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Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, 4th Earl of Somerset, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1st Marquess of Dorset styled 1st Count of Mortain, KG (1406 – 22 May 1455), was an English nobleman and an important figure during the Hundred Years' War.
18. Mai 2024 · Edmund Beaufort, 2nd duke of Somerset, English nobleman and Lancastrian leader who wielded enormous power in the government of the weak king Henry VI. Somerset’s quarrel with Richard, duke of York, helped precipitate the Wars of the Roses (1455–85) between the houses of Lancaster and York.
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The second duke was killed at the First Battle of St Albans on 22 May 1455 and his peerages passed to his son Henry Beaufort (1436–1464) who had been known as the Earl of Dorset since his father's creation as Duke of Somerset.
Edmund Beaufort, second duke of Somerset (c.1406-1455) was a major supporter of Henry VI in the period before the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses, but he was killed at St. Albans in the first battle of the wars.
8. Okt. 2019 · From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. English military personnel. Edmond Beaufort à Rouen, d'après la Chronique de Jean Chartier, années 1450. image. coat of arms image. Upload media. Wikipedia. Name in native language.
31. Dez. 2023 · "Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, KG (1406 – 22 May 1455), sometimes styled 1st Duke of Somerset, was an English nobleman and an important figure in the Wars of the Roses and in the Hundred Years' War. He also succeeded in the title of 4th Earl of Somerset and was created 1st Earl of Dorset and 1st Marquess of Dorset ...
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. Edmund Beaufort was the third surviving son of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Margaret Holland. John Beaufort was himself the illegitimate son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, (the third surviving son of King Edward III) and Katherine Swynford. His maternal grandparents were Thomas Holland ...
