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Personal data Henry Beaufort (Cardinal & Bishop of Winchester) 

  • He was born in the year 1377 in Château de Beaufort, Anjou, Kingdom of France.
    (Illegitimate child)
  • (Change of Name) in the year 1377: Henry was the second 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 1377: "BEAUFORT".
  • (Ligitimated) on February 9, 1397 in Kingdom of France: Henry, his two brothers and one sister were declared legitimate by the pope and legitimated by Act of Parliament on 9 February 1397,but they were specifically barred from inheriting the throne, by their half-brother Henry IV..
  • (Created Cardinal) on May 24, 1426 in Kingdom of France: Created by Pope Martin V.
  • He died on April 11, 1447 in Wolvesey Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, Kingdom of England, he was 70 years old.
    He suffered from delirium on his deathbed and, as he hallucinated, according to legend he offered Death the whole treasury of England in return for living a while longer.
  • He is buried in the year 1447 in Winchester Cathedral.
  • A child of John (Of Gaunt) PLANTAGENET and Katherine Swynford

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Henry Beaufort

Edward III PLANTAGENET
1312-1377
Philippa HAINAUT
1311-1369

Henry Beaufort
1377-1447


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