Henry De Percy, 1st Baron Percy
Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Alnwick (1273–1314) was a mediaeval English magnate.
He fought under King Edward I of England in Wales and Scotland and was granted extensive estates in Scotland, which were later retaken by the Scots under King Robert I of Scotland. He added Alnwick to the family estates in England, founding a dynasty of northern warlords. He rebelled against King Edward II over the issue of Piers Gaveston and was imprisoned for a few months. After his release he declined to fight under Edward II at the Battle of Bannockburn, remaining at Alnwick, where he died a few months later, aged forty-one.
Read more about Henry De Percy, 1st Baron Percy: Origins, Coming of Age, Marriage and Progeny, Knighthood and War in Scotland, Baron and Scottish Landowner, A New Monarch, Founding A Dynasty in Northumberland, The Return of Gaveston, Imprisonment, The Final Year
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