Eleanor Neville, Countess of Northumberland

Lady Eleanor Neville
Countess of Northumberland
Spouse(s)	Richard le Despenser, 4th Baron Burghersh Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland
Issue John Percy Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont Lady Katherine Percy George Percy Sir Ralph Percy Sir Richard Percy William Percy, Bishop of Carlisle Anne Percy Joan Percy
Family	House of Neville
Father	Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland
Mother	Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland
Born	c.1398 Raby, Durham, England
Died	1472 Raby, Durham, England

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

Family 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                                   28.               14. Paon de Roet                       29.               7. Katherine Swynford                             30.               15.                       31.