Elizabeth Mortimer

Elizabeth Mortimer, born in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, was a medieval English noblewoman with familial ties to the English monarchy as the granddaughter of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, and great-granddaughter of King Edward III. Her life was marked by her marriages to two notable soldiers of her time. Her first marriage was to Sir Henry Percy, also known as ‘Hotspur’, a celebrated military figure. After his death, she married Thomas Camoys, 1st Baron Camoys, another renowned soldier who fought at Agincourt.

Elizabeth is depicted as ‘Kate, Lady Percy’ in Shakespeare’s ‘Henry IV, Part 1’, and as ‘Widow Percy’ in ‘Henry IV, Part 2’. She is buried next to her second husband in St. George’s Church at Trotton.