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Sir Edmund BEAUFORT 2nd Duke of Somerset 1406–1455 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1406

Birth Location: Westminster, Middlesex, , England

Death Date: 22 May 1455

Death Location: St Albans, Hertfordshire, England

Father: John Somerset

Mother: Margaret Dorset

Spouse(s): Eleanor Beauchamp

Children(s):

Sir Edmund BEAUFORT 2nd Duke of Somerset was born in 1406 in Westminster, Middlesex, , England, the child of John Beaufort Earl Of Somerset And Margaret Of Kent Holland Duchess Of Clarence Countess Of Somerset Marchioness Of Dorset. Sir Edmund BEAUFORT 2nd Duke of Somerset married Eleanor Beauchamp. Sir Edmund BEAUFORT 2nd Duke of Somerset passed away in 1455 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Edmund BEAUFORT 2nd Duke of Somerset was born in 1406 in Westminster, Middlesex, , England, the child of John Beaufort Earl Of Somerset And Margaret Of Kent Holland Duchess Of Clarence Countess Of Somerset Marchioness Of Dorset.
  • Sir Edmund BEAUFORT 2nd Duke of Somerset married Eleanor Beauchamp.
  • Sir Edmund BEAUFORT 2nd Duke of Somerset passed away in 1455 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.

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Sir Somerset's Ancestors

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Sir Somerset
1406–1455
Birth Place: Westminster, Middlesex, , England
Parents
John Beaufort Earl of Somerset
1371–1410
Near Pottersgate, Lincolnshire, England
Margaret (of Kent Holland Duchess Of Clarence, Countess of Somerset, Marchioness of) Dorset
1385–1439
Upholland Castle, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
John (of Gaunt Plantagenet Duke of Lancaster, Duke of Aquitaine, Earl of Richmond, King of Castile and) Leon
1340–1398
Abbaye de St Bav, Ghent, Flandre Oriental, Belgium
Katherine (de Roet, Lady Swynford; Duchess of) Lancaster
1350–1403
Somme, Picardie, France
Sir (Thomas of Kent Holland (Plantagenet?) Knight; Earl of) Kent
1354–1397
Skelmersdale, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
Edward England
1312–1377
Philippa Hainault
1311–1369
Sir Herald
1310–1360
Catherine Hainault
1315–1380
Thomas Holland
1301–1360
Johanna Kent
1328–1385
2nd-Great-Grandparents
King Plantagenet
1284–1327
Princess France
1292–1358
Count III
1286–1337
Jeanne Valois
1294–1342
Payen Roet
1275–1322
D'Hainaut
1280–1375

Sir Somerset's Timeline

3 Records

1406
1406
Birth of Sir Edmund BEAUFORT 2nd Duke of Somerset in Westminster, Middlesex, , England
Westminster, Middlesex, , England
1455
22 May 1455
Age 49
Death of Sir Edmund BEAUFORT 2nd Duke of Somerset in First Battle of St Albans, England; killed in a last wild charge from the house where he had been sheltering
First Battle of St Albans, England; killed in a last wild charge from the house where he had been sheltering
1455
22 May 1455
Age 49
Death of Sir Edmund BEAUFORT 2nd Duke of Somerset in in an engagement known as the First Battle of St Albanss which marked the beginning of the Wars of the Roses
in an engagement known as the First Battle of St Albanss which marked the beginning of the Wars of the Roses

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1406
    Event Place: Westminster, Middlesex, , England
    Record Source:
    [1] International, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Millennium File
    [3] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 May 1455
    Event Place: First Battle of St Albans, England; killed in a last wild charge from the house where he had been sheltering
    Record Source:
    [1] International, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Millennium File
    [3] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 May 1455
    Event Place: in an engagement known as the First Battle of St Albanss which marked the beginning of the Wars of the Roses
    Record Source:
    [1] International, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Millennium File
    [3] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source: International, Find a Grave Index

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