Lady Eleanor NEVILLE, Countess of Northumberland
- Married: After Oct 1414
- Died: 1472
 Research Notes:
The Chronica de Fundatoribus et Fundatione of Tewkesbury Abbey names “primam filiam domini Radulphi comitis de Westmerland…Elizabetham” as the wife of “dominus Ricardus tertius le Despencer”, adding that she married secondly “domino Henrico Percy comiti de Northumbria”. A mid-15th century manuscript names "Johannam minorissam, Ricardum, Katherinam ducissam Norfolchie, Henricum mortuum, Thomam dominum de Seymour, Cuthbertum mortuum, Alienoram uxorem comitis Northumbrie, Robertum episcopum Dunelmie, Willelmum dominum de Fauconberge, Annam comitssam Staffordie, Johannem mortuum, Georgium dominum de Latymer, Ceciliam ducissam Eboraci, Edwardum dominum de Bergeny" as the children of "Radulphus dominus de Neuill et comes Westmorlandie" and his wife "Johanna filia Johannis ducis Lancastrie uxor secunda". A manuscript pedigree dated to [1500] names "Joan, wife firstly of Ferrers Baron of Ousley, and secondly of Ralph Earl of Westmoreland" as daughter of "John Duke of Lancaster" and mother (by her second husband) of "…Eleanor Countess of Northumberland…". 1
Marriage Information:
Eleanor married Richard LE DESPENCER, Lord Burghersh, son of Thomas LE DESPENCER, Earl of Gloucester, and Constance of York, after 23 May 1412. (Richard LE DESPENCER was born in 1396 and died on 7 Oct 1414 in Merton, Surrey, England.)
Marriage Information:
Eleanor also married Henry PERCY, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, son of Henry "Hotspur" PERCY and Lady Elizabeth MORTIMER, after Oct 1414. (Henry PERCY was born in 1393 and died on 22 May 1455 at the Battle of St. Albans.)
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