Biography of Anne Percy 2nd Countess Chesterfield 1635-1654

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In or before 1635 Anne Percy 2nd Countess Chesterfield was born to Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland (age 32) and Anne Cecil.

In 1637 [her mother] Anne Cecil died.

On 01 Oct 1642 [her father] Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland (age 40) and [her step-mother] Elizabeth Howard Countess Northumberland (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess of Northumberland. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk and Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk 1599-1633. He the son of Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland and Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland.

In 1652 Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield (age 18) and Anne Percy 2nd Countess Chesterfield (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Chesterfield. She the daughter of Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland (age 49) and Anne Cecil. He the son of Henry Stanhope and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield (age 43).

In 1654 Anne Percy 2nd Countess Chesterfield (age 19) died.

After 1654 [her former husband] Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield (age 20) and Elizabeth Butler Countess Chesterfield (age 13) were married. She by marriage Countess Chesterfield. She the daughter of James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde (age 43) and Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde (age 38). He the son of Henry Stanhope and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield (age 45).

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PAINTINGS/LELY/Anne_Percy.pngAround 1655 Peter Lely (age 36). Portrait of (probably) Anne Percy 2nd Countess Chesterfield. A three quarter-length portrait of a young woman, seated, looking slightly to the left, her right hand on the head of a sculptured dolphin-fountain and wearing a grey dress, with an old-gold mantle against a foliage background.

After Jul 1665 [her former husband] Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield (age 31) and Elizabeth Dormer Countess Chesterfield 1653-1677 (age 12) were married. She by marriage Countess Chesterfield. She the daughter of Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon (age 32) and Elizabeth Capell Countess Carnarvon 1633-1678 (age 32). He the son of Henry Stanhope and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield (age 56). They were third cousin once removed.

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Family Trees of Anne Percy 2nd Countess Chesterfield 1635-1654

Paternal Family Tree: Reginar aka Percy

Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk 1536-1567

Royal Ancestors of Anne Percy 2nd Countess Chesterfield 1635-1654

Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd 1100-1170

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys 1047-1132

Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of William "Lion" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Philip "The Fair" IV King France

Ancestors of Anne Percy 2nd Countess Chesterfield 1635-1654

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland 1458-1485 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Percy 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Spencer of Spencer Combe

Great x 3 Grandmother: 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde 1432-1501 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Harbottle 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Guiscard Harbottle 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Percy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Harbottle 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Willoughby 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Willoughby 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Markham

GrandFather: Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Latimer 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Baroness Latimer 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George de Vere 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy de Vere 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Stafford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Herbert 3rd Baroness Herbert Raglan 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Lucy Somerset Baroness Latimer Snape 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Father: Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Devereux 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Viscount Hereford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Bourchier Baroness Ferrers Chartley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Devereux 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Grey Baroness Ferrers Chartley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Hastings 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham Duchess Bedford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

GrandMother: Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Knollys

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Knollys

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Troutbeck

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Knollys

Great x 3 Grandmother: Lettice Peniston

Great x 1 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Carey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Spencer 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Carey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Boleyn 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Anne Percy 2nd Countess Chesterfield 1635-1654 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: David Cecil

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Cecil

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Dicons

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Heckington

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Heckington

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cooke of Gidea Hall

Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Cooke

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Saunders

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mildred Cooke Baroness Burghley 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fitzwilliam 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Fitzwilliam 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

GrandFather: William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Heydon Baroness Cobham

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Braye Baroness Cobham 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Halwell Baroness Bray 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Brooke 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Newton Baroness Cobham

Mother: Anne Cecil 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Howard 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 1496-1527 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Audley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Audley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset

GrandMother: Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Dacre 3rd Baron Dacre Gilsland 7th Baron Greystoke 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Greystoke 6th Baroness Greystoke Baroness Dacre Gilsland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Dacre 4th Baron Dacre Gilsland 8th Baron Greystoke 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Talbot Baroness Dacre Gilsland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Hastings Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 1471-1520 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Dacre 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Leybourne

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Leybourne

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Pennington

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk