Percy, Elizabeth (d. 1437)

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Percy, Elizabeth (d. 1437)

Countess of Westmoreland. Name variations: Elizabeth Neville; Elizabeth Clifford. Died on October 26, 1437, at Staindrop Church; daughter of Henry Percy (1364–1403), also known as Harry Percy or Hotspur (son of the 1st earl of Northumberland), and Elizabeth Percy (1371–1417); married John Clifford, 7th Lord Clifford, in May 1404; married Ralph Neville, 2nd earl of Westmoreland, in 1426; children: (first marriage) Thomas Clifford, 8th Lord Clifford (b. 1414); (second marriage) John Neville.

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