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Duke Edmund De BEAUFORT, 2nd Duke of Somerset

Duke Edmund De BEAUFORT, 2nd Duke of Somerset[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23]

Male 1406 - 1455  (49 years)

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  • Name Edmund De BEAUFORT  [24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30] 
    Prefix Duke 
    Suffix 2nd Duke of Somerset 
    Born 25 Mar 1406  East Barnet, London Borough of Barnet, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31] 
    Christened 5 Oct 1406  St. James Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [25] 
    Gender Male 
    Fact 3 Duke Of Somerset 1444 , Regent Of France. Find all individuals with events at this location  [29] 
    Fact 8 Militarily Inept. Find all individuals with events at this location  [29, 32] 
    Fact 9 Lieutenant General Of France, Normandy & Guienne. Find all individuals with events at this location  [28, 29] 
    FamilySearch ID KPQH-LWX 
    _UID 85995DE3CAAB4F939E065606ECB719B728F0 
    Buried 1455  St Albans, St Albans District, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 21, 22, 23, 25] 
    Died 22 May 1455  Slain At Battle Of St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29] 
    Cause: Slain in battle. 
    Person ID I2049  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 4 Oct 2024 

    Father Marquess John BEAUFORT, 1st Earl of Somerset,   b. 1373, Chateau de Beaufort, Goudet, Haute-Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1410, St. Catherine's Hospital by the Tower, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Mother Margaret De HOLLAND, Duchess of Clarence,   b. 1385, Upholland, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Dec 1439, Bermondsey, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 1397  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [25] 
    Family ID F1011  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eleanor De BEAUCHAMP, Lady,   b. Sep 1407, Walthamstow, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1467, Baynard's Castle, London Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Married 1430  France Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 21, 22, 26, 30] 
    Children 
     1. Joan BEAUFORT,   b. 1433, London, Middlesexshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Aug 1518  (Age 85 years)
     2. Henry BEAUFORT,   b. 1436, , London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1464, , Hexham, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
     3. Margaret BEAUFORT,   b. 1437, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1474  (Age 37 years)
     4. Elizabeth BEAUFORT,   b. 1443, London, Middlesexshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Eleanor BEAUFORT,   b. 1445, London, Middlesexshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1501  (Age 56 years)
     6. Anne BEAUFORT,   b. 1445, London, Middlesexshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F1013  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Notes 
    • Led Faction Against The Duke Of York For Power Over The Weak King Henry Vi.
      He & His Party Were Rapacious & Poor Administrators Of The Realm.
      Held responsible by many for losing English France (Normandy & Gascony).
      King of Germany.

      DUKEDOM OF SOMERSET
      II. 1. EDMUND (BEAUFORT), MARQUESS OF DORSET [1443], EARL OF SOMERSET (1397], and EARL OF DORSET [1442], also COUNT OF MORTAIN in Normandy [1427], brother and heir male, born about 1406; styled EARL OF DORSET, 1438-41. He was taken prisoner with his elder brother John at the battle of Baugé, 22 March 1420/1. Constable of Nottingham Castle and Keeper of Sherwood Forest, 20 January 1424/5; knighted before 25 February 1426/7. He was granted the County of Mortain (Manche), 22 April 1427. He and Robert, Lord Willoughby, had a licence to accompany the Cardinal of England (his uncle Henry Beaufort) on his crusade against the heretic Bohemians, 17 June 1429. He was one of the commanders of the army which besieged and took Louviers (Eure), May to 25 October 1431; present, as Count of Mortain, at Henry VI's Coronation Banquet in Paris, 16 December 1431. He was appointed Constable of Carmarthen Castle during pleasure, 8 August 1433; Ambassador to the King of Scotland, August 1433; Commissioner to raise a loan, Surrey, 26 February 1433/4; Ambassador to the General Council at Basle, 3 June 1434; Ambassador to the Congress of Arras, June 1435; Constable of Aberystwith Castle, 9 December 1435; nominated K.G. before 5 May 1436. In 1438 he crossed to France. Constable of Windsor Castle for life, 21 July 1438. In 1440 he distinguished himself by the siege and capture of Harfleur, April-October. He was created, 28 August 1442, at Kennington Manor, Surrey, EARL OF DORSET, and on the same day he was granted £20 per annum for life of the issues or farms of co. Dorset for the style and title of his earldom. He was created, 24 June 1443, by authority of Parliament, MARQUESS OF DORSET, and the Sheriff of Dorset was ordered, 1 February 1443/4, to pay him £35 per annum for life of the issues and farms of the county with arrears from 24 June 1443, when the King granted the annuity to him and his heirs. On 24 October 1444 the mayor and escheator of London were ordered to give him seisin of £500 a year of the petty custom of London, and the issues and arrears thereof since the death of his brother John [27 May 1444], saving the dower of Margaret, John's widow. He was summoned to Parliament from 13 January 1444/5 to 20 January 1452/3. He met the French Ambassadors outside London, 14 July 1445, and escorted them to the King's presence at Westminster next day; summoned to the special meeting of Council to consider a convention with the King of France, 6 October 1446. In the autumn of 1447 he was appointed Lieutenant and Governor General of France and of the Duchies of Normandy and Guienne; the King ordered the Treasurer and Chamberlains of the Exchequer to pay him 4,000 marks, 20 December 1447. He was granted, with the assent of Council, £2,375, in payment of £2,275 for the wages of archers and £100 paid by him to the Count of Blossenville, 13 March 1447/8. He was created, 31 March 1448, DUKE OF SOMERSET. Commissioner to treat with the Commissioners of Charles VII, 18 August 1448. His loan of 2500 marks for the defence of England was to be repaid in instalments, 28 May 1449. When King Charles of France declared war in July 1449 Somerset retired to Rouen, which he surrendered under a treaty, ratified by Charles, 29-31 October 1449, by which he was to pay 50,000 salus as ransom for himself, Shrewsbury and their company within one year. He and his wife and children were to have a safe-conduct. He retired to Caen, but, after the defeat of the English at Formigny, 15 April 1450, he surrendered the town to Charles, 24 June 1450, and withdrew to Calais. In spite of his failure he retained the King's favour; Commissioner to summon the King's lieges to go against all traitors and rebels, Kent and counties adjacent, 8 September 1450; Constable of England 11 September 1450. He was, however, arrested at Blackfriars, 1 December 1450. He was appointed Captain of Calais, April 1451; Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer touching treasons, lollardries, &c., Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Southampton, Wilts, 20 May 1451; Lieutenant of the Marches of Picardy, Flanders and Artois, December 1451; Farmer of the subsidy and alnager of cloths for sale in Suffolk and Essex, and in certain towns, 18 December 1451. He and Richard, Duke of York, each entered into a recognisance for £20,000 to abide the award of the arbitrators (William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester, &c.) touching all actions, plaints, debates, &c., between them, 13 March 1451/2. The King granted to him and his heirs a yearly fair at Woking, Surrey, on Tuesday after Whitsunday, 20 May 1452; Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer touching treasons, lollardries, &c., 11 counties and Bristol, 6 July 1452, and Wales, 30 July 1452; granted in tail male the Isle and Lordship of Wight, the Castle and Lordship of Carisbrooke, with manors in Somerset and Dorset, 6 September 1452; justice in Eyre, Steward and Chief Warden for life of all the King's forests this side Trent, and, "for good service on both sides the sea," Master of the Game, 2 July 1453. He was committed to the Tower, with the assent of Parliament, by the Duke of York, as Protector during the King's illness, about Christmas 1453, but was released, 4 March 1454/5. He married, before 1436, Eleanor, widow of Thomas (DE ROS), 8th LORD ROS (died 18 August 1430), 2nd daughter of Richard (BEAUCHAMP), EARL OF WARWICK, by his 1st wife, Elizabeth (of whom she was one of the coheirs), according to modern doctrine, suo jure BARONESS LiSLE of Kingston Lisle, BARONESS TEYES, and BARONESS BERKELEY, daughter and heir of Thomas (BERKELEY), LORD BERKELEY. He died 22 May 1455, being slain, on the Lancastrian side, at the 1st battle of St. Albans, and was buried in the chapel of the Blessed Virgin in the Abbey Church.(d) His widow, who was born in 1407 at Wedgenock, co. Warwick, is said to have married, 3rdly, Walter ROKESLEY, who was buried at Croyland, co. Lincoln. She, who was granted £222-4-6 per annum for life by Edward IV, 30 March 1463, and a yearly rent of £100 for life, 11 May 1465, died 6 March 1466/7. [CP 12[1]:49-53]

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