Eleanor Neville, Countess of Northumberland

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Eleanor Neville (c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".–1472) was the second daughter of Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, by his second wife, Joan Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and Katherine Swynford.Template:Sfn Her second husband and four of her sons were all killed in battles during the Wars of the Roses.

Marriage and children

Eleanor married firstly her second cousin Richard le Despenser, 4th Baron Burghersh,^[1] a grandson of John of Gaunt's younger brother Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York. He died aged 17, on 7 October 1414 and was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey.^[2]

After her first husband's early death without issue, Eleanor married secondly Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland.Template:Sfn He was killed at the First Battle of St Albans in 1455.Template:Sfn

Eleanor and Henry had ten children:

John Percy (b. 8 July 1418).
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland Template:Sfn (25 July 1421 – 29 March 1461, Battle of Towton).Template:Sfn
Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont Template:Sfn (29 November 1422, Leconfield, Yorkshire – 10 July 1460, Battle of Northampton, England).Template:Sfn
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 Template:Sfn (1425 – 25 April 1464, Battle of Hedgeley Moor).
Sir Richard Percy (1426/7–29 March 1461, Battle of Towton).
William Percy, Bishop of Carlisle Template:Sfn (7 April 1428 – 26 April 1462).
Joan Percy.
Anne Percy. She was the second wife of William Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel.

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