Sir John Grey

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sir John Grey KG (c. 1387 – August 27, 1439), English nobleman and soldier, was the eldest son of Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn and Margaret Roos.

He fought at the Battle of Agincourt, and was Lord Deputy of Ireland 1427–1428. He was invested as a Knight of the Garter in 1436.

He married Constance Holland (1387–1437). She was the daughter of Elizabeth Plantagenet, (also known as Elizabeth of Lancaster), and John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, the brother of King Richard II. She was also a niece of King Henry IV. She was first betrothed to Thomas Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk as a 4-year-old child, but the marriage was never consummated, due to his early death as punishment for a revolt against her uncle, King Henry IV.

Sir John Grey and Constance Holland had at least two children:

• Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (1416–1490); and
• Thomas (Baron of Rougemont).

Grey is thought to have later married Margaret Mowbray, daughter of Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, in 1438.

Grey predeceased his father, who was succeeded by Edmund.

[edit] References

• thePeerage.com
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online resource) 2004-2007. (Print version: Oxford dictionary of national biography : in association with the British Academy : from the earliest times to the year 2000 / edited by H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison.) Article on "Grey family"
• Sir Leslie Stephen, ed.. The Dictionary of National Biography Founded in 1882 by George Smith, Vol. I-XX, XXII, London, England: Oxford University Press, 1921-1922,