Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland [SEP] date of birth
Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland
Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland (1517 – January 1570) was a member of the Clifford family, seated at Skipton Castle from 1310 to 1676. His wife was Lady Eleanor Brandon, a niece of King Henry VIII.
Origins.
Henry was a son of Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland, by his wife, Margaret Percy, daughter of Henry Algernon Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland, and Catherine Spencer.
Ancestry.
His maternal great-grandfather
Earl of Cumberland
The title of Earl of Cumberland was created in the Peerage of England in 1525 for the 11th Baron de Clifford. It became extinct in 1643. The dukedom of Cumberland was created the following year.
The subsidiary title of the first three earls was Baron de Clifford. The last earl was created Baron Clifford before he became earl, in 1628.
Earls of Cumberland (1525).
- Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland (1493–1542)
- Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland