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| 8. | 2nd Duke of Somerset Edmund Beaufort was born about 1406 in Worchestershire, England (son of 1st Earl of Somerset John Beaufort and Margaret Holland); died on 22 May 1455 in First Battle of St Albans.. Notes:
As a young man he became a commander in the English army in France. After his re-capture of Harfleur he was named a Knight of the Garter in 1436. After subsequent success he was created Earl of Dorset (1442) and the next year Marquess of Dorset. The year after that (1444) he succeeded his brother John as 4th Earl of Somerset in 1444. During the five year truce from 1444 to 1449, Somerset was Lieutenant of France. In 1448 he was created Duke of Somerset. Somerset found military success elusive after hostilities began again in 1449. By the summer of 1450 the bulk of the English possessions in northern France were in French hands. This loss lead to the fall of the king's chief minister, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk. Somerset returned to England, where he took Suffolk's place as the king's counselor. A handsome and urbane courtier, his affair with King Henry V's widow, Queen, Katherine of France in 1427 created a political scandal. The focus of the war with the French now turned to Gascony, in the south of France. Here the English were no more successful, losing all by 1453. Soon afterwards the king went insane, Somerset's rival Richard, Duke of York was named Lord Protector, and Somerset was imprisoned in the Tower of London. His life was probably saved only by the king's recovery. Henry VI had Somerset released and returned to his position at court. The Duke of York was determined to depose Somerset by one means or another, and thus in May 1455 Richard, Duke of York raised an army and confronted Somerset and the king. Somerset was killed in the resulting engagement, known as the First Battle of St Albans. It was the beginning of the Wars of the Roses, which would go on to claim many of Somerset's sons and relatives. He was succeeded as duke by his son Henry. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edmund married Eleanor Beauchamp in 1431/1435. Eleanor (daughter of 13th Earl of Warwick Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl of Warwick and Elizabeth de Berkeley) was born in Sep 1407 in Walthamstow, Essex, England; died on 6 Mar 1466 in Baynards Castle, Middlesex, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 9. | Eleanor Beauchamp was born in Sep 1407 in Walthamstow, Essex, England (daughter of 13th Earl of Warwick Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl of Warwick and Elizabeth de Berkeley); died on 6 Mar 1466 in Baynards Castle, Middlesex, London, England. Children:
- 4. 3rd Duke of Somerset Henry Beaufort was born in 1436; died on 15 May 1464.
- Margaret Beaufort was born on 31 May 1437 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England; died on 22 May 1474 in Abbots House, Cheyney Gates, Westminster Abbey, England.
- 4th Duke of Somerset Edmund Beaufort was born in 1439; died on 6 May 1471 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England.
- Anne Beaufort was born about 1453; died about 1496.
- Marquess of Dorset John Beaufort was born about 1455; died on 4 May 1471 in Battle of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England.
- Thomas Beaufort was born in 1455; died about 1463.
- Eleanor Beaufort
- Elizabeth Beaufort died in 1492.
- Joan Beaufort died on 11 Aug 1518.
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| 15. | Jacquetta de Luxembourg, Duchess of Bedford was born about 1415 (daughter of Comte de Saint Pol Pierre de Luxembourg and Margaret del Balzo); died on 30 May 1472. Children:
- Elizabeth Woodville was born in 1437 in Grafton Regis, Worcestershire, England; died on 8 Jun 1492 in Bermondsey Abbey, Surrey, England; was buried in Windsor, Berkshire, England.
- John Woodville was born about 1445; died on 12 Aug 1469.
- Margaret Woodville was born about 1439; died before 6 Mar 1491; was buried in Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex, England..
- 7. Mary Woodville was born about 1443; died in 1481.
- Catherine Woodville was born on 4 Aug 1458 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England; died on 18 May 1497 in Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire, England.
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