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Percy, Henry

Record IDcnp00614223

URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp00614223

Biographical Data1364 - 1403

Last Edit2024-02-08

General Note

Sohn d. gleichnam. 1. Earl of Northumberland, rebellierte gegen Heinrich IV., König v. England

More Information

Further Biographical Data1364-1403

Title of NobilityLord (gnd)

ActivityPersonen der Geschichte (Politiker und historische Persönlichkeiten) (16.5p) (sswd)

Adel (gnd)

Geographic NoteGB (iso3166)

Names

HeadingPercy, Henry
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany

Percy, Henry, Lord
used in: British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - AACR2 Heading, London (United Kingdom)

Variant NameHotspur, Henry

Percy, Harry
Vorlage

Piercy, Lord

Sources

Found inCP v.9 p.713-4=Sir Henry Percy, styled Lord Percy, but better known as Hotspur, s. and h. ap. of Henry de Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland; b. 1364.5.20; on 19. Aug. 1388 he fought unsuccessfully, though Douglas was slain, the brilliant action at Otterburn, in which he and his brother Ralph were made prisoners; By June 1403 Hotspur was openly marching through Lancs. and Cheshire with a view to meeting Glendower, but was forced with only his own inferior forces to fight the King at Shrewsbury 21 July, and there was slain. — LoC-NA

Imprint SourcesR222646: The famous and renowned history of the memorable, but unhappy hunting on Chevy-Chase, by the river Tweed in Scotland; together with the great and mortal battles fought there, between the Lord Piercy, Earl of Northumberland, and his fifteen hundred English archers, and Earl Dowglas, with twenty hundred Scottish spears, in which both, with most of their men, were slain, 1690

Henry 'Hotspur' Percy.
[Painted by Robert Smirke, engraved by James Neagle. / Art.co.uk -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harry Hotspur Percy.jpg]