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Sir John Knight 1st Duke Somerset, 1st Earl Kendal, 3rd Earl Somerset Beaufort 1404–1444 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Mar 1404

Birth Location: Westminster, London, England

Death Date: 27 May 1444

Death Location: Wimborne, Dorset, England; Maybe by suicide

Father: Sir Beaufort

Mother: Margaret, Beaufort

Spouse(s): Baroness Beauchamp

Children(s): Lady Derby

Sir John Knight 1st Duke Somerset, 1st Earl Kendal, 3rd Earl Somerset Beaufort was born in 1404 in Westminster, London, England, the child of Sir John 1St Earl Of Sommerset Marquis Of Dorset And Somerset The Fair Plantagenet Beaufort And Margaret Duchess Of Clarence Lady Of Kent Countess Of Somerset Marchioness Of Dorset The Poet S Muse De Holland Beaufort. Sir John Knight 1st Duke Somerset, 1st Earl Kendal, 3rd Earl Somerset Beaufort married Baroness Margaret Beauchamp Of Bletso Lady St John Duchess Of Somerset Countess Of Kendal Lady Welles De Beauchamp, and had children including Lady Margaret Beaufort Countess Of Richmond And Derby. Sir John Knight 1st Duke Somerset, 1st Earl Kendal, 3rd Earl Somerset Beaufort passed away in 1444 in Wimborne, Dorset, England; Maybe by suicide.

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Biography

  • Sir John Knight 1st Duke Somerset, 1st Earl Kendal, 3rd Earl Somerset Beaufort was born in 1404 in Westminster, London, England, the child of Sir John 1St Earl Of Sommerset Marquis Of Dorset And Somerset The Fair Plantagenet Beaufort And Margaret Duchess Of Clarence Lady Of Kent Countess Of Somerset Marchioness Of Dorset The Poet S Muse De Holland Beaufort.
  • Sir John Knight 1st Duke Somerset, 1st Earl Kendal, 3rd Earl Somerset Beaufort married Baroness Margaret Beauchamp Of Bletso Lady St John Duchess Of Somerset Countess Of Kendal Lady Welles De Beauchamp, and had children including Lady Margaret Beaufort Countess Of Richmond And Derby.
  • Sir John Knight 1st Duke Somerset, 1st Earl Kendal, 3rd Earl Somerset Beaufort passed away in 1444 in Wimborne, Dorset, England; Maybe by suicide.

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Sir Beaufort's Ancestors

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Sir Beaufort
1404–1444
Birth Place: Westminster, London, England
Parents
Sir John 1st Earl of Sommerset, Marquis of Dorset and Somerset "The Fair" Plantagenet Beaufort
1373–1410
Pottersgate, Lincolnshire, England
Margaret, (Duchess of Clarence, Lady of Kent, Countess of Somerset, Marchioness of Dorset, the Poet's Muse" De Holland) Beaufort
1385–1439
Upholland Castle, Lancashire, England
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Sir Beaufort's Descendants

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Sir (John Knight 1st Duke Somerset, 1st Earl Kendal, 3rd Earl Somerset) Beaufort (25 Mar 1404–27 May 1444) m. Baroness (Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso, Lady St John, Duchess of Somerset, Countess of Kendal, Lady Welles De) Beauchamp (1410–08 Aug 1482)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and) Derby 1443–1509 m. Edmund (Tudor Earl) Richmond 1430–1456 m. Sir (John de la) Pole, 1442–1492 m. Sir (Henry) Stafford 1425–1471 m. Lord (Thomas) Stanley 1435–1504
    1. 1. Henry* (VII King of England) Tudor 1457–1509 m. Elizabeth (of York, Princess of England,) Plantagenet 1466–1503 m. Mary (of York) Plantagenet 1467–1482 m. Margaret Spencer 1472–
      1. 1. Margaret (Tudor, Queen Consort of) Scotland 1489–1541 m. James (Stuart\ King of) Scotland 1473–1513 m. James (King of Scotland) Stewart 1472–1513 m. Archibald Douglas 1489–1555 m. Henry (I Count of Menthven) Stewart 1495–1551
        1. 1. James (V Stuart\ King of) Scotland 1512–1542 m. Mistress (Margaret) Erskine 1515–1578 m. Marie (De Guise de Lorraine\ Queen of) Scotlan 1515–1560 m. Elizabeth Bethune 1520–1564 m. Elizabeth SHAW 1513–1567 m. Elizabeth ((Katherine)) Carmichael 1498–1593 m. Christine Barclay 1512–1530 m. Elizabeth Carmichael 1515–1535 m. Jane Kennedy 1514– m. EUPHEMIA ((CONCUBINE)) ELPHINSTONE 1509–1542 m. Valois Madeleine 1520–1537
        2. 2. Arthur (Duke of Rohesay) Stewart 1509–1510
        3. 3. James (V King of Scotland) Stewart 1512–1542
        4. 4. James, (Duke of Rothesay, Prince of Scotland) Stewart 1505–1508
        5. 5. Alexander (Duke of Ross) Stewart 1514–1515
        6. 6. Mungo Mure 1530–1547
        7. 7. Daughter Stewart 1508–1508
        8. 8. George Douglas 1510–
        9. 9. William Stewart 1510–1548
        10. 10. Dau Stuart 1512–1554
        11. 11. Margaret Douglas 1507–1517
        12. 12. The (Bastard Scotland) Jane 1508–1562
        13. 13. James Stewart 1507–1508
        14. 14. Margaret Douglas 1515–1578
        15. 15. Dorothea Stewart 1512–1512
      2. 2. Katherine Tudor 1503–1503
      3. 3. Elizabeth Tudor 1492–1495
      4. 4. Edmund (of Somerset) Tudor 1499–1500
      5. 5. Henry (VIII Tudor, King of England and) Ireland 1491–1547
      6. 6. Arthur, (Prince of Wales) Tudor 1486–1502
      7. 7. Mary ('Rose' Tudor, Queen consort of) France 1496–1533
      8. 8. James Tudor 1473–1513
      9. 9. Margaret (Boyd) Tudor 1477–1559
      10. 10. Roland (DeVelville) Tudor 1474–1535
      11. 11. Edward (Prince) Tudor 1480–1486
      12. 12. Prince Tudor 1494–
      13. 13. Margaret (Scotland) Tudor 1429–1541
      14. 14. Margaret Tudor 1437–1489
      15. 15. James (IV Tudor) Scottland 1473–1513
      16. 16. Lord (Richard) Lumley 1483–1510
      17. 17. Ann Lumley 1481–1587
      18. 18. Roland (Constable Beaumaris Castle de) Velville 1477–1535
      19. 19. Son (of) ENGLAND 1494–
      20. 20. Charlotte (Tudor) England 1502–1507
      21. 21. Queen (Mary "Rose" "Queen of France") Tudor 1496–1533
      22. 22. Edward (Prince of England) Tudor 1497–1498
      23. 23. Katherine (Tudor Princess Of) England 1503–1503
      24. 24. Anne Tudor 1484–1526
      25. 25. Robert (I) Capet 1011–1076
    2. 2. Mary Richmond 1452–1488
    3. 3. Henry Tudor 1456–1546

Sir Beaufort's Timeline

2 Records

1404
25 Mar 1404
Birth of Sir John Knight 1st Duke Somerset, 1st Earl Kendal, 3rd Earl Somerset Beaufort in Westminster, London, England
Westminster, London, England
1444
27 May 1444
Age 40
Death of Sir John Knight 1st Duke Somerset, 1st Earl Kendal, 3rd Earl Somerset Beaufort in Wimborne, Dorset, England; Maybe by suicide
Wimborne, Dorset, England; Maybe by suicide

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Mar 1404
    Event Place: Westminster, London, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 May 1444
    Event Place: Wimborne, Dorset, England; Maybe by suicide

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