Richard le Despenser, 4th Baron Burghersh, a grandson of Gaunt's younger brother Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York. After his early death without issue, she married Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (killed at the First Battle of St Albans, 1455).

Eleanor and Henry had 10 children:

  • John Percy (b. 8 July 1418)
  • Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (25 July 1421 - 29 March 1461, Battle of Towton)
  • Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont (29 November 1422, Leconfield, Yorkshire - 10 July 1460, Battle of Northampton, England)
  • Lady Katherine Percy (28 May 1423 - d. aft 1475). She married Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent
  • George Percy (24 July 1424 - 14 November 1474)
  • Sir Ralph Percy (1425 - 25 April 1464, Battle of Hedgeley Moor)
  • Sir Richard Percy (1426/7–29 March 1461, Battle of Towton)
  • William Percy, Bishop of Carlisle (7 April 1428 - 26 April 1462)
  • Anne Percy (1436–1522)
  • Joan Percy

Ancestry

Ancestors of Eleanor Neville, Countess of Northumberland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Ralph Neville, 1st Baron Neville de Raby
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Euphemia de Clavering
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Hugh de Audley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Alice Audley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Iseude Mortimer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Henry de Percy, 2nd Baron Percy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Eleanor Fitzalan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Maud Percy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Idoine de Clifford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Margaret de Clare
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Eleanor Neville, Countess of Northumberland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Edward II of England
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Edward III, King of England
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Isabella of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. William I, Count of Hainault
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Philippa of Hainault
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Joan of Valois
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Joan Beaufort
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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14. Paon de Roet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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7. Katherine Swynford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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