Killed in battle
Er ist verheiratet mit Lady Eleanor de Beauchamp, Lady Rokesley.
Sie haben geheiratet im Jahr 1431 in Kings Stanley, Lasboro, Gloucestershire, England, er war 25 Jahre alt.
Kind(er):
English Aristocracy. Born the son of Sir John de Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Lady Margaret de Holand. He was granted the title of Count of Mortain in April 1427. He married Lady Eleanor Beauchamp sometime between 1431 and 1435 in a unlicensed marriage, although he was pardoned in March 1438. The marriage produced ten children. He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter by May 1436. By 1440 he succeeded in recapturing Harfleur in Normandy. He was created 1st Earl of Dorset in August 1442; was created Marquess of Dorset in June 1443; and succeeded to the title of 4th Earl of Somerset in May 1444. That year, England settled a truce with France, ceding Anjou and Maine in an unpopular move. In a breach of the truce, Somerset surprised the town of Fougères, capturing it and refused to give it up or exchange it. He was created 1st Duke of Somerset in March 1448, and the following year was hard pressed by French partisans and gave up seven English strongholds in France and also paid a ransom in order to obtain safe passage for his wife, children, and goods. During the campaign of 1450, English troops were decimated at Formigny, and Somerset's garrison at Caen capitulated after a three weeks' siege. He then tried and failed to re-establish the English in Gascony. His king, Henry VI, suffered intermittent bouts of mental instability and during one such, the Duke of York took the role of protector and sent Somerset to the Tower. He was saved by the king's recovery and restored to power. He was made captain of Calais, but the dynastic feud that would grow into the Wars of the Roses had been ignited. In May 1455 at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, Somerset faced York and the Earl of Warwick with 2,000 troops against half again as many Yorkists. After several hours of negotiations, the two armies clashed. During a charge by Warwick, the Lancastrians were routed and Somerset killed.
Duke of Somerset
Successor Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke
Earl of Somerset
Predecessor John Beaufort, 1st Duke, 3rd Earl
Successor Henry Beaufort, 5th Earl
Spouse: Eleanor Beauchamp
Issue
Eleanor, Countess of Ormonde, Lady Spencer
Elizabeth, Lady Fitz Lewis
Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke
Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford, Lady Darell
Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke
Anne Paston
John Beaufort, Marquess of Dorset
Joan, Lady St Lawrence, Lady Fry
Thomas Beaufort
House: House of Beaufort
Father: John Beaufort, 1st Earl
Mother: Margaret Holland
Born 1406
Died 22 May 1455(1455-05-22) (aged 48/9)
First Battle of St Albans
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"Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, KG (1406 – 22 May 1455), sometimes styled 1st Duke of Somerset, was an English nobleman and an important figure in the Wars of the Roses and in the Hundred Years' War. He also succeeded in the title of 4th Earl of Somerset and was created 1st Earl of Dorset and 1st Marquess of Dorset (previously held by his father and later forfeited), and Count of Mortain. He was known for his deadly rivalry with Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York."
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Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Beaufort,_2nd_Duke_of_Somerset
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22776
http://www.geneall.net/U/per_page.php?id=1618
http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I115&tree=Nixon
http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I1620&tree=PagetHeraldicBaronag
http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/edmundbeaufort.htm
http://www.thepeerage.com/p10198.htm#i101977
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[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 342.
[S8] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 220. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), pages 104-106. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
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[S21] L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 150. Hereinafter cited as The New Extinct Peerage.
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http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=110860350&pid=12767
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset<br>Gender: Male<br>Alias name: 2nd Duke of Somerset<br>Birth: 1406 - London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom&;lt;br>Marriage: Spouse: Eleanor de Beauchamp, Lady Rokesley - Between 1431 and 1435 - Kings Stanley, Lasboro, Gloucestershire, England<br>Death: May 22 1455 - St. Albans, Herefordshire, England<br>Burial: Abbey of St Albans, St Albans, Herfordshire, England<br>Father: John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset<br>Mother: <a>Margaret Holland, Duchess of Clarence<br>Wife: Eleanor de Beauchamp, Lady Rokesley<br>Children: Eleanor Butler (born Beaufort), Countess of Wiltshire, Joan Frye (born Beaufort), Anne Beaufort, Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford, Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, Thomas Beaufort, Elizabeth Beaufort, John Beaufort, Marquess of Dorset, Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset<br>Siblings: Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset, Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots, John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, KG, Thomas Beaufort, Earl of Perche, Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Devon