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1st Earl of Northumberland

Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (see here),
plotted with his son Hotspur to overthrow Henry IV,
Warkworth Castle used as setting for plays Henry IV, part 1 and Henry IV, part 2 by Shakespeare,
had issue:

Sir Henry Percy, "Hotspur", mar Elizabeth Mortimer [descendant of Edward III] and had issue:

1. Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland,
   mar Eleanor Neville [descendant of Edward III] and had issue
   [ancestor of Earls of Northumberland
   and (in female line) of Dukes of Northumberland].

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• Earl of Northumberland
• Duke of Northumberland

• Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland (see here),
  Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1763-5,
  portrait in [NGI].

• Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland (see here),
  Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1829-30,
  Northumberland Rd, Dublin, is after him,
  Percy Place, Dublin, must be after him too.