Edmund Beaufort Duke of Somerset 
Edmund Beaufort was born about 1406. Edmund Beaufort's father was John de Beaufort Earl of Somerset and his mother was Margaret de Holand. His paternal grandfather was John of Gaunt Plantagenet Duke of Lancaster; his maternal grandparents were Thomas de Holand II Earl of Kent and Alice FitzAlan of Arundel. He had three brothers and two sisters, named Henry Beaufort, John Beaufort, Thomas Beaufort, Joan de Beaufort and Margaret. He died on May 22nd, 1455 in Battle of St. Alban's.Death Notes
Slain in battle.
General Notes
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.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-on-the-Sands, near Carlisle, Cumberland, England
- b.25 Apr 1284 in Carnarvon Castle, Carnarvon, Wales d.21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1240 in of Burgos, Castile, Spain d.29 Nov 1290 in Herdeby (near Grantham), Lincolnshire, England
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England d.21 Jun 1377 in Sheen Palace, Richmond, Surrey
- b.1268 in Fontainbleau, Seine-et-Marne, France d.29 Nov 1314 in Fontainbleau, Seine-et-Marne, France
- b.1292 in France d.22 Aug 1358 in Hertford Castle, Hertford, England
- b.JAN 1271/72 in Bar-Sur-Seine, Aube, France d.02 Apr 1305 in Ch, teau de Vincennes Paris, Val-de-Marne, France
- b.28 Mar 1340 in St. Bavon's Abbey, Ghent, Flanders, Netherlands d.3 FEB 1398/99 in Leicester Castle, London, England
- b.BET. 1247 - 1251 in Brabant, Holland d.22 Aug 1304 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.1280 in Hainault, France d.07 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.1252 in Luxemburg, Belgium d.06 Apr 1311 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.24 Jun 1311 in Valenciennes, Hainault, Belgium d.14 Aug 1369 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
- b.12 MAR 1269/70 in Fontainebleau, France d.16 Dec 1325 in Nogent-le-Roy
- b.BET. 1294 - 1295 in Valois, France d.7 MAR 1341/42 in Fontenelle, Yonne, France
- b.BET. 1273 - 1274 in Naples, Sicily d.31 Dec 1299
- b.BET. 1370 - 1372 in Pottersgate, Lincolnshire d.16 MAR 1409/10 in St. Katherine by the Tower, London
- b.~ 1406 d.22 May 1455 in Battle of St. Alban's
- b.1253 in Upholland, Lancastershire, England d.1311
- b.BET. 1270 - 1280 in Upholland, Lancastershire, England d.15 Oct 1328 in Boreham Wood, Essex, England
- b.BET. 1253 - 1256 in Salmesbury, Lancastershire, England d.> 1311
- b.1314 in Upholland, Lancaster, England d.28 Dec 1360 in Normandy, France
- b.09 Oct 1267 in Ashby-de-la-Zouche, Leicestershire d.25 Mar 1314 in Brackley, Northamptonshire
- b.BET. 1289 - 1290 in of Ashby, Leicestershire d.31 May 1349
- b.1270 in Seagrave, Leicestershire d.1314 in Brackley, Northamptonshire
- b.BET. 1350 - 1354 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.25 Apr 1397 in Arundel Castle, Sussex
- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-on-the-Sands, near Carlisle, Cumberland, England
- b.05 Aug 1301 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England d.19 MAR 1329/30 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.1279 in Paris, France d.14 FEB 1316/17 in Marlborough Castle, Wiltshire, England
- b.29 Sep 1328 d.08 Aug 1385 in Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England
- b.1268 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire d.~10 Apr 1300
- b.~ 1299 d.29 Sep 1349
- b.~ 1272 d.<26 Oct 1309
- b.~ 1385 in Upholland, Lancashire d.30 Dec 1439 in St. Saviours Abbey, Bermondsey, London
- b.3 FEB 1266/67 in Arundel, Sussex d.9 MAR 1301/02
- b.01 May 1285 in Marlborough, Sussex, England d.17 Nov 1326 in Hereford, Herefordshire
- b.1271 in Italy d.25 Sep 1292
- b.~ 1313 in of Arundel, Sussex, England d.24 JAN 1375/76 in Arundel, West Sussex, England
- b.12 JAN 1255/56 d.27 Sep 1304
- b.1277 in Warren, Sussex, England d.23 May 1338
- b.1264 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.23 Nov 1293 in Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.1352 in Arundel Castle, Sussex d.17 MAR 1415/16
- b.16 JAN 1244/45 in London, England d.05 Jun 1296 in Bayonne, France
- b.1281 in Grosment Castle, Monmouthshire, England d.22 Sep 1345 in Leicester, England
- b.~ 1248 in Arras, France d.02 May 1302 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.BET. 1311 - 1318 in Grismond Castle, Monmouth, England d.11 JAN 1371/72 in Arundel Castle, West Sussex
- b.1250 in Kidwelly, Carmarthen, England/Wales d.07 Jul 1283
- b.1282 in Kidwelly, Carmarthen, England/Wales d.19 FEB 1316/17
- b.~ 1266 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England d.<30 May 1306 in Elmley Castle, Gloucester
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Edmund Beaufort and Eleanor were married in a religious ceremony about 1435. They had four sons and five daughters, named Henry Beaufort, Edmund Beaufort, John Beaufort, Thomas, Eleanor, Joan, Anne, Margaret and Elizabeth.
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Children
Death Notes
Beheaded.Death Notes
Beheaded.Death Notes
Killed.
Eleanor Beaufort
Eleanor was born about 1431 in London, Middlesex, England. She died on August 16th, 1501.
Joan Beaufort
Joan was born about 1433 in London, Middlesex, England. She died on August 11th, 1518.
Henry Beaufort Duke of Somerset
Henry Beaufort was born in 1436. He died at the age of 28 in April 1464 in Hexham.
Margaret Beaufort
Margaret was born in 1437 in London, Middelsex, England. She died at the age of 37 in 1474.
Edmund Beaufort Duke of Somerset
Edmund Beaufort was born in 1439. He died at the age of 32 on May 6th, 1471 in Battle of Tewkesbury.
John Beaufort Earl of Dorset
John Beaufort was born about 1441. He died on May 4th, 1471 in Battle of Tewkesbury.
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