Dorothy Percy, Countess of Northumberland

Dorothy Percy, Countess of Northumberland (née Devereux, baptized 1564; † August 3, 1619 ) was the younger daughter of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex and Lettice Knollys and the wife of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland.

Life

1583 she married Sir Thomas Perrott, 1st Baronet of Haroldston. They had three daughters, Penelope, Dorothy and Elizabeth. There were rumors at the time that Dorothy's father, John Perrot, would be an illegitimate son of Henry VIII

She married after Henry Percy, but the connection was not successful, and they parted. 1605 the Earl was imprisoned in the Tower of London because he was suspected of involvement in the Gunpowder Plot ( Gunpowder plot ), and he was released only after the death of his wife. They had four children: Lady Dorothy Percy, Lucy Percy, Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland and Henry Percy.

Progeny

  • Penelope
  • Dorothy
  • Elizabeth
  • Dorothy Sidney
  • Lucy Percy
  • Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland
  • Henry Percy
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