Mary (Talbot) Percy (1504 - 1572)

Born 1504 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

Ancestors

Died 16 Apr 1572 at about age 68 in Northumberland, England

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Biography

Marie, Countess Dowager of Northumberland (will 16 Apr 1572) m. Henry Algernon Percy, Earl of Northumberland (d. 29 Jun 1537 Hackney).^[1]

Marie was the daughter of of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury and his first wife, Anne Hastings, Countess of Shrewsbury.^[1] She was contracted to marry Henry Algernon Percy in 1516, but did not marry him until 1523/6. They had no children.^[2]

Notes

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She was betrothed to Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, in 1516 but they didn't marry Henry Percy until some time between September 1523 and August 1526. It was a forced marriage as Henry was in love with Anne Boleyn, then lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Aragon.^[3]

[They had one stillborn child in April 1529],^{[citation needed]} ... Having left Henry Mary returned to living with her family and sought an annulment in June 1532, however this was thrown out of court by Henry VIII and they remained married.^[3]

She died on 16 April 1572 and is buried at Sheffield Church.^[4][3]

• Fact: Burial (1572) Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility Lady
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility Countess of Northumberland
• Fact: Birth: Wexford, Ireland

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Raine, J. (1860). "Testamentum Marie Comitissae Northumbriae," in Wills and Inventories from the Registry at Durham, II, p. Google Books.
2. ↑ Wikipedia: Mary Percy, Countess of Northumberland
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Tudorplace biography
4. ↑ Tudorplace

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