Ancestral Trails 2016 » Henry SOMERSET (1577-1646)

Personal data Henry SOMERSET 

Sources 1, 2
  • He was born in the year 1577 in Hereford, Herefordshire.Source 2
  • Title: 1st Marquess of Worcester/5th Earl of Worcester
  • Title: 7th Baron Herbert
  • (Ancestry) : House of Beaufort.
  • He died on December 18, 1646 in Covent Garden, Westminster, Middlesex, he was 69 years old.Source 2
  • He is buried December 1646 in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire.
  • A child of Edward SOMERSET and Elizabeth HASTINGS

Household of Henry SOMERSET

He is married to Anne RUSSELL.

They got married on June 16, 1600 at St Martin Ludgate, Ludgate Hill, City of London, Middlesex, he was 23 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. William SOMERSET  ± 1600-????
  2. Elizabeth SOMERSET  1618-1684 
  3. Edward SOMERSET  -1667 
  4. John SOMERSET  1605-1675 


Notes about Henry SOMERSET

Eldest surviving son of Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worceter, and Lady Elizabeth Hastings. Paternal grandson of William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester, and the Honourable Christian North. Maternal grandson of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, and the Honourable Catherine Pole.

Henry inherited the earldom on his father's death. Raised a Protestant, he converted to the Roman Catholic faith as a young man. He was a very wealthy peer, who financially aided the royalist cause of Charles I, advancing huge sums of money to the Crown just prior to the First English Civil War.

In recognition of his support, he was created Marquess of Worcester in 1642.

His wife, the Honourable Anne Russell, provided him with nine sons and four daughters. They had been married in 1600, and she was the daughter of John Russell, 3rd Baron Russell.

King Charles sought refuge at Raglan Castle after his army was destroyed at the Battle of Naseby, and Henry was forced to surrender the castle to Parliamentary forces in 1646.

He was taken into custody and died at Covent Garden, London, succeeded by his son Edward.
SOURCE: Findagrave.com

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Henry SOMERSET

William SOMERSET
1527-????
Christiana NORTH
1529-1565
Francis HASTINGS
1514-1560
Katherine POLE
1516-1576

Henry SOMERSET
1577-1646

1600

Anne RUSSELL
1579-1639

William SOMERSET
± 1600-????
Elizabeth SOMERSET
1618-1684
Edward SOMERSET
-1667
John SOMERSET
1605-1675

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Sources

  1. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, Ancestry.com, London Metropolitan Archives, St Martin Ludgate, Composite register: baptisms 1539 - 1654/5, marriages 1539 - 1653, burials 1539 - 1655, P69/MTN1/A/001/MS10212 / Ancestry.com
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Day of marriage June 16, 1600

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1600: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 17 » On his way to be burned at the stake for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, the philosopher Giordano Bruno has a wooden vise put on his tongue to prevent him continuing to speak.
    • February 19 » The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
    • March 20 » The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish noblemen are publicly beheaded in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund (1598–1599).
    • August 5 » The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place.
    • August 23 » Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara.
    • October 6 » Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period.

Day of death December 18, 1646



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