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 Abt 1406 - 1455 (49 years)
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| Name |
Edmund Beaufort |
| Title |
2nd Duke of Somerset |
| Birth |
Abt 1406 |
Worchestershire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
22 May 1455 |
First Battle of St Albans. |
| Person ID |
I63111 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Family |
Eleanor Beauchamp, b. Sep 1407, Walthamstow, Essex, England d. 6 Mar 1466, Baynards Castle, Middlesex, London, England (Age 58 years) |
| Marriage |
1431/1435 |
| Children |
| | 1. 3rd Duke of Somerset Henry Beaufort, b. 1436 d. 15 May 1464 (Age 28 years) [natural] |
| | 2. Margaret Beaufort, b. 31 May 1437, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England d. 22 May 1474, Abbots House, Cheyney Gates, Westminster Abbey, England (Age 36 years) [natural] |
| | 3. 4th Duke of Somerset Edmund Beaufort, b. 1439 d. 6 May 1471, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England (Age 32 years) [natural] |
| | 4. Anne Beaufort, b. Abt 1453 d. Abt 1496 (Age 43 years) [natural] |
| | 5. Marquess of Dorset John Beaufort, b. Abt 1455 d. 4 May 1471, Battle of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England (Age 16 years) [natural] |
| | 6. Thomas Beaufort, b. 1455 d. Abt 1463 (Age 8 years) [natural] |
| | 7. Eleanor Beaufort [natural] |
| | 8. Elizabeth Beaufort d. 1492 [natural] |
| | 9. Joan Beaufort d. 11 Aug 1518 [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F21758 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| 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
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