Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland
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Blessed Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (1528 - 22 August 1572) was the nephew of Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, Anne Boleyn's lover before King Henry VIII. He was granted the title of Earl of Northumberland in 1557. In 1558 he married Anne Somerset, daughter of Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester.
Having taken a very important role in the Rising of the North, he fled to Scotland once that rebellion was defeated. Captured by the Earl of Morton, one of the leading Scottish nobles, he was handed over by the Anglophile Morton to the English government, and afterwards (at York) publicly executed. His wife survived him, as did four daughters who were his co-heirs. The earldom passed to his brother.
[edit] Children
He and Anne Somerset were parents to five children:
- Thomas Percy (d. 1560).
- Elizabeth Percy. Married Richard Woodroffe of Wolley.
- Joan Percy. Married Lord Henry Seymour. He was a younger son of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and his wife Anne Stanhope.
- Lucy Percy. Married Sir Edward Stanley. He was a younger son of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby and Dorothy Howard. Dorothy was a daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and his second wife Agnes Tilney.
- Mary Percy (11 June 1570 - 1643). A nun. Founder of Benedictine Dames in Brussels.
| Peerage of England | ||
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| Preceded by New Creation |
Earl of Northumberland 1557–1572 (Forfeit 1571) (Restored 1572) |
Succeeded by Henry Percy |
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