Name Eleanor Countess | ||
Father Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland Children Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, Ralph Percy Parents Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland, Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland Siblings Cecily Neville, Duchess of York Similar People Ralph Neville - 1st Earl of W, Margaret Percy, Joan Beaufort - Countess, Cecily Neville - Duchess | ||
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:
References
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