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John de Beaufort 1st Earl of Somerset 1373–1410 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1373

Birth Location: Goudet, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Death Date: Aft 16 Mar 1410

Death Location: Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England

Father: John Lancaster

Mother: Katherine Lancaster

Spouse(s): Margaret Clarence

Children(s): Joan Scotland, Henry Somerset, Jane Beaufort, John Beaufort, Thomas Perche, Edmund Somerset, Margaret Devon, Elizabeth Lancaster

In 1373, John de Beaufort 1st Earl of Somerset entered the world in Goudet, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, born to John Of Gaunt 1St Duke Of Lancaster And Katherine De Roet Duchess Of Lancaster. John de Beaufort 1st Earl of Somerset married Margaret De Holland Duchess Of Clarence, and had children including Edmund Beaufort 2Nd Duke Of Somerset, Elizabeth Lancaster, Henry De Beaufort 2Nd Earl Of Somerset, Jane Beaufort, Joan De Beaufort Queen Of Scotland, John Beaufort, Margaret Beaufort Countess Of Devon, Thomas Beaufort Count Of Perche. John de Beaufort 1st Earl of Somerset passed away in 1410 in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England.

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  • In 1373, John de Beaufort 1st Earl of Somerset entered the world in Goudet, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, born to John Of Gaunt 1St Duke Of Lancaster And Katherine De Roet Duchess Of Lancaster.
  • John de Beaufort 1st Earl of Somerset married Margaret De Holland Duchess Of Clarence, and had children including Edmund Beaufort 2Nd Duke Of Somerset, Elizabeth Lancaster, Henry De Beaufort 2Nd Earl Of Somerset, Jane Beaufort, Joan De Beaufort Queen Of Scotland, John Beaufort, Margaret Beaufort Countess Of Devon, Thomas Beaufort Count Of Perche.
  • John de Beaufort 1st Earl of Somerset passed away in 1410 in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England.

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John Somerset's Ancestors

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John Somerset
1373–1410
Birth Place: Goudet, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Parents
John of Gaunt 1st Duke of Lancaster
1340–1399
Abbaye De St Bavon, Ghent, Flandre-Orientale, Belgium
Katherine (de Roet, Duchess of) Lancaster
1350–1403
Somme, Picardie, France
Grandparents
Edward (III King of) England
1312–1377
Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Philippa (de Hainaut Queen of) England
1314–1369
Holy Roman Empire
Payne (De Roët) II
1310–1380
Roet, Hainault, Belgium
Catherine d'Avesnes
1315–1375
Somme, Picardie, France
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John Somerset's Descendants

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John (de Beaufort 1st Earl of) Somerset (1373–Aft 16 Mar 1410) m. Margaret (de Holland , Duchess of) Clarence (Abt 1385–Jan 1440)
  1. 1. Joan (de Beaufort Queen of) Scotland 1407–1445 m. James (I Stewart King of) Scotland 1394–1437 m. James (Stewart, The Black Knight of) Lorn 1394–1451
    1. 1. James (II Stewart King of) Scotland 1430–1460 m. Mary (of Guelders Queen Consort of) Scotland 1431–1463
      1. 1. Mary (Stewart Countess of) Arran 1453–1488 m. James (Hamilton 6th Laird of) Cadzow 1415–1479 m. Thomas Boyd 1441–1473
        1. 1. James (Hamilton, 1st Earl of) Arran 1475–1529 m. Janet Bethune 1486–1522 m. Margaret Livingston 1483–1559 m. Mary Boyd 1476–1559 m. Marion Boyd 1477–1559 m. Isabella Weir 1484–1544 m. Beatrix Drummond 1476–1507 m. Marion Boyd 1477–1555
        2. 2. Grecina Hamilton 1468– m. Alexander Boyd 1465–
        3. 3. Canon (Robert) Hamilton 1470–1560
        4. 4. Elizabeth (Hamilton Countess of) Lennox 1473–1531 m. Matthew (Stewart 2nd Earl of) Lennox 1456–1513
        5. 5. Robert Hamilton 1476–1543 m. Elizabeth (Campbell- of) Glenorchy 1480–1567
        6. 6. Ann Hamilton 1480– m. Charles (Fortescue) Higgins 1483–1583
      2. 2. Baby (Son) Stewart 1450–1450
      3. 3. Margaret Stewart 1450–1512 m. William (Crichton 3rd Lord of) Auchingoul 1455–1493
      4. 4. James (III Stewart King of) Scotland 1451–1488 m. Margaret (Of Denmark) Oldenburg 1456–1486
        1. 1. James (IV Stewart King of) Scotland 1473–1513 m. Marion Boyd 1477–1559 m. Margaret Drummond 1475–1501 m. Mary (Tudor of) Scotland 1489–1541 m. Margaret (Tudor Queen Consort of) Scotland 1489–1541 m. Janet (Kennedy -Lady) Bothwell 1480–1545 m. Agnes (Stewart -Dowager Countess Of) Bothwell 1487–1557 m. Janet Maxwell 1478–1541
        2. 2. James (Stewart Duke of) Ross 1475–1504
        3. 3. John (Earl of Mar Stewart, Prince of Scotland, Earl of) Mar 1479–1503
        4. 4. Alexander (Earl Mar and Garioch) Stewart 1474–1485
      5. 5. Alexander (Stewart 1st Duke of) Albany 1454–1485 m. Katherine Sinclair 1455–1479 m. Anne (De La Tour) d'Auvergne 1456–1512
      6. 6. David (Stewart Earl Moray, Prince of) Scotland 1455–1457
      7. 7. John (Stewart Earl of) Mar 1456–1479
    2. 2. Joan Stewart 1428–1498 m. James (Douglas, Lord of Dalkeith, 1st Earl Morton, 9th Earl) Douglas 1426–1498 m. James Douglas 1426–1493
      1. 1. John (Douglas 2nd Earl of) Morton 1459–1513 m. Jane (Crichton -Countess of) Morton 1461–1516
        1. 1. James (Douglas 3rd Earl of) Morton 1487–1548 m. Catherine (Stewart Countess of) Morton 1495–1554 m. Lady (Katherine) Stewart 1489–1554
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Beatrice Douglas -Baroness) Keith 1485–1527 m. Robert (Keith 3rd Lord Keith and master of) Marischal 1483–1513
        3. 3. Agnes Morton 1485– m. Alexander (Livingstone 2nd of Dunipace and of) Phildes 1483–1560
        4. 4. Elizabeth (Beatrice Graham Or Douglas Keith, Baroness Morton and) Glamis 1488–1527 m. Lord (Robert Keith (Baron of Keith) (Master of) Marischal) 1483–1513 m. James (Inverugie Morton) douglas 1487–1548
        5. 5. Richard Douglas 1489–1526
        6. 6. Agnes Douglas 1495–1599 m. Alexander (Livingston 5th Lord Livingston of Callandar) PC 1500–1551
        7. 7. Richard Douglas 1491–1564 m. Richard Douglas 1491–
      2. 2. Sybilla Douglas 1451–1531
      3. 3. Sir (John de Gordon, Lord of Lochinvar) II 1459–1513
      4. 4. Janet Douglas 1461–1490 m. Patrick (Hepburn 1st Earl of) Bothwell 1451–1508 m. John Hay 1470–
        1. 1. Lady (Jane Janet) Hepburn 1485–1560 m. George (Seton) III 1480–1513 m. George Seton 1481–1513 m. George (3rd Lord Seton) Seton 1371–
        2. 2. John (Hay -III Lord) Yester 1485–1543 m. Elizabeth (Douglas of) Angus 1487–1576 m. Janet (Scott of) Howpasly 1500–
        3. 3. Janet Hepburn 1482–1558 m. George (Seton) III 1480–1513 m. George Seton 1481–1513 m. William Livingston 1471–1518 m. John Seton 1470–
        4. 4. Adam (Hepburn -2nd Earl of) Bothwell 1482–1513 m. Agnes (Stewart -Dowager Countess Of) Bothwell 1487–1557
        5. 5. Marjory Hay 1510–1575 m. John (Hopton Bethune of) Balfour 1485–1546 m. David (Strachan of) Carmylie 1498–1548
      5. 5. Douglas 1463–
      6. 6. James Douglas 1466–1513
      7. 7. Elizabeth Douglas 1467–1490 m. John Drummond 1452–1532 m. John (Fergusson fifth Laird of) Craigdarroch 1459–1514 m. John Ferguson 1459–
      8. 8. James Douglas 1457– m. Margaret Balfour 1456–1482
    3. 3. Annabella (Joan Stewart Princess of) Scotland 1432–1494 m. George (Gordon 2nd Earl of) Huntly 1430–1503
      1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of) Marischal 1462–1525 m. William (Keith 2nd Lord Keith, 3rd Earl of Marischal, William of the Tower Born at Dunottar) Castle 1451–1527 m. William (Hay -3rd Earl of) Erroll 1449–1507
        1. 1. Agnes Keith 1503–1548 m. Archibald (Douglas of) Glenbervie 1502–1570
        2. 2. Janet (Keith -Countess of Montrose and) Graham 1494–1547 m. William (Graham 2nd Earl of) Montrose 1492–1571 m. Robert Graham 1522–1547 m. Patrick (Graeme) Graham 1490–1536 m. Thomas (Armstrong -Seventh Lord of Mangerton) vmc 1479–1549
        3. 3. Robert (Keith 3rd Lord Keith and master of) Marischal 1483–1513 m. Elizabeth (Beatrice Douglas -Baroness) Keith 1485–1527
        4. 4. Margaret (Elizabeth Keith Countess of) Montrose 1492–1549 m. Colin (Oliphant Master of) Oliphant 1487–1513 m. William (Andrew Lord de) Sinclair 1485–1549 m. William (Sinclair 4th Lord of) Sinclair 1489–1570 m. William (Sinclair, of) Houss 1460–1539
        5. 5. Gilbert Keith 1484–1513
        6. 6. William Keith 1485–1513
        7. 7. Gilbert (Keith -of) Troup 1489–1537 m. Elizabeth (Forbes of) Forbes 1510–1554 m. Elizabeth (Forbes -of) Forbes 1505–1574
        8. 8. Marischal 1490–1549
        9. 9. Alexander (Keith of) Pittendrum 1491–1515 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Gordon 1462–1525 m. Elizabeth Lundie 1495–1517 m. Marion (Lundie of) Benholm 1490–
        10. 10. John (Keith 1st of) Craig 1492–1513 m. John Keith 1496– m. Leslie 1494–
        11. 11. David (Keith of Torterston and) Buthlaw 1496–
        12. 12. William Keith 1498–1528
        13. 13. George Keith 1498– m. George Keith 1500–
        14. 14. Alexander Keith 1500–1525
        15. 15. Johanna Keith 1500–1545 m. Thomas Armstrong 1479–1549
        16. 16. Elizabeth Keith 1501–1549
        17. 17. Christina (Keith Countess of) Ogilvy 1503–1553 m. Walter (Ogilvie -1st. Earl of Dunlugus, 3rd. of) Boyne 1509–1558
      2. 2. Alexander (Gordon 3rd Earl of) Huntly 1460–1524 m. Janet (Stewart Countess of) Huntly 1461–1510
        1. 1. John Gordon 1479–1517 m. Margaret Stewart 1497–1578 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Hay 1500–1535
        2. 2. Janet (Jean Gordon -Countess of) Argyll 1479–1530 m. Colin (Campbell, 3rd Earl of) Argyll 1486–1529
        3. 3. William (Gordon -Bishop of) Aberdeen 1478–1577
        4. 4. Christian Gordon 1479–1525 m. Robert (Menzies Of) Weems 1475–1557
        5. 5. Alexander (Gordon of Strathavon or Strathdoun, 1st of) Cluny 1490–1539 m. Janet Grant 1490–
      3. 3. Isabel Gordon 1462–1511 m. William (Hay -3rd Earl of) Erroll 1449–1507
        1. 1. Thomas (Hay Earl van) Erroll 1481–1513 m. Margaret Logie 1475–1529
        2. 2. John Hay 1472– m. Elizabeth Bunch 1479–
        3. 3. William (Hay 4th Earl of) Erroll 1475–1513 m. Christian Lyon 1472–1529 m. Margaret (Graham 12th) ggm 1500–1575
        4. 4. Beatrix Hay 1477– m. Alexander Keith 1478–
        5. 5. John (Hay of Erroll,) Perthshire 1484–1543 m. Janet Douglass 1464–
        6. 6. William (Hay 4th Earl of) Erroll 1470–1513 m. Christian Lyon 1472–1529 m. Margaret (Graham 12th) ggm 1500–1575
      4. 4. Janet (Gordon of) Huntly 1462–1559
      5. 5. Isobel (Gordon of) Huntly 1464–1511
      6. 6. Margaret Gordon 1470–1529 m. Donald (Allen Campbell Abbot of Coupar) Angus 1492–1562
      7. 7. Marjory Gordon 1477–1578 m. Patrick (Hepburn 1st Earl of) Bothwell 1451–1508 m. Patrick Hepburn 1468–1513 m. John Murray 1457– m. Thomas Lumsden 1470–1513
        1. 1. Margaret Hepburn 1491–1513 m. Archibald (Douglas 6th Earl of) Angus 1489–1557
        2. 2. John Hepburn 1494–1558
        3. 3. Patrick (Hepburn of Bolton, Master of) Hailes 1494–1576 m. Nicola Home 1485–1529
        4. 4. William Hepburn 1498–1558 m. Marion Maxwell 1502–
        5. 5. Jane Hepburn 1502–1562 m. James (Kneland) 10th 1498–1547
        6. 6. Mary (Hepburn Countess of) Angus 1491–1513
    4. 4. Margaret (Stewart Dauphine of) France 1424–1445 m. Louis (Capet XI,the Prudent, the Cruel, Roi de) France 1423–1483
    5. 5. Isabella (Stewart Duchess of) Brittany 1426–1494 m. François (I de Montfort Duke of) Brittany 1414–1450
    6. 6. Eleanor (Stewart Princess of Scotland Archduchess Consort of) Austria 1427–1480 m. Sigismund (Von Habsburg Duke of) Austria 1427–1496
    7. 7. Mary (Stewart Countess of) Buchan 1429–1465 m. Wolfart (VI von) Borsselen 1430–1486
    8. 8. Alexander (Stewart Duke of) Rothesay 1430–1430
    9. 9. James (Stewart 1st Earl of) Buchan 1442–1499 m. Maria D'Egmont 1432–1463 m. Margaret Murray 1442–1512 m. Margaret Ogilvy 1444–1486
    10. 10. John (Stewart 1st Earl of) Atholl 1439–1512 m. Eleanor (Sinclair Countess of) Atholl 1457–1518 m. Margaret-nic-Archibald (Douglas of) Douglas 1430–1474
      1. 1. Janet (Stewart Countess of) Huntly 1461–1510 m. Alexander (Gordon 3rd Earl of) Huntly 1460–1524
      2. 2. John (Stewart 2nd Earl of) Atholl 1475–1521 m. Janet (Campbell, Countess of) Atholl 1486–1546
      3. 3. Elizabeth Stewart 1481– m. Alexander (Robertson Chief of Clan) Donnachaidh –1506
        1. 1. Margaret (Robertson Countess of) Erroll 1505–1573 m. George (Hay 7th Earl of) Erroll 1508–1573
      4. 4. Marjory Stewart 1472–1524 m. William (Murray Of Castleton 9th Laird Of) Tullibardine 1470–1513 m. Colin (Campbell 3rd Lord Of) Glenorchy 1467–1523
      5. 5. Catherine Stewart 1473–1503 m. John (Forbes 6th Lord) Forbes 1472–1547
      6. 6. Margaret (Erskine) Stewart 1475–1540 m. Alexander (Aliasdair MacDougall 18th Laird of Dunollie and) Lorn 1476–1513
      7. 7. Christina Stewart 1476–1538 m. Neil (Steward of Garth and 5th of) Fortingall 1474–1554
      8. 8. Jean Stewart 1477–1522 m. Robert (Gordon 3rd of Auchleuchries, 1st of) Pitlurg 1479–1546 m. James (Arbuthnott 13th Of) Arbuthnot 1475–1521
      9. 9. Andrew (Stewart Bishop) Caithness 1480–1541
      10. 10. Christian Stewart 1480–1550 m. James (Barclay 18th of) Gartley 1475–1513
      11. 11. Anne (Stewart) Atholl 1494–1555 m. Thomas Comming 1484–
      12. 12. Elizabeth (Stewart of) Atholl 1494–1564 m. John (Stewart -3rd Earl of) Lennox 1495–1526 m. Ninian (Lord Ross van) Hawkhead 1490–1556
      13. 13. Lady (Elizabeth Stewart of) Atholl 1495–1564 m. Robert (Innes, 2nd Earl of) Innermarkie 1470–1551 m. George (Gibson I Second Baron of) Goldingstones 1491–1538 m. Andrew (Gray 2nd Lord) Gray 1446–1514 m. Edmund Howard 1478–1539
    11. 11. Andrew (Stewart Bishop of) Moray 1443–1501
  2. 2. Henry (de Beaufort 2nd Earl of) Somerset 1401–1418
  3. 3. Jane Beaufort 1402–1440
  4. 4. John Beaufort 1404–1444 m. Margaret (Beauchamp Duchess of) Somerset 1410–1482 m. Margaret Beauchamp 1410–1482
  5. 5. Thomas (Beaufort Count of) Perche 1405–1431
  6. 6. Edmund (Beaufort 2nd Duke of) Somerset 1406–1455 m. Eleanor (Beauchamp Duchess of) Somerset 1408–1467
    1. 1. Eleanor Beaufort 1431–1501 m. James Butler 1420–1461 m. Robert Spencer 1435–1510
    2. 2. Elisabeth Beaufort 1443–1494 m. Henry (Fitz) Lewis 1435–1485
    3. 3. Margaret (de Beaufort Countess of) Stafford 1437–1474 m. Humphrey (Stafford Earl of) Stafford 1424–1458 m. Richard (Darrell Sheriff of) Wilshire 1429–1489
      1. 1. Henry (Stafford Duke of) Buckingham 1454–1483 m. Katherine Wydville 1458–1497
        1. 1. Elizabeth Stafford 1479–1532 m. Tenth (Baron Fitzwalter and First Earl of) Sussex 1483–1542
        2. 2. Henry (Stafford 1st Earl of) Wiltshire 1479–1522 m. Cecily (Bonville 7th Baroness) Harington 1460–1529 m. Henry Stafford 1481– m. Margaret (Grey Countess of) Wiltshire 1476–1504
        3. 3. Edward (Stafford 3rd Duke of) Buckingham 1478–1521 m. Eleanor (Herbert) Percy 1474–1530
        4. 4. Anne Stafford 1483–1544 m. George Hastings 1489–1544 m. Walter Herbert 1449–1507
    4. 4. Anne Beaufort 1443–1496 m. William (Paston) III 1434–1496
    5. 5. Joan (de) Beaufort 1433–1518 m. Robert (fitz Christopher Saint) Lawrence 1431–1486 m. Richard (William) Frye 1431–1504
    6. 6. Henry (de Beaufort 3rd Duke of) Somerset 1436–1464 m. Joan Hill 1434–1493 m. Jane Hill 1438–1493
    7. 7. Edmund (Beaufort 4th Duke of) Somerset 1438–1471 m. Joan Hill 1412–1493
    8. 8. John (de) Beaufort 1441–1471
    9. 9. Thomas Beaufort 1442–1463
  7. 7. Margaret (Beaufort Countess of) Devon 1408–1449 m. Thomas (Courtenay , Knt., 13th Earl of Devon, 6th Lord) Courtenay 1414–1458
  8. 8. Elizabeth Lancaster 1408–1475

John Somerset's Timeline

4 Records

1373
1373
Birth of John de Beaufort 1st Earl of Somerset in Goudet, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Goudet, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
1373
1373
John de Beaufort 1st Earl of Somerset was christened in ChÃteau de Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, France, France
ChÃteau de Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, France, France
1410
16 Mar 1410
Age 37
Death of John de Beaufort 1st Earl of Somerset in Precinct of St Katherine, Middlesex, England
Precinct of St Katherine, Middlesex, England
1410
Aft 16 Mar 1410
Age 37
Burial of John de Beaufort 1st Earl of Somerset in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1373
    Event Place: Goudet, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for John de Beaufort, person ID 9HTZ-YQ8.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 1373
    Event Place: ChÃteau de Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, France, France
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for John de Beaufort, person ID 9HTZ-YQ8.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Mar 1410
    Event Place: Precinct of St Katherine, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for John de Beaufort, person ID 9HTZ-YQ8.

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: Aft 16 Mar 1410
    Event Place: Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for John de Beaufort, person ID 9HTZ-YQ8.

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