Katherine Percy, Countess of Kent

This article is about the Countess of Kent. For the English gunsmith and mechanic, see Lady Katie Percy.

Lady Katherine Percy (18 May 1423 – c. 1475) was the daughter of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, and Lady Eleanor Neville.

Katherine Percy
Countess of Kent
Born	18 May 1423
Died	1475
Spouse(s)	Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent
Issue	Mary Grey Anthony Grey Elizabeth Grey Anne Grey George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent John Grey Edmund Grey
Father	Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland
Mother	Lady Eleanor Neville

Her maternal grandparents were Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and his second wife Joan Beaufort, a legitimized daughter of John of Gaunt.

She married Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent, and had seven children:

• Mary Grey (1440–1474);
• Anthony Grey (1446–1480), married Eleanor Woodville, daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers;
• Elizabeth Grey (d. 1472), married Sir Robert Greystoke;
• Anne Grey (b. 1450), married John Grey, 8th Baron Grey de Wilton;
• George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent (1454–1505), married Anne Woodville;
• John Grey (1455–1484);
• Edmund Grey (b. 1457).

Ancestry

Ancestors of Katherine Percy, Countess of Kent

16. Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy 8. Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland 17. Mary of Lancaster 4. Henry Hotspur Percy 18. Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby 9. Lady Margaret Neville 19. Alice Audley 2. Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland 20. Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March 10. Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March 21. Lady Philippa Montagu 5. Lady Elizabeth Mortimer 22. Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence 11. Philippa Plantagenet, 5th Countess of Ulster 23. Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster 1. Lady Katherine Percy 24. Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby = 18 12. John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby 25. Alice Audley = 19 6. Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland 26. Henry de Percy, 2nd Baron Percy 13. Lady Maud Percy 27. Idoine de Clifford 3. Lady Eleanor Neville 28. Edward III of England 14. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster 29. Philippa of Hainault 7. Lady Joan Beaufort 30. Payne de Roet 15. Katherine Swynford

External links

• Profile, Tudorplace.com. Accessed 7 January 2023.