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Personal data Edmund "2nd Duke of Somerset" Beaufort 2nd Duke of Somerset 

• Nickname is 2nd Duke of Somerset.
• He was born in the year 1406London
  England United Kingdom.
• He was christened in Saint James Palace, London, England, United Kingdom.
• Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on November 26, 1932.
• Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on November 26, 1932.
• Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on November 26, 1932.
• Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on November 6, 1991.
• Title: Sir
• Profession: .
• He died on May 22, 1455 in St. Albans, Herefordshire, England, he was 49 years old.
• He is buried in Abbey of St Albans, St Albans, Herfordshire, England.
• A child of John Beaufort and Margaret Holland
• This information was last updated on September 27, 2017.

Household of Edmund "2nd Duke of Somerset" Beaufort 2nd Duke of Somerset

He is married to Eleanor de Beauchamp.

They got married between 1431 and 1435 at Kings Stanley, Lasboro, Gloucestershire, England, he was 25 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Anne Beaufort  ± 1435-1496 

Notes about Edmund "2nd Duke of Somerset" Beaufort 2nd Duke of Somerset

1st Duke of Somerset
1st Duke of Beaufort
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Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1406 – May 22, 1455) ,sometimes styled 2nd Duke of Somerset, was an English nobleman and an important figure in the Wars of the Roses and in the Hundred Years' War.

He was the fourth son of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset. As a young man he became a commander in the English army in France. After his re-capture of Harfleur he was named a Knight of the Garter in 1436. After subsequent success he was created Earl of Dorset (1442) and the next year Marquess of Dorset. The year after that (1444) he succeeded his brother John as 4th Earl of Somerset in 1444.

During the five year truce from 1444 to 1449, Somerset was Lieutenant of France. In 1448 he was created Duke of Somerset.

Somerset found military success elusive after hostilities began again in 1449. By the summer of 1450 the bulk of the English possessions in northern France were in French hands. This loss lead to the fall of the king's chief minister, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk. Somerset returned to England, where he took Suffolk's place as the king's counselor. A handsome and urbane courtier, his affair with King Henry V's widow, Queen, Katherine of France in 1427 created a political scandal.

The focus of the war with the French now turned to Gascony, in the south of France. Here the English were no more successful, losing all by 1453. Soon afterwards the king went insane, Somerset's rival Richard, Duke of York was named Lord Protector, and Somerset was imprisoned in the Tower of London. His life was probably saved only by the king's recovery. Henry VI had Somerset released and returned to his position at court.

The Duke of York was determined to depose Somerset by one means or another, and thus in May 1455 Richard, Duke of York raised an army and confronted Somerset and the king. Somerset was killed in the resulting engagement, known as the First Battle of St Albans. It was the beginning of the Wars of the Roses, which would go on to claim many of Somerset's sons and relatives.

He was succeeded as duke by his son Henry.

Somerset married Eleanor Beauchamp, daughter of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and his first wife Elizabeth Berkeley sometime between 1431 and 1435 in an unlicensed marriage. Eleanor was an older half-sister of Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick and Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick. She was also the widow of Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros.

Their unlicensed marriage was later pardoned on 7 March 1438, and they had the following children:

Eleanor, who married first James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormonde and second Sir Robert Spencer.
Elizabeth, died before 1472, married Henry Fitz Lewis, Knt.
Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436–1463)
Margaret (bef. 1439–1474) (not to be confused with her cousin Margaret Beaufort), who first married Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford, son of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, by whom she was the mother of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, and then married Sir Richard Darel
Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset(c. 1439– 4 May 1471) Captured at the Battle of Tewkesbury and killed shortly afterwards.
Anne Beaufort (c. 1453 – c. 1496), married William Paston, Esq.
John Beaufort, styled Marquess of Dorset (c. 1455– 4 May 1471); Killed at the Battle of Tewkesbury
Joan Beaufort died 11 August 1518. Wife firstly of Robert St. Lawrence and secondly of Richard Fry.
Thomas Beaufort (c. 1455 – c. 1463)
Judiciary Offices
Preceded by:
The Duke of York Justice in Eyre
south of the Trent
1453–1455 Succeeded by:
vacant?
Peerage of England
Preceded by:
New Creation Duke of Somerset
1448–1455 Succeeded by:
Henry Beaufort
Preceded by:
John Beaufort Earl of Somerset
1444–1455

From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.

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Marquis of Dorset, Duke of Somerset, Lieut. General of France, Normandy and Guienne; --m. ca.1435, ELEANOR (BEAUCHAMP) ROS (87-34), B. Eddgenoch, co. Warwick, 1407; d. 6 Mar. 1467/8; widow of Thomas, Lord Ros, and dau. of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick; she m. (3) Walter Rokesley, Esq. (CP II 131, 145, IV 417).

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2d Duke of Somerset; Regent of France; killed on Lancastrian side at the
1st Battle of St. Albans in 1455

Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, Weis. Charlotte Larson File.
Edmund Beaufort, Marquis of Dorset, Duke of Somerset, Lieut.-
General of France, Normandy and Guienne; b. ca. 1406; slain at St.
Albans, 22 May 1455; m. ca. 1435, Eleanor BEAUCHAMP Ros, b.
Eddgenoch, co. Warwick, 1407; d. 6 Mar. 1467/8; widow of Thomas,
Lord Ros, and dau. of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick; she m.
(3) Walter Rokesley, Esq.

{geni:about_me} 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:

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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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Citations / Sources:

[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume X, page 128. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

[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.

[S18] Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995), reference: "Beaufort, Edmund". Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography.

[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.

[S266] #379 [7th edition, 1992] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, Who Came to America Before 1700 (7th edition, 1992), Weis, Frederick Lewis, (7th edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, c1992), FHL book 974 D2w 1992., p. 3 line 1:33, p. 87 line 87:34.

[S338] Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (2004), Richardson, Douglas, edited by Kamball G. Everingham, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004), FHL book 942 D5rd., p. xxix.

[S394] #230 [5th edition, 1999] The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 (5th edition, 1999), Adams, Arthur, (5th edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1999), FHL book 973 D2aa 1999., p. 111 line 90:10

[S394] #230 [5th edition, 1999] The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 (5th edition, 1999), Adams, Arthur, (5th edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1999), FHL book 973 D2aa 1999., p. 98 line 80:10, p. 112 line 90:10.

[S452] #21 The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (1910), Cokayne, George Edward (main author) and Vicary Gibbs (added author), (New edition. 13 volumes in 14. London: St. Catherine Press,1910-), vol. 2 p. 131 fn. (c), 145, 389; vol. 4 p. 417; vol. 11 p. 703 fn. (a).

He was also regent of France.

4th Earl of Somerset and Marquis of Dorset

Edmond Beaufort of Somerset

Sir Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset gained the title of Count of Mortain on 22 April 1427.2 He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) before 5 May 1436.2 He was created 1st Earl of Dorset [England] on 28 August 1442.2 He was crearquess of Dorset [England] on 24 June 1443.2 He succeeded to the title of 4th Earl of Somerset on 27 May 1444.2 He was created 1st Duke of Somerset [England] on 31 March 1448.2 He held the office of Constable of England in 1450.1 He fought in theBattle of St. Albans on 22 May 1455, on the Lancastrian side.2 He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.3

1ST DUKE OF SOMERSET; KG; REGENT OF FRANCE; HAD 7 OTHER CHILDREN WITH ELEANOR

Created 1st Marquess of Dorset in 1442; 1st Duke of Somerset in 1448 and was Earl of Somerset and Count Mortain in Normandy. Regent of France. Slain in the battle of St. Albans fighting for King Henry. {Burke�s Peerage} [GADD.GED]

Lost Normandy to the French with the exception of Caen, along with Harfleur & Cherbourg these were England's last toeholds there. Great wrath was stirred up in England against Somerset because of this. After the battle of Formigny he was also forced to surrender Caen and returned to England in ignominy. He was also involved in the loss of Guienne, but Henry VI still retained him as his minister, thus laying the seeds of the rebellion to come - "The Wars of the Roses." All England now retained was Calais and the Channel Islands. [THELMA.GED]

Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1406 – May 22, 1455), sometimes styled 2nd Duke of Somerset, was an English nobleman and an important figure in the Wars of the Roses and in the Hundred Years' War.

[edit] Life
Edmund Beaufort was the fourth son of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Margaret Holland. His paternal grandparents were John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and Katherine Swynford. His maternal grandparents were Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent and Alice Fitzalan. Alice was a daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor of Lancaster.

As a young man he was taken prisoner at the Battle of Baugé in 1420 and not released until 1427. He became a commander in the English army in France in 1431. After his re-capture of Harfleur he was named a Knight of the Garter in 1436. After subsequent success he was created Earl of Dorset (1442) and the next year Marquess of Dorset. The following year, (1444) he succeeded his brother John as 4th Earl of Somerset in 1444. During the five year truce from 1444 to 1449 he served as Lieutenant of France.

Although head of the greatest family in the land his inheritance was worth only 300 pounds. By contrast his rival, Richard, Duke of York, had a net worth of 5,800 pounds. King Henry's efforts to compensate Somerset with offices worth 3,000 pounds only served to offend many and as his quarrel with York grew more personal the dynastic situation got worse. Another quarrel with Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, over his right to enter the lordships of Glamorgan and Morgannwg, may have forced the leader of the younger Nevilles into York's camp.

Somerset's military failures left him vulnerable to criticism from the party led by Richard, Duke of York, and after hostilities began again in 1449 Somerset lost even more territory. By the summer of 1450 the bulk of the English possessions in northern France were in French hands and the focus of the war now turned to Gascony, in the south of France. Here the English were no more successful, losing all by 1453. Somerset's defeat at Castillon in 1453 ended his hopes.

Power had rested with Somerset from 1451 and was virtually monopolized by him until the king went insane and York was named Lord Protector. He imprisoned Somerset in the Tower of London and his life was probably saved only by the king's seeming recovery early in the New Year of 1455, which recovery forced York to surrender his office.

By now York was determined to depose Somerset by one means or another, and in May 1455 raised an army. He confronted Somerset and the king in an engagement known as the First Battle of St Albans which marked the beginning of the Wars of the Roses. Somerset was killed in a last wild charge from the house where he had been sheltering.

[edit] Family
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset married before 1436, Eleanor Beauchamp, widow of Thomas, 8th Lord Ros, daughter of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Thomas, Lord Berkeley. Eleanor was an older half-sister of Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick and Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick.

Their unlicensed marriage was later pardoned on 7 March 1438, and they had the following children:

Eleanor, who married first James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormonde and secondly Sir Robert Spencer.
Elizabeth, died before 1472, married Sir Henry Fitz Lewis.
Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436–1464), his successor
Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford (bef. 1439–1474) (not to be confused with her cousin Lady Margaret Beaufort), who first married Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford, son of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, by whom she was the mother of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, and then married Sir Richard Darell.
Duke of Buckingham, and then married Sir Richard Darell.
Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset(c. 1439– 4 May 1471) Captured at the Battle of Tewkesbury and killed shortly afterwards.
Anne Beaufort (c. 1453 – c. 1496), married William Paston, Esq.
John Beaufort, styled Marquess of Dorset (c. 1455– 4 May 1471); Killed at the Battle of Tewkesbury
Joan Beaufort died 11 August 1518. Wife firstly of Robert St. Lawrence, by whom she had a son, Nicholas St. Lawrence, and secondly Sir Richard Fry.
Thomas Beaufort (c. 1455 – c. 1463)

[edit] References
Tipping, H. A. (1908). "Edmund Beaufort, second Duke of Somerset". Dictionary of National Biography 2. 38-29.

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