Duke of Somerset, Edmund de Beaufort

Birth Name Duke of Somerset, Edmund de Beaufort 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a
Gramps ID I35535
Gender male
Age at Death about 49 years, 4 months, 21 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E46938] about 1406 Westminster, Middlesex, England  
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Birth [E46939] about 1406 England  
5b
Death [E46940] 1455-05-22 Battle of St. Albans  

Cause: Slain in battle.

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Death [E46941] 1455    
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_FA1 [E46942]   Acceded: 1430. 4th Earl of Somerset.  
4d
_FA2 [E46943]   Earl of Mortain 1430, Earl of Dorset 1438, Marquis of Dorset 1433.  
4e
_FA3 [E46944]   Duke of Somerset 1444 , Regent of France.  
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_FA4 [E46945]   Created 2nd Duke of Somerset in 1448.  
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_FA5 [E46946]   Led faction against the Duke of York for power over the weak King Henry VI.  
2b 4h
_FA6 [E46947]   He & his party were rapacious & poor administrators of the realm.  
2c 4i
_FA7 [E46948]   Held responsible for many for losing English France (Normandy & Gascony).  
2d 4j
_FA8 [E46949]   Militarily inept.  
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_FA9 [E46950]   Lieutenant General of France, Normandy & Guienne.  
3d 4l

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Earl of Somerset, John de Beaufort [I35533]about 13711409/10-03-16 (Julian)
Mother de Holand, Margaret [I35534]about 13851439-12-30
    Brother     de Beaufort, Henry [I24471] 1418
    Sister     de Beaufort, Joan [I10668] 1402 1445
    Brother     Duke of Somerset, John de Beaufort [I24472] before 1404-03-25 1444-05-27
    Brother     de Beaufort, Thomas [I24473] 1405
         Duke of Somerset, Edmund de Beaufort [I35535] about 1406 1455-05-22
    Sister     de Beaufort, Margaret [I24474] 1409

Families

    Family of Duke of Somerset, Edmund de Beaufort and de Beauchamp, Alianor [F9524]
Married Wife de Beauchamp, Alianor [I24259] ( * 1407-09-00 + 1466/7-03-06 (Julian) )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E57702] 1433 England  
5d
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
de Beaufort, Elizabeth [I32575]
de Beaufort, Joan [I32573]
de Beaufort, John [I32594]
de Beaufort, Mary [I35405]
de Beaufort, Thomas [I35353]
de Beaufort, Eleanor [I24257]1431
de Beaufort, Anne [I2343]1435
de Beaufort, Henry [I32758]1435/6-01-26 (Julian)
de Beaufort, Edmund [I35436]about 1439
de Beaufort, Margaret [I33422]

Narrative

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Source: Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 460, 482.

Edmund Beaufort II *styled* himself 4th Duke of Somerset,(ie, the 4th Beaufort to be duke) or technically 3rd duke (from the dukedom's second creation in 1448). There was no stable tenure in the dukedom for the family; it was shortlived and tenuous 1443-61, 1463-64. The 1st duke was John II (d. 1444), 3rd Earl of Somerset; the dukedom was created in 1443. His brother Edmund I (d. 1455) succeeded as 4th earl, was created (2nd Beaufort) Duke of Somerset in 1448. Edmund's son Henry II (d. 1464) technically succeeded as 5th earl (3rd Beaufort) duke in 1455, was attainted 1461, restored 1463; the restoration was nullified 1464. Henry's brother Edmund II (d.1471) was next in line but not recogized as either 6th earl or 4th duke by the Yorkists. Left out above, for the sake of clarity, was the family's equally tenuous earldom of Dorset (1411-26, 1441-61, 1463-64) and marquessate of Dorset (1397-99, 1443-61, 1463-64), peerages sometimes held simultaneously with the Somerset titles.
Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 460, 482.

Pedigree

  1. Earl of Somerset, John de Beaufort [I35533]
    1. de Holand, Margaret [I35534]
      1. de Beaufort, Henry [I24471]
      2. de Beaufort, Joan [I10668]
      3. Duke of Somerset, John de Beaufort [I24472]
      4. de Beaufort, Thomas [I24473]
      5. Duke of Somerset, Edmund de Beaufort
        1. de Beauchamp, Alianor [I24259]
          1. de Beaufort, Elizabeth [I32575]
          2. de Beaufort, Joan [I32573]
          3. de Beaufort, John [I32594]
          4. de Beaufort, Mary [I35405]
          5. de Beaufort, Thomas [I35353]
          6. de Beaufort, Eleanor [I24257]
          7. de Beaufort, Anne [I2343]
          8. de Beaufort, Henry [I32758]
          9. de Beaufort, Edmund [I35436]
          10. de Beaufort, Margaret [I33422]
      6. de Beaufort, Margaret [I24474]

Ancestors

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