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Mary of Lancaster

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Mother
  
Maud Chaworth

Name
  
Mary Lancaster

House
  
House of Plantagenet


Spouse
  
Henry Percy, 3rd Baron Percy

Issue
  
Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester Maud Percy Mary, Baroness Ros

Father
  
Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster

Died
  
September 1, 1362, Alnwick, United Kingdom

Children
  
Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester

Parents
  
Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, Maud Chaworth

Siblings
  
Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster

Similar People
  
Edmund Crouchback, Blanche of Lancaster, Henry Percy, Eleanor of Lancaster, Blanche of Artois

Mary of Lancaster, Baroness Percy (1320 – 1 September 1362), was the youngest surviving child of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster by his wife Maud Chaworth. Through her father, she was a great-granddaughter of Henry III of England.

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Family

Mary was born in 1320 or 1321. She was a sister of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, Maud, Countess of Ulster, Joan, Baroness de Mowbray, and Eleanor, Countess of Arundel. Through her brother Henry, she was the aunt of Blanche of Lancaster, first wife of John of Gaunt and mother of Henry IV of England.

Marriage

Near September 1334 at Tutbury Castle, she married Henry Percy, eldest son of Henry Percy, 2nd Baron Percy and Idoine de Clifford. He succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Percy in 1352.

They had the following surviving issue:

  • Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (10 November 1341 – 20 February 1408) married firstly Margaret Neville and secondly Maud, Baroness Lucy.
  • Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester (1344–1403).
  • Maud Percy, married Sir John de Southeray, illegitimate son of King Edward III and his mistress Alice Perrers.
  • Mary, Baroness Ros (born 1360) married John de Ros, Baron Ros of Helmsley.
  • Death

    Mary died at Alnwick, Northumberland, England on 1 September 1362, where she was also buried. Her husband Henry would marry a second time to Joan Orreby, daughter and heiress of John, 2nd Lord Orreby.

    References

    Mary of Lancaster Wikipedia