Elizabeth Mortimer
Elizabeth Mortimer, Lady Percy and Baroness Camoys (12 February 1371 – 20 April 1417), was a medieval English noblewoman, the granddaughter of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, and great-granddaughter of King Edward III. Her first husband was Sir Henry Percy, known to history as 'Hotspur'. She married secondly Thomas 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.
Elizabeth Mortimer | |
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| Lady Percy Baroness Camoys | |
The tomb at St. George's Church, Trotton of Elizabeth and her husband, Thomas de Camoys | |
| Born | 12 February 1371 Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales |
| Died | 20 April 1417 Trotton, Sussex, England |
| Noble family | Mortimer |
| Spouse(s) | Henry 'Hotspur' Percy Thomas de Camoys, 1st Baron Camoys |
| Issue | Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland Elizabeth Percy, Countess of Westmorland Sir Roger Camoys |
| Father | Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March |
| Mother | Philippa Plantagenet, 5th Countess of Ulster |
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