House of Percy
Percy ( also Perci originally ) was over much of the Middle Ages, the most powerful family in northern England. The title of Baron Percy William de Percy was already in 1066, the year of the Norman conquest of England. The name refers to the ancestral home of the Percy in Normandy, the municipality of Percy -en-Auge. Members of the family bear the title of Earl of Northumberland or Duke of Northumberland today. Similar to their rivals, the House Neville, the name Percy was also disclosed when inherited through the female line.
History
The Percy descended from a Danish robber baron called Main Fred, who had settled in the 9th century north-west of the Pays de Caux, Rouen. His descendants were awarded after their relocation to England in 1066 some estates in Yorkshire. At the time of King Henry I. She was represented by Agnes de Percy, the daughter and heiress of William de Percy and Adelaide de Clare, whose wealth brought the second wife of the king, Adelheid of Louvain, to her with her illegitimate half-brother Joscelin, called frater to marry reginae ( Queen's Brother ), (see also: Master list of Reginare ). The third Henry Percy bought Alnwick Castle in 1309, which became the headquarters of the family, and was rebuilt by the fourth Henry Percy, as we know it today. The two Henrys are better known as Henry Percy, 1st and 2nd Baron Percy of Alnwick.
1377 the next Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland was appointed by King Richard II after his coronation. His son was the famous Henry Hotspur, who fell during the lifetime of his father at the battle of Shrewsbury. As father and son had rebelled against King Henry IV, the title was revoked in 1405. King Henry V annulled the forfeiture in 1416 again.
The male line of descendants Joscelin de Louvains became extinct in 1670 with Josceline de Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland. His daughter Elizabeth married in 1682 Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, her granddaughter finally a knight from Yorkshire, Hugh Smithson, who was raised in 1766 for the first Duke of Northumberland.
Key members ( in chronological order )
- Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Alnwick ( 1273-1314 )
- Henry de Percy, 2nd Baron Percy of Alnwick ( 1299-1352 )
- Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland ( 1341-1408 ) ( forfeit 1405)
- Sir Henry Percy, also named Henry Hotspur ( 1364/66-1403 )
- Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland ( 1394-1455 )
- Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland ( 1421-1461 ) ( forfeit 1461 )
- Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland ( 1449-1489 ) ( restored in 1470 )
- Henry Algernon Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland ( 1478-1527 )
- Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland ( 1502-1537 )
- Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland ( 1528-1572 ) ( forfeit 1571 reinstated 1572)
- Henry Percy, 2nd / 8 Earl of Northumberland (1532-1585)
- Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland ( 1564-1632 )
- Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland ( 1602-1668 )
- Joceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland ( 1644-1670 )
- Hugh Percy, 12th Earl of Northumberland ( 1714-1786 ) ( 1766 to the Duke of Northumberland applicable)
- Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland ( 1714-1786 )
- Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland ( 1742-1817 )
- Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland ( 1785-1847 )
- Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland ( 1792-1865 )
- George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland ( 1778-1867 )
- Algernon George Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland ( 1810-1899 )
- Henry George Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland ( 1846-1918 )
- Alan Ian Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland ( 1880-1930 )
- Henry George Alan Percy, 9th Duke of Northumberland ( 1912-1940 )
- Hugh Algernon Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland ( 1914-1988 )
- Henry Alan Walter Richard Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland ( 1953-1995 )
- Ralph George Algernon Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland ( b. 1956 )
- George Dominic Percy, Earl Percy ( born 1984 )
- For an overview of the Henry see Henry Percy (disambiguation)