Duke of Northumberland
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The Duke of Northumberland is a title in the peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of Great Britain
The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800...

 that has been created several times. Since the third creation in 1766, the title has belonged to the House of Percy
House of Percy
The House of Percy were the most powerful noble family in Northern England for much of the Middle Ages, having descended from William de Percy who crossed from Normandy to England with William I in early December 1067 and was rebuilding York Castle in 1070...

 (Perci), which held the title of Earl of Northumberland
Earl of Northumberland
The title of Earl of Northumberland was created several times in the Peerages of England and Great Britain, succeeding the title Earl of Northumbria. Its most famous holders were the House of Percy , who were the most powerful noble family in Northern England for much of the Middle Ages...

 from 1377.

The traditional burial place of the Dukes of Northumberland is Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey
The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English,...

 in London
London
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, the Percys thus being the last family to maintain such a privilege.

1551 creation

The title Duke of Northumberland was created in 1551 for John Dudley, Earl of Warwick
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, KG was an English general, admiral, and politician, who led the government of the young King Edward VI from 1550 until 1553, and unsuccessfully tried to install Lady Jane Grey on the English throne after the King's death...

. In 1553 Dudley advanced the claim of his daughter-in-law, Lady Jane Grey
Lady Jane Grey
Lady Jane Grey , also known as The Nine Days' Queen, was an English noblewoman who was de facto monarch of England from 10 July until 19 July 1553 and was subsequently executed...

, to the English throne, but when she was deposed by Queen Mary I
Mary I of England
Mary I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Her younger half-brother, Edward VI, succeeded Henry in 1547...

, Dudley was convicted of high treason and executed. A bastard son of one of his younger sons, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, KG was an English nobleman and the favourite and close friend of Elizabeth I from her first year on the throne until his death...

, Sir Robert Dudley
Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick
Sir Robert Dudley was an English explorer and cartographer. In 1594, he led an expedition to the West Indies, of which he wrote an account. The illegitimate son of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, he inherited the bulk of the Earl's estate in accordance with his father's will, including...

, claimed the dukedom and used the title in early 17th century when in exile in Italy (On 9 March 1620 the Emperor Ferdinand II purportly recognised his claim to the title ‘Duke of Northumberland).

1674 creation

George Fitzroy
George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
Lieutenant-General George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, KG, PC was the third and youngest illegitimate son of King Charles II and his mother Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine...

, a bastard of king Charles II
Charles II of England
Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...

, was awarded the title in 1674, but it became extinct in 1716 as Fitzroy left no heirs. In the same year, Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton
Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton
Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton , powerful Jacobite politician, notorious libertine and rake, profligate, and alcoholic, was one of the few people in English history, and the first since the 15th century, to have been raised to a Dukedom whilst still a minor and not closely related to the...

 was created "Duke of Northumberland", together with other subsidiary title
Subsidiary title
A subsidiary title is an hereditary title held by a royal or a noble but which is not regularly used to identify that person.For example, the Duke of Norfolk is also the Earl of Arundel, the Earl of Surrey, the Earl of Norfolk, the Baron Beaumont, the Baron Maltravers, the Baron FitzAlan, the Baron...

s in the Jacobite Peerage
Jacobite peerage
After the deposition by the English parliament in February 1689 of King James II and VII from the thrones of England and Ireland , he and his successors continued to create peers and baronets, which they believed was their right...

, by "King James III & VIII"
James Francis Edward Stuart
James Francis Edward, Prince of Wales was the son of the deposed James II of England...

 (James Francis Edward Stuart, known as the "Old Pretender" or the "Chevalier de St. Georges").

1766 creation

The title was created for the third time in 1766 for heirs of a totally different family, the earlier earls of Northumberland
Earl of Northumberland
The title of Earl of Northumberland was created several times in the Peerages of England and Great Britain, succeeding the title Earl of Northumbria. Its most famous holders were the House of Percy , who were the most powerful noble family in Northern England for much of the Middle Ages...

, and it has been in the Percy family ever since. The seat of the Dukes of Northumberland is Alnwick Castle
Alnwick Castle
Alnwick Castle is a castle and stately home in the town of the same name in the English county of Northumberland. It is the residence of the Duke of Northumberland, built following the Norman conquest, and renovated and remodelled a number of times. It is a Grade I listed building.-History:Alnwick...

, in Alnwick
Alnwick
Alnwick is a small market town in north Northumberland, England. The town's population was just over 8000 at the time of the 2001 census and Alnwick's district population was 31,029....

, Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland is the northernmost ceremonial county and a unitary district in North East England. For Eurostat purposes Northumberland is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "Northumberland and Tyne and Wear" NUTS 2 region...

; their London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

 residence is Syon House
Syon House
Syon House, with its 200-acre park, is situated in west London, England. It belongs to the Duke of Northumberland and is now his family's London residence...

 in Brentford
Brentford
Brentford is a suburban town in west London, England, and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located at the confluence of the River Thames and the River Brent, west-southwest of Charing Cross. Its former ceremonial county was Middlesex.-Toponymy:...

.

The subsidiary titles of the Duke of Northumberland are: Earl of Northumberland
Earl of Northumberland
The title of Earl of Northumberland was created several times in the Peerages of England and Great Britain, succeeding the title Earl of Northumbria. Its most famous holders were the House of Percy , who were the most powerful noble family in Northern England for much of the Middle Ages...

(created 1749), Earl Percy (1766), Earl of Beverley (1790), Baron Warkworth (1749) and Baron Lovaine
Baron Lovaine
The title Baron Lovaine was created in the Peerage of Great Britain for the 1st Duke of Northumberland in 1784. The title was created with a special remainder to pass to his second son, Lord Algernon Percy, which it did so on the duke's death in 1786...

(1784). All titles are in the Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of Great Britain
The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800...

. The courtesy title
Courtesy title
A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of nobility used for children, former wives and other close relatives of a peer. These styles are used 'by courtesy' in the sense that the relatives do not themselves hold substantive titles...

 of the eldest son and heir to the Duke is Earl Percy.

Dukes of Northumberland, First Creation (1551)

Other titles: Earl of Warwick (England, 1547); Viscount Lisle (England, 1543); Baron Lisle (England, 1444)
  • John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
    John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
    John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, KG was an English general, admiral, and politician, who led the government of the young King Edward VI from 1550 until 1553, and unsuccessfully tried to install Lady Jane Grey on the English throne after the King's death...

     (1504–1553) was a Tudor courtier and general, acted as regent
    Regent
    A regent, from the Latin regens "one who reigns", is a person selected to act as head of state because the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated. Currently there are only two ruling Regencies in the world, sovereign Liechtenstein and the Malaysian constitutive state of Terengganu...

     for Edward VI
    Edward VI of England
    Edward VI was the King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. He was crowned on 20 February at the age of nine. The son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Edward was the third monarch of the Tudor dynasty and England's first monarch who was raised as a Protestant...

    . He was executed for high treason
    High treason
    High treason is criminal disloyalty to one's government. Participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplomats, or its secret services for a hostile and foreign power, or attempting to kill its head of state are perhaps...

     against Mary I
    Mary I of England
    Mary I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Her younger half-brother, Edward VI, succeeded Henry in 1547...

    .

Dukes of Northumberland, Second Creation (1683)

Other titles: Earl of Northumberland, Viscount Falmouth and Baron of Pontefract (all England, 1674)
  • George Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
    George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
    Lieutenant-General George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, KG, PC was the third and youngest illegitimate son of King Charles II and his mother Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine...

     (1665–1716), bastard son of Charles II
    Charles II of England
    Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...

    , died without heirs male

Titular Dukes of Northumberland (Jacobite Peerage, 1716)

Duke of Wharton; Marquess of Wharton (Great Britain, 1715); Marquess of Malmesbury (Great Britain, 1715); Marquess of Catherlough (Ireland, 1715); Earl of Wharton (England, 1706); Earl of Rathfarnham (Ireland, 1715); Viscount Winchendon (England, 1706); Baron Wharton (England, 1544); Baron Trim (Ireland, 1715)
  • Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton
    Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton
    Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton , powerful Jacobite politician, notorious libertine and rake, profligate, and alcoholic, was one of the few people in English history, and the first since the 15th century, to have been raised to a Dukedom whilst still a minor and not closely related to the...

    , "1st Duke of Northumberland" (1698–1731), a high-profile Whig, forfeited most of his titles for supporting the Jacobite
    Jacobitism
    Jacobitism was the political movement in Britain dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland...

     cause, and died without surviving issue anyway.

Earls of Northumberland (1749 creation)

Other titles: Duke of Somerset (England, 1547); Earl of Hertford (England, 1559); Earl of Egremont (Great Britain, 1749); Baron Beauchamp
Baron Beauchamp
The titles Baron Beauchamp and Viscount Beauchamp have been created several times throughout English and British history. There is still an extant Viscountcy of Beauchamp, held by the Marquesses of Hertford.-Beauchamp family:...

 (England, 1559); Baron Seymour of Trowbridge
Baron Seymour of Trowbridge
The title Baron Seymour of Trowbridge was created in the Peerage of England on 19 February 1641 for Francis Seymour, a younger son of Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp, for his support of Charles I in Parliament...

 (England, 1641); Baron Percy (Great Britain, 1722); Baron Lovaine
Baron Lovaine
The title Baron Lovaine was created in the Peerage of Great Britain for the 1st Duke of Northumberland in 1784. The title was created with a special remainder to pass to his second son, Lord Algernon Percy, which it did so on the duke's death in 1786...

 (Great Britain, 1784)
  • Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset
    Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset
    General Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset was the son of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset and his wife, Elizabeth...

    , 1st Earl of Northumberland (1684–1750), was heir through a female line of the Earls of Northumberland (1416 creation)
  • Elizabeth Percy née Seymour
    Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland
    Elizabeth Percy, née Seymour, Duchess of Northumberland, heiress to the earldom of Northumberland and 2nd Baroness Percy was a British peeress....

     (1716–1776), only daughter of the 1st Earl, Baroness Percy in her own right, married Sir Hugh Smithson
  • Hugh Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland
    Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
    Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, KG, PC was an Engish peer, landowner and art patron.He was born Hugh Smithson, the son of Langdale Smithson and grandson of Sir Hugh Smithson, 3rd Baronet from whom he inherited the baronetcy in 1733...

     (1714–1786) changed his name to Percy when he inherited his father-in-law's earldom by special remainder

Dukes of Northumberland, Third Creation (1766)

Other titles: Earl of Northumberland (Great Britain, 1749); Earl Percy (Great Britain, 1766); Baron Warkworth (Great Britain, 1749); Baron Percy (Great Britain, 1722); Baron Lovaine
Baron Lovaine
The title Baron Lovaine was created in the Peerage of Great Britain for the 1st Duke of Northumberland in 1784. The title was created with a special remainder to pass to his second son, Lord Algernon Percy, which it did so on the duke's death in 1786...

 (1st Duke) (Great Britain, 1784); Baron Prudhoe (United Kingdom, 1816, extinct 1865)
  • Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
    Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
    Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, KG, PC was an Engish peer, landowner and art patron.He was born Hugh Smithson, the son of Langdale Smithson and grandson of Sir Hugh Smithson, 3rd Baronet from whom he inherited the baronetcy in 1733...

     (1714–1786) was created Duke of Northumberland in 1766
  • Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland
    Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland
    Lieutenant-General Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland, FRS was an officer in the British army and later a British peer...

     (1742–1817), eldest son of the 1st Duke
  • Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland
    Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland
    Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland KG, PC , styled Earl Percy until 1817, was a British aristocrat and Tory politician who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland under the Duke of Wellington from 1829 to 1830....

     (1785–1847), eldest son of the 2nd Duke, died without issue
  • Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland
    Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland
    Admiral Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland KG, PC, FRS , styled Lord Algernon Percy until 1816 and known as The Lord Prudhoe between 1816 and 1847, was a British naval commander, explorer and Conservative politician.-Background:Northumberland was the younger son of General Hugh Percy, 2nd...

     (1792–1865), second son of the 2nd Duke, died without issue
Other titles (5th Duke onwards): Baron Lovaine (Great Britain, 1784); Earl of Beverley (Great Britain, 1790)
  • George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland
    George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland
    George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland PC , styled Lord Lovaine between 1790 and 1830 and known as The Earl of Beverley between 1830 and 1865, was a British Tory politician. He served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard under Sir Robert Peel between 1842 and 1846...

    , 2nd Earl of Beverley (1778–1867), eldest son of Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley
    Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley
    Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley, FSA was a British peer, known as Lord Algernon Percy from 1766–86....

    , second and youngest son of the 1st Duke
  • Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland
    Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland
    Algernon George Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland KG, PC , styled Lord Lovaine between 1830 and 1865 and Earl Percy between 1865 and 1867, was a British Conservative politician...

     (1810–1899), eldest son of the 5th Duke
  • Henry Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland
    Henry Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland
    Henry George Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland KG, PC, FRS , styled Lord Lovaine between 1865 and 1867 and Earl Percy between 1867 and 1899, was a British Conservative politician...

     (1846–1918), eldest son of the 6th Duke
  • Henry Percy, Earl Percy
    Henry Percy, Earl Percy
    Henry Algernon George Percy, Earl Percy , styled Lord Warkworth until 1899, was a British Conservative politician...

     (1871–1909), eldest son of the 7th Duke, predeceased his father unmarried
  • Hon. Josceline Percy (1876–1898), second son of the 7th Duke, predeceased his father unmarried
  • Hon. Ralph William Percy (1877–1889), third son of the 7th Duke, predeceased his father in childhood
  • Alan Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland
    Alan Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland
    Alan Ian Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland KG CBE MVO TD was the son of Henry Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland and Lady Edith Campbell....

     (1880–1930), fourth son of the 7th Duke
  • Henry Percy, 9th Duke of Northumberland
    Henry Percy, 9th Duke of Northumberland
    Henry George Alan Percy, 9th Duke of Northumberland was the son of Alan Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland and Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox....

     (1912–1940), eldest son of the 8th Duke, died in World War II
    World War II
    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

     at Flanders
    Flanders
    Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...

    , unmarried
  • Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland
    Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland
    Hugh Algernon Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland KG, GCVO, KStJ, PC, TD, FRS was the son of Alan Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland and Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox.-Career:...

     (1914–1988), second son of the 8th Duke
  • Henry Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland
    Henry Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland
    Henry Alan Walter Richard Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland FRS was the son of Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland. He was a godchild of Queen Elizabeth II.He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford...

     (1953–1995), eldest son of the 10th Duke, died from Heart failure after an overdose of amphetamines, unmarried
  • Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland
    Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland
    thumb|Portrait by [[Allan Warren]]Ralph George Algernon Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland DL is a British peer. He is the son of Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland and Lady Elizabeth Montagu Douglas Scott....

     (b. 1956), second son of the 10th Duke


Heir-apparent: George Dominic Percy, Earl Percy (b. 4 May 1984), eldest son of the 12th Duke

Line of succession

  1. George Dominic Percy, Earl Percy (b. 1984) (elder son of the 12th Duke)
  2. Lord Max Ralph Percy (b. 1990) (younger son of the 12th Duke)
  3. Lord James William Eustace Percy (b. 1965) (third son of the 10th Duke)
  4. Thomas Hugh Percy (b. 2001) (elder son of Lord James)
  5. Samuel James Edward Percy (b. 2008) (younger son of Lord James)
  6. Algernon Alan Percy (b. 1969) (elder son of Lord Richard Charles Percy, third son of the 8th Duke)
  7. Josceline Richard Percy (b. 1971) (younger brother of Algernon Percy)
  8. George Robert Percy (b. 1953) (grandson of Lord William Richard Percy, fifth son of the 7th Duke)
  9. James Edward Caulfeild Percy (b. 1958) (younger brother of George Percy)
  10. Richard John Percy (b. 1957) (first cousin of George and James Percy)
  11. Andrew Alan Percy (b. 1963) (younger brother of Richard Percy)
  12. Ayden Jay Percy (b. 1992) (elder son of Andrew Percy)
  13. Callum Zane Percy (b. 1994) (younger son of Andrew Percy)
  14. Algernon Eustace Hugh Heber-Percy (b. 1944) (great-great-grandson of Algernon Charles Heber-Percy, eldest son of the Rt. Rev. and Hon. Hugh Percy
    Hugh Percy (bishop)
    Hugh Percy was a British churchman, bishop of Rochester and bishop of Carlisle.-Life:He was the third son of Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley, by Isabella Susannah, second daughter of Peter Burrell and sister of Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydyr, and was born in London...

    , younger brother of the 5th Duke)
  15. Algernon Thomas Lever Heber-Percy (b. 1984) (only son of Algernon Eustace Hugh Heber-Percy)
  16. William David Heber-Percy (b. 1939) (first cousin of Algernon Eustace Hugh Heber-Percy)
  17. Peter Hugh Heber-Percy (b. 1971) (only son of William Heber-Percy)
  18. Cyril Raymond Heber-Percy (b. 1945) (younger brother of William Heber-Percy)
  19. Michael David Heber-Percy (b. 1943) (second cousin of Algernon Eustace Hugh, William and Cyril Heber-Percy)
  20. Colin Michael Heber-Percy (b. 1968) (elder son of Michael Heber-Percy)
  21. Joseph George Heber-Percy (b. 2000) (elder son of Colin Heber-Percy)
  22. Theodore Michael Philip Heber-Percy (b. 2002) (younger son of Colin Heber-Percy)
  23. Paul David Heber-Percy (b. 1970) (younger son of Michael Heber-Percy)
  24. Robin Erskine Heber-Percy (b. 1927) (third cousin of Algernon Eustace Hugh, William, Cyril and Michael Heber-Percy)
  25. Philip Reginald Heber-Percy (b. 1929) (younger brother of Robin Heber-Percy)
  26. John Kellie Heber-Percy (b. 1935) (younger brother of Robin and Philip Heber-Percy)
  27. Christopher John Heber-Percy (b. 1941) (first cousin of Robin, Philip and John Heber-Percy)
  28. William John Heber-Percy (b. 1965) (elder son of Christopher Heber-Percy)
  29. Thomas Henry Heber-Percy (b. 1967) (younger son of Christopher Heber-Percy)
  30. Hugh Edward Percy (b. 1938) (great-grandson of the Rev. Henry Percy, second son of the Rt. Rev. and Hon. Hugh Percy)

In popular culture

Lord Percy Percy
Lord Percy Percy
Lord Percy Percy is the name given to a pair of related fictional characters, played by Tim McInnerny, in the first two series of the popular British sitcom Blackadder. The Lord Percy of Blackadder II is the descendant of that seen in The Black Adder...

, played by Tim McInnerny
Tim McInnerny
Tim McInnerny is an English actor. He is known for his role as Percy in Blackadder and Blackadder II, and as Captain Darling in Blackadder Goes Forth...

, is a major character in the first two series of the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 sitcom Blackadder
Blackadder
Blackadder is the name that encompassed four series of a BBC1 historical sitcom, along with several one-off instalments. All television programme episodes starred Rowan Atkinson as anti-hero Edmund Blackadder and Tony Robinson as Blackadder's dogsbody, Baldrick...

. Actually two characters with almost identical personalities, Percy is the Duke of Northumberland in the first series, The Black Adder, and heir to the same title in Blackadder II. Loyal despite being abused for his bumbling, Percy is a sidekick to the title character of the series, Edmund Blackadder
Edmund Blackadder
Edmund Blackadder is the single name given to a collection of fictional characters who appear in the BBC mock-historical comedy series Blackadder, each played by Rowan Atkinson. Although each series is set within a different period of British history, each character is part of the same familial...

.
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