Ancestry of
Kit Harington

TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”

Henry "Hotspur" Percy

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• • 17th Great-grandfather of Kit Harington — 20th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 736884 
  • Father:
  • Henry Percy 
  • Mother:
  • Margaret de Neville   
  • Birth Date:
  • 20 May 1364 
  • Birth Location:
  • Alnwick, Northumberland, England 
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  • Death Date:
  • 21 Jul 1403 
  • Death Location:
  • Battle of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Mortimer
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 10 Dec 1379 
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  Henry Percy (Ahnentafel No:368442 )

  Elizabeth Percy

  • Notes: 

  • Sir Henry Percy was killed during the Battle of Shrewsbury.

• Sources for Henry "Hotspur" Percy

  • ¹ Adams, Arthur, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (1964), 39.
  • ² American Society of Genealogists, The Genealogist, Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1999, Vol. 13, p. 31.
  • ³ American Society of Genealogists, The Genealogist, Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, Spring 1981, Vol. 2, Iss. 1, pp. 124-125.
  • ⁴ Burke, John and John Bernard Burke, The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects, Vol. II, London: J. Billing, Printer and Stereotyper (1851), Pedigree xv: Frevile Lambton Burne, Esq..
  • ⁵ Esarey, Logan, History of Indiana: from its Exploration to 1922, Vol. 3, Dayton, Ohio: Dayton Historical Publishing Company (1922), 212.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 149, 163, 167, 176, 180, 184, 186, 198, 210, 225, 227, 242.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 317, 351, 355, 737.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd and Christopher C. Child, "The Shared Ancestry of (Rachel) Meghan Markle and Prince Harry of Wales", (accessed 11/30/2017).
  • ⁹ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215 and Some of their . . ., 5th edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (Third Printing, 2006), 64.
  • ¹⁰ Wikipedia, "Battle of Shrewsbury", (accessed 02/07/2017).
  • ¹¹ Wikipedia, "Henry Hotspur Percy", (accessed 2/20/2010).

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