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  1. Sir Henry Percy KG (20 May 1364 – 21 July 1403), nicknamed Hotspur or Harry Hotspur, was an English knight who fought in several campaigns against the Scots in the northern border and against the French during the Hundred Years' War. The nickname "Hotspur" was given to him by the Scots as a tribute to his speed in advance and ...

  2. Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, KG (c. 1502 – 1537) was an English nobleman, active as a military officer in the north. He is now primarily remembered as the betrothed of Anne Boleyn , whom he was forced to give up before she became involved with and later married King Henry VIII.

    • c. 1502, Nottingham
    • Catherine Spencer
  3. 1 de abr. de 2024 · Sir Henry Percy (born May 20, 1364—died July 21, 1403, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England) was an English rebel who led the most serious of the uprisings against King Henry IV (reigned 1399–1413). His fame rests to a large extent on his inclusion as a major character in William Shakespeare’s Henry IV.

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  4. 29 de mar. de 2024 · Henry Percy, 1st earl of Northumberland was an English statesman, leading figure during the reigns of England’s Richard II and Henry IV. He and his son Sir Henry Percy, the celebrated “Hotspur,” are commemorated in William Shakespeare’s play Henry IV, Part I. Son of the 3rd Baron Percy of Alnwick.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  5. Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, KG (27 April 1564 – 5 November 1632) was an English nobleman. He was a grandee and one of the wealthiest peers of the court of Elizabeth I . Under James I , Northumberland was a long-term prisoner in the Tower of London , due to the suspicion that he was complicit in the Gunpowder Plot.

    • Katherine Neville
  6. 29 de mar. de 2024 · Henry Percy, 9th earl of Northumberland was an English Roman Catholic who was imprisoned in the Tower of London from 1605 to 1621 on suspicion of complicity in the Gunpowder Plot (q.v.). On the death of his father, the 8th earl, in 1585, he succeeded to the earldom and settled in London.

  7. Learn about the life and achievements of Sir Henry Percy, a 14th-century English nobleman and military leader who fought against the Scots and the king. Find out how he earned his nickname, participated in the battles of Otterburn and Shrewsbury, and was killed by the prince of Wales.