Lady Melissa Percy Explained

Lady Melissa Trafelet
Birth Name:Melissa Jane Percy
Birth Date:1987 5, df=y
Other Names:Missy Percy
Occupation:Fashion designer, tennis player
Spouse:
Issue:Bluebell Rose Trafelet
Percy Dean Trafelet
Alfred Ralph Trafelet
Noble Family:Percy
Father:Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland

Lady Melissa Jane Trafelet (née Percy, later van Straubenzee; born 20 May 1987) is an English fashion designer and former professional tennis player.

Early life and education

Melissa Jane Percy was born on 20 May 1987. She is the daughter of Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland, and the former Jane Richard.[1] She is the younger sister of Lady Katie Percy and George Percy, Earl Percy, and the elder sister of Lord Max Percy. Lady Melissa grew up at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland. She attended Millfield, but left school when she was fourteen years old to pursue a professional tennis career, moving to the United States to attend a tennis academy.[2] Later she completed a course at Prue Leith's cookery school.[3]

Career

Tennis

After graduating from the Cliff Drysdale Tennis Academy in the United States, she played professionally for a few years on the Women's Tennis Association circuit.[4] When she was twenty one years old, she retired and moved back to England, coaching tennis at the Harbour Club and the Queen's Club.[5]

Fashion

In 2016 Lady Melissa started her own women's clothing brand, Mistamina, which was incorporated in November of that year.[6] The brand, which specialises in country living, athletic-ware, and outdoor-ware for riding, shooting, and hunting,[7] was launched in September 2017.[8] [9] The brand has two collections.[10] [11] [12] The second collection was launched in the summer of 2018.[13]

Personal life

Lady Melissa married Thomas van Straubenzee at St Michael's Church, Alnwick, on 22 June 2013.[14] [15] In 2014 the couple were subjects of a painting by Christian Furr.[16] They divorced in March 2016 on the grounds of van Straubenzee's "unreasonable behaviour".[17] [18] [19] Lady Melissa began dating millionaire financier Remy White Trafelet in 2016.[20] [21] They married at Mercer Mill Plantation in Oakfield, Georgia, on 19 December 2019.[21] On 19 February 2020 she gave birth to a daughter, named Bluebell Rose Trafelet.[22] [23] On 22 February 2023, she gave birth to twin sons, Percy Dean and Alfred Ralph.[24] [25]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Who are the Glosse Posse? A look at Britain's most exclusive friendship circle. 7 August 2018. Hello!. Rogers Digital Media. 23 November 2018.
  2. Web site: Melissa Percy. Women's Tennis Association. 23 November 2018.
  3. Web site: My London: Lady Melissa Percy – Founder of Mistamina. 31 October 2018. LDN Fashion. 23 November 2018.
  4. Web site: Stylistic Misdemeanour. Watkins. Rupert. Riddle Magazine. 23 November 2018.
  5. Web site: Lady Melissa Percy's new single life and fashion empire. Money-Coutts. Sophia. 30 November 2017. Tatler. 23 November 2018.
  6. Web site: MISTAMINA LIMITED. Company Check. 23 November 2018.
  7. Web site: Lady Melissa Percy on why shooting is her favourite fieldsport. Veitch. Tom. 7 February 2018. Shooting UK. 23 November 2018.
  8. Web site: Lady Melissa Percy: my childhood in the Hogwarts castle. Rose. Hilary. 15 October 2018. The Sunday Times. 23 November 2018.
  9. Web site: Lady Melissa Percy reveals her fashion secrets: 'I'd never copy anyone'. Welch. Tricia. 17 December 2017. Express. 23 November 2018.
  10. Web site: ABOUT MISTAMINA. MISTAMINA. 23 November 2018.
  11. Web site: MISTAMINA. Crofton & Hall. 23 November 2018.
  12. Web site: Brand Spotlight on Mistamina. Hodgkins. Laura. 9 September 2018. Girl About the Farm. 23 November 2018.
  13. Web site: Ladies in the field 2018. Fieldsports Magazine. 23 November 2018.
  14. Web site: The wedding of Lady Melissa Percy and Thomas van Straubenzee. 24 June 2013. Tatler. 23 November 2018.
  15. Web site: Princes William and Harry lead glittering guest list at close friend's society wedding. 22 June 2013. Hello!. 23 November 2018.
  16. Web site: Thomas van Straubenzee and Lady Melissa Percy 2014. Christian Furr. 23 November 2018.
  17. Web site: Duke of Northumberland's daughter divorced after less than three years of marriage. Hutchinson. Lisa. 2 March 2016. Chronicle. 23 November 2018.
  18. Web site: Duke of Northumberland's daughter gets divorced. 2 March 2016. ITV. 23 November 2018.
  19. Web site: Aristocrats, billionaires and heirs: meet Prince Harry's closest friends. Wallace. Francesca. 27 April 2018. Vogue. 23 November 2018.
  20. Web site: Lady Melissa Percy takes Manhattan. 1 December 2019. Tatler. 6 March 2020.
  21. Web site: Telegraph Marriage Announcements. Telegraph. 6 March 2020.
  22. Web site: Telegraph Birth Announcements. Telegraph. 6 March 2020.
  23. Web site: Cope. Rebecca. The Duke of Northumberland's daughter, Lady Melissa Percy, has given birth to her first child. 2020-02-25. 2021-03-12. Tatler. en-GB.
  24. Web site: Telegraph Birth Announcements. Telegraph. 10 March 2023.
  25. Web site: Congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland as their daughter, Lady Melissa, welcomes twin sons. Tatler. 10 March 2023.