Edmund Grey 1st Earl of Kent [13449] 24
- Born: 26 Oct 1416, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales
- Marriage: Katherine (Catherine) Percy Countess Kent [3079] [KNW6-11J] before 1440
- Died: 22 May 1490, England at age 73
 General Notes:
The Complete Peerage vol.VII,pp.164-165.
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http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/GREY3.htm#Edmund%20GREY%20(1°%20E.%20Kent)
was summoned to Parliament from 3 Dec 1441 (20 Hen. V) to 28 Feb 1462/63 (2 Edw. IV). He survived his father and became his grandfather's heir. Cokayne, "Complete Peerage", 2° ed., vol. VII, pg. 160. Created E. Kent by Edward IV, 30 May 1465 and confirmed in the dignity by Henry VII <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutHenryVII.htm>. L.G. Pine, "The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971" (1973), Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, pg. 137. Burke, "Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronatage and Knightage", 97th ed:, (1826), pg.1154.
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded, 30 May 1465.
Edmund married Katherine (Catherine) Percy Countess Kent [3079] [KNW6-11J] [MRIN: 6314], daughter of Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland [3076] [9H1K-1ZL] and Eleanor Neville Countess of Northumberland [2985] [9HT5-TMH], before 1440. (Katherine (Catherine) Percy Countess Kent [3079] [KNW6-11J] was born on 28 May 1423 in Leconfield, Yorkshire, England and died after 1475.)
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