Sir Henry'Harry Hotspur' de Percy, KG^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

1364 - 1403  (39 years)

• Name	Henry'Harry Hotspur' de Percy  [7]
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	KG
  Born	20 May 1364	Alnwick, Northumberland, England
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Birth	20 May 1365	Spofforth Castle, Spofforth, North Yorkshire, England
  History	Harry joined with his father and helped depose King Richard II in favour of Henry of Bolingbroke, who became King Henry IV. Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 was sub-titled the Life and Death of Henry surnamed Hotspur
  Occupation	'Hotspur'. Eldest son. KG 77: c. 1388.
  Died	21 Jul 1403	Berwick, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
  	Cause: Killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury in alliance with Owain Glyndwr against Henry IV
  Buried	Whitchurch (White Church, Blancminster), Shropshire, England
  	Body later exhumed, by order of Henry IV, when rumours circulated that he was still alive. His body was first displayed in Shrewsbury, impaled on a spear, but was later cut up into four quarters and sent around all of England. His head was stuck on a pole at Micklegate Bar, York, East Yorkshire, England
  Person ID	I1749983492	Red1st
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	Henry de Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, 4th Lord Percy of Alnwick,   b. 10 Nov 1341, Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England ,   d. 19 Feb 1408, Bramham Moor, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Margaret de Neville,   b. Abt 1334, England ,   d. May 1372  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Married	12 Jul 1358	Brancepeth, County Durham, England   [8]
  Family ID	F672539309	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Mortimer,   b. 12 Feb 1371, Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales ,   d. 20 Apr 1417  (Age 46 years)
  Children	+ 1. Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland,   b. 3 Feb 1393,   d. 22 May 1455, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England  (Age 62 years) + 2. Elizabeth Percy,   b. Bef 1403,   d. 26 Oct 1437  (Age ~ 34 years)   3. Matilda Percy
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2008 17:37:26
  Family ID	F672539311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 20 May 1364 - Alnwick, Northumberland, England Alt. Birth - 20 May 1365 - Spofforth Castle, Spofforth, North Yorkshire, England Died - 21 Jul 1403 - Berwick, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Buried - - Whitchurch (White Church, Blancminster), Shropshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
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  Arms of Sir Henry 'Harry Hotspur' de Percy, KG

  
  

• Sources

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