Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (25 July 1421 – 29 March 1461) was an English magnate. The Earldom of Northumberland was one of the greatest fifteenth-century landholdings in northern England; Percy also became Lord Poynings on his marriage. This title would bring him into direct conflict with the Poyninngs family themselves, and indeed, feuds with neighbouring nobles, both lay and ecclesiastical would be a key occupancy of his youth. Percy married Eleanor Poynings, who outlived him; together they had four children. He was a leading Lancastrian during the Wars of the Roses, from which he managed to personally benefit though his father died early in the war. He was not, however, to live long to enjoy these gains, being killed at the Battle of Towton in 1461 on the losing Lancastrian side.. }
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- Henry_Percy,_3rd_Earl_of_Northumberland abstract "Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (25 July 1421 – 29 March 1461) was an English magnate. The Earldom of Northumberland was one of the greatest fifteenth-century landholdings in northern England; Percy also became Lord Poynings on his marriage. This title would bring him into direct conflict with the Poyninngs family themselves, and indeed, feuds with neighbouring nobles, both lay and ecclesiastical would be a key occupancy of his youth. Percy married Eleanor Poynings, who outlived him; together they had four children. He was a leading Lancastrian during the Wars of the Roses, from which he managed to personally benefit though his father died early in the war. He was not, however, to live long to enjoy these gains, being killed at the Battle of Towton in 1461 on the losing Lancastrian side.".