Elizabeth Mortimer
Noble person
1371 – 1417
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Who was Elizabeth Mortimer?
Elizabeth Mortimer, Baroness Camoys was an English noblewoman, who, as the granddaughter of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, and great-granddaughter of King Edward III, was in the line of succession to the English crown. Her first husband was Sir Henry Percy, known to history as 'Hotspur'. She married secondly Thomas de Camoys, 1st Baron Camoys. She is represented as 'Kate, Lady Percy,' in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1, and briefly again as 'Widow Percy' in Henry IV, Part 2.
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- Born
- Feb 12, 1371
Usk - Also known as
- Elizabeth Mortimer, Baroness Camoys
- Parents
- Spouses
- Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland
(1379 - 1403/07/21) - Thomas de Camoys, 1st Baron Camoys
(1404 - ) - Henry Percy
- Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland
- Children
- Nationality
- Kingdom of England
- Died
- Apr 20, 1417
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on July 23, 2013
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