Eleanor Percy, Duchess of Buckingham

Eleanor Percy
Duchess of Buckingham
Spouse(s)	Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham John Audley
Issue Lady Elizabeth Stafford Lady Katherine Stafford Lady Mary Stafford Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford
Father	Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland
Mother	Lady Maud Herbert
Born	c. 1474 Leconfield, Yorkshire, England
Died	13 February 1530 (aged around 56)

Eleanor Percy, Duchess of Buckingham (ca. 1474 – 13 February 1530), also known as Alianore, was the eldest daughter of Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland by his wife, Lady Maud Herbert, daughter of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke. Eleanor Percy married Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, who was beheaded in 1521 on false charges of plotting to overthrow the king, Henry VIII. As a result, the Dukedom of Buckingham and estates were forfeited, and her children lost their inheritance.

Biography

Eleanor Percy was born about 1474 in Leconfield, Yorkshire. On 14 December 1490, at about sixteen years of age, Eleanor married Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, who was five years old when his father, the rebellious 2nd Duke of Buckingham, was attainted and executed for high treason. Edward Stafford's mother, Catherine Woodville, went on to marry the first Duke of Bedford and thirdly, Richard Wingfield. Two years after his father's execution, when Henry VII ascended the throne, the attainder was reversed, and the title and estates of Edward's father were restored to him. At seven, Edward became the third Duke of Buckingham and also the ward of King Henry VII's mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort.

After Edward's death, Eleanor remarried to John Audley. Her second marriage was childless.

Children

Eleanor Percy bore her husband, Edward Stafford, four children:

1. Lady Elizabeth Stafford (1497 – 30 November 1558); married Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk and had issue.
2. Lady Catherine Stafford (born abt. 1499 – 14 May 1555); married Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland and had issue.
3. Lady Mary Stafford; married George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny and had issue.
4. Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford (18 September 1501 – 30 April 1563); married Ursula Pole, Baroness Stafford, daughter of Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, and had issue.

Ancestry

Family of Eleanor Percy, Duchess of Buckingham

16. Henry Percy (Hotspur)               8. Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland                       17. Lady Elizabeth Mortimer               4. Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland                             18. Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland               9. Lady Eleanor Neville                       19. Maud Percy               2. Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland                                   20.               10. Sir Richard Poynings                       21.               5. Eleanor Poynings                             22.               11. Eleanor Berkeley, Countess of Arundel                       23.               1. Eleanor Percy, Duchess of Buckingham                                         24. Sir Thomas ap Gwyllym, Knt               12. Sir William ap Thomas                       25. Maud Morley               6. William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke                             26. Sir Dafydd ap Llewelyn ap Hywel               13. Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam                       27.               3. Maud Herbert                                   28. Walter Devereux (c. 1387–1420)               14. Walter Devereux, Lord Chancellor of Ireland                       29. Elizabeth Bromwhitch               7. Anne Devereux                             30. Sir John Merbury               15. Elizabeth Merbury                       31. Alice Pembridge

Sources

B.J.Harris,Edward Stafford,third duke of Buckingham (1986)

C.Rawcliffe, The Staffords, earls of Stafford and dukes of Buckingam, 1394-1521, Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, 3rd ser.,11(1978)

References

• thepeerage.com Accessed November 21, 2007
• tudorplace.com.ar Accessed November 21, 2007
• familysearch.org Accessed November 21, 2007