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John Beaufort Earl of Somerset, Marquis of Dorset and Somerset 1371–1410 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1371

Birth Location: Chãateau De Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France

Death Date: 16 March 1410

Death Location: St. Catherine's Hospital by the Tower, London, Middlesex, England. Buried in the Abbey church on Tower Hill. An alabaster monument was afterwards erected to his memory in St. Michael's chapel, Canterubry Cathedral.

Father: John Plantagenet

Mother: Catherine DeRoet

Spouse(s): Lady Plantagenet, Margaret Holland

Children(s): Joan Scotland, Joan Beaufort, Margaret Beaufort, Henry Somerset, Scotland I

The story of John Beaufort Earl of Somerset, Marquis of Dorset and Somerset began in 1371 in Chãateau De Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France. John Beaufort Earl of Somerset, Marquis of Dorset and Somerset married Lady Margaret Countess De Holand Somerset Plantagenet, Margaret Holland, and had children including Henry Somerset, Joan Beaufort, Joan Countess Of W Essex Beaufort Stewart Queen Consort Of Scotland, Margaret Beaufort, Scotland James I. John Beaufort Earl of Somerset, Marquis of Dorset and Somerset passed away in 1410 in St. Catherine's Hospital by the Tower, London, Middlesex, England. Buried in the Abbey church on Tower Hill. An alabaster monument was afterwards erected to his memory in St. Michael's chapel, Canterubry Cathedral..

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  • The story of John Beaufort Earl of Somerset, Marquis of Dorset and Somerset began in 1371 in Chãateau De Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France.
  • John Beaufort Earl of Somerset, Marquis of Dorset and Somerset married Lady Margaret Countess De Holand Somerset Plantagenet, Margaret Holland, and had children including Henry Somerset, Joan Beaufort, Joan Countess Of W Essex Beaufort Stewart Queen Consort Of Scotland, Margaret Beaufort, Scotland James I.
  • John Beaufort Earl of Somerset, Marquis of Dorset and Somerset passed away in 1410 in St. Catherine's Hospital by the Tower, London, Middlesex, England. Buried in the Abbey church on Tower Hill. An alabaster monument was afterwards erected to his memory in St. Michael's chapel, Canterubry Cathedral..

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John Somerset's Ancestors

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John Somerset
1371–1410
Birth Place: Chãateau De Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
Parents
John Gaunt Plantagenet
1340–1399
Abbaye De St Bavon, Ghent, Flandre Orientale, Belgium
Catherine DeRoet
1340–1403
Somme, Picardie, France
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John Somerset's Descendants

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John (Beaufort Earl of Somerset, Marquis of Dorset and) Somerset (1371–16 March 1410) m. Lady (Margaret Countess (De Holand) Somerset) Plantagenet (1385–30 Dec 1439) m. Margaret Holland (1361–1409)
  1. 1. Joan (Countess of W Essex (Beaufort) Stewart Queen Consort of) Scotland 1407–1445 m. James (I Stewart, King of) Scotland 1394–1437 m. Sir (James, "The Black Knight of Lorn") Stewart 1383–1451 m. King (of Scotland James) I 1394–1436
    1. 1. James (II, King of the) Scotland 1430–1460 m. Mary ((Marie) Egmond van Guelders, Queen consort of) Scotland 1433–1463 m. Queen (of Scotland) Marie 1430–
      1. 1. Princess (Mary Stewart 1st Baroness of Kilmarnock, 2nd Countess of Arran, Princess of) Scotland 1452–1488 m. Sir (Lord James II Hamilton, English Scholar, Politician, Knight of Cadzow, Sheriff of Lanarkshire, 1st Laird of Raploch 1st Lord of Hamilton, Lord of Parliament, Member of) Parliament 1416–1498 m. Thomas (Boyd, Earl of) Arran 1446–1473 m. Sir (James Hamilton, Baron of) Cadzow 1415–1479
        1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Jean Hamilton Lady of Lennox, 2nd Countess of) Lennox 1477–1531 m. Sir (Matthew Stewart 2nd Earl of Lennox (Commanded the Right Wing of the Scottish Army in the Battle of Flodden) Field) 1452–1513
    2. 2. Margaret Stuart 1424–1445
  2. 2. Joan Beaufort 1402–1445
  3. 3. Margaret Beaufort 1390–1426
  4. 4. Henry Somerset 1400–1418
  5. 5. Scotland (James) I 1398–1445

John Somerset's Timeline

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1371
1371
Birth of John Beaufort Earl of Somerset, Marquis of Dorset and Somerset in Chãateau De Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
Chãateau De Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
1410
16 March 1410
Age 39
Death of John Beaufort Earl of Somerset, Marquis of Dorset and Somerset in St. Catherine's Hospital by the Tower, London, Middlesex, England. Buried in the Abbey church on Tower Hill. An alabaster monument was afterwards erected to his memory in St. Michael's chapel, Canterubry Cathedral.
St. Catherine's Hospital by the Tower, London, Middlesex, England. Buried in the Abbey church on Tower Hill. An alabaster monument was afterwards erected to his memory in St. Michael's chapel, Canterubry Cathedral.

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1371
    Event Place: Chãateau De Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 March 1410
    Event Place: St. Catherine's Hospital by the Tower, London, Middlesex, England. Buried in the Abbey church on Tower Hill. An alabaster monument was afterwards erected to his memory in St. Michael's chapel, Canterubry Cathedral.
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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