Beaufort, Edmund

Birth Name Beaufort, Edmund
Gramps ID I582813360
Gender male
Age at Death 49 years

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 1406    
1 2 3
Death 1455    
1 2 3
Unknown 1455-05-22 St Albans Alt. Death
4
Unknown   Duke Of Somerset Title (Facts Pg)
2 3
Unknown   Earl Of Dorset, Earl Somerset, Duke Of Somerset Title (Facts Pg)
4

Parents

Relation to main person Name Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Beaufort, John [I582812255]
Mother De Holland, Margaret [I582812238]
    Sister     Beaufort, Margaret [I582813413]
    Brother     De Beaufort, Edmond [I582813575]
    Brother     Beaufort, Thomas [I582813417]
         Beaufort, Edmund [I582813360]
    Brother     Beaufort, John [I582813359]
    Brother     Somerset, Henry [I582813361]
    Sister     Beaufort, Joan [I582812232]
 
Stepfather Plantagenet, Thomas [I582813381]
Mother De Holland, Margaret [I582812238]

Narrative

Name Prefix:<NPFX> Duke Of Somerset
[John Hamilton.FTW]

Grandson of John of Gaunt and Katherine Roet
d. 1455, English statesman and general. He fought in France in the Hundred Years War, receiving his first command in 1431, recapturing Harfleur in 1440, and relieving Calais in 1442. For this last feat he was made (1442) Earl of Dorset. In 1444 he succeeded his brother John as Earl of Somerset. He became lieutenant of France in 1447 and was created Duke of Somerset in 1448. After the war in France was resumed in 1449, Somerset's army was consistently defeated, and by 1453 all of England's French possessions except Calais had been lost. Since the murder (1450) of William de la Pole, 1st duke of
Suffolk, Somerset had been the head of the court faction and was protected by Henry VI against popular resentment and the attacks of the Yorkists. He was imprisoned by Richard, duke of York, during Henry's first period of insanity (1453û55) but returned to power when the king recovered. Somerset was killed at St. Albans in the first battle of the Wars of the Roses.

Pedigree

  1. Beaufort, John [I582812255]
    1. De Holland, Margaret [I582812238]
      1. Beaufort, Margaret [I582813413]
      2. Beaufort, Thomas [I582813417]
      3. De Beaufort, Edmond [I582813575]
      4. Beaufort, Joan [I582812232]
      5. Somerset, Henry [I582813361]
      6. Beaufort, John [I582813359]
      7. Beaufort, Edmund

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #0976, Date of Import: May 23, 1997 [S545686207]
  2. F999.FTW [S545686255]
  3. Chenoweth.FTW [S545686221]
  4. John Hamilton.FTW [S545686290]