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Personal data Edmund Beaufort (Knight of the Carter Marquis of Dorset 2nd Duke of Somerset & Constable of England) 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4
  • He was born in the year 1406 in Westminster, London, Middlesex, Kingdom of England.Sources 1, 2, 4, 5
  • (Change of Name) in the year 1406: Edmund was the third of the four illegitimate children of John of Gaunt and his mistress Katherine Swynford, later his wife in 1396. The Beaufort surname reflects his father's lordship of Beaufort in Champagne, Kingdom of France..
  • (Royal Coat of Arms) in the year 1406: "BEAUFORT".
  • (Order of the Garter) in the year 1436: King Edward III founded the Order of the Garter as "a society, fellowship and college of knights. The Order of the Garter remains the oldest and most prestigious order of chivalry in the United Kingdom since its inception to this day..
  • He died on May 22, 1455 in St Albans, Somerset, Hertfordshire, Kingdom of England, he was 49 years old.Sources 1, 2, 4, 5
    At the ensueing battle of St. Albans, which marked the beginning of the Wars of the Roses, Edmund was killed in a last wild charge from the house where he had been sheltering.
  • He is buried in the year 1455 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, Kingdom of England.Sources 1, 4, 5
    St Albans Abbeyl, St Lady's Chapel. St Albans Cathedral, formally known as the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, is a Church of England Cathedral church within St Albans, England. At 84 metres, its nave is the longest of any cathedral in England.
  • A child of John Beaufort and Margaret Holland

Household of Edmund Beaufort (Knight of the Carter Marquis of Dorset 2nd Duke of Somerset & Constable of England)

He is married to Eleanor Beauchamp.

They got married in the year 1425 at Gloucester, England, he was 19 years old.Source 5


Child(ren):

  1. Joan Beaufort  1433-1518 
  2. Henry Beaufort  1436-1464
  3. Margaret Beaufort  1439-1474
  4. Edmund Beaufort  1439-1471
  5. Eleanor Beaufort  1440-1501 
  6. Anne Beaufort  1453-1496
  7. Thomas Beaufort  1455-1471
  8. John Beaufort  1455-1471
  9. Elizabeth Beaufort  ????-1472

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Edmund Beaufort

John (Of Gaunt) PLANTAGENET
1340-1399
Katherine Swynford
1350-1403
Thomas HOLLAND
1350-1397
Alice FITZALAN
1350-1416
John Beaufort
1373-1410

Edmund Beaufort
1406-1455

1425

Eleanor Beauchamp
1407-1467

Joan Beaufort
1433-1518
Henry Beaufort
1436-1464
Margaret Beaufort
1439-1474
Edmund Beaufort
1439-1471
Eleanor Beaufort
1440-1501
Anne Beaufort
1453-1496
Thomas Beaufort
1455-1471
John Beaufort
1455-1471
Elizabeth Beaufort
????-1472

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Sources

  1. Web: International, Find A Grave Index, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  2. Millennium File, Heritage Consulting / Ancestry.com
  3. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Source number: 592.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: AMW / Ancestry.com
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Day of death May 22, 1455

  • Graaf Filips I de Goede (Beiers Huis) was from 1433 till 1467 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1455: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 23 » Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.
    • May 1 » Battle of Arkinholm, Royal forces end the Black Douglas hegemony in Scotland.
    • May 22 » Start of the Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.


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