Career
Eleanor Percy married Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, who was beheaded in 1521 on false charges of plotting to overthrow the king, Henry VIII. Eleanor Percy was born about 1474 in Leconfield, Yorkshire. On 14 December 1490, at about sixteen years of age, Eleanor married Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, who was five years old when his father, the rebellious 2nd Duke of Buckingham, was attainted and executed for high treason. Edward Stafford"s mother, Catherine Woodville, went on to marry the first Duke of Bedford and thirdly, Richard Wingfield.
Two years after his father"s execution, when Henry VII ascended the throne, the attainder was reversed, and the title and estates of Edward"s father were restored to him.
At seven, Edward became the third Duke of Buckingham and also the ward of King Henry VII"s mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort. After Edward"s death, Eleanor remarried to John Audley.
Her second marriage was childless.
