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Familiensitz der Dukes dritter Verleihung ist Alnwick Castle in Alnwick, Northumberland; ihre Londoner Residenz ist Syon House in Brentford. Die Dukes haben ihre Familiengruft in der Westminster Abbey in London, in der sie auch weiterhin bestattet werden.
Percy (ursprünglich auch Perci) war über weite Teile des Mittelalters die mächtigste Familie in Nordengland. Die Familie geht zurück auf den normannischen Adligen William de Percy aus Percy-en-Auge in der Normandie. Dieser hatte an der normannischen Eroberung Englands teilgenommen.
Duke of Northumberland is a noble title that has been created three times in English and British history, twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of Great Britain. The current holder of this title is Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland .
Ralph George Algernon Percy, 12. Duke of Northumberland, DL ist ein englischer Aristokrat, erblicher Peer und ein bedeutender britischer Landeigentümer aus der Familie Percy.
Ralph inherited the dukedom of Northumberland after the death of his elder brother in 1995. As well as managing the more traditional estate businesses of agriculture, forestry and minerals, the Duke has overseen expansion of the portfolio to include planning and development and commercial property. With his Duchess, Jane, they have developed ...
Ralph George Algernon Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland, DL (born 16 November 1956), styled Lord Ralph Percy until 1995, is a British hereditary peer and rural landowner and current head of the House of Percy.
The Percy family of Alnwick Castle in Northumberland is descended from William de Percy (d. 1096), who, in 1067 as a young man, joined the army of William the Conqueror following his successful invasion of England in 1066. William de Percy is thought to have come from a middle-ranking landed family located in Percy-en-Auge in Normandy. He was ...
