Dorothy Percy, Countess of Northumberland

Dorothy Percy, Countess of Northumberland (born Devereux; * 1561 in Chartley Castle ; † August 3, 1619 ) was an English noblewoman .

She was the younger daughter of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex and Lettice Knollys .

In July 1583 she married Sir Thomas Perrot († 1594), lord of Haroldston in Pembrokeshire . There were rumors at the time that her father-in-law, Sir John Perrot , was an illegitimate son of King Henry VIII. She had three daughters with Thomas:

• Penelope Perrot, ⚭ (1) Sir William Lowey, ⚭ (2) Sir Robert Naunton;
• Dorothy Perrot;
• Elizabeth Perrot.

In 1594 she married Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland , a second marriage , and thereby received the courtesy title of Countess of Northumberland . She had six children with him:

• Henry Percy, Lord Percy (after 1594 – around 1596);
• Henry Percy, Lord Percy (1596-1597);
• Lady Dorothy Percy (1598-1650);
• Lady Lucy Percy (around 1600-1660);
• Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland (1602-1668);
• Henry Percy of Alnwick (around 1604-1659).

Her second husband was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1605 on suspicion of being involved in the Gunpowder Plot (powder conspiracy) and was only released after her death.

Web links

• Lady Dorothy Devereux on thepeerage.com