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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, [a] KG (1406 – 22 May 1455), was an English nobleman and an important figure during the Hundred Years' War. His rivalry with Richard, Duke of York, was a leading cause of the Wars of the Roses .
18. Mai 2024 · Edmund Beaufort, 2nd duke of Somerset (born c. 1406—died May 22, 1455, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England) was an English nobleman and Lancastrian leader whose 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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EDMUND BEAUFORT, 2ND DUKE OF SOMERSET, statesman and general, was the younger brother of Duke John, and excelled him in the brilliancy of his early military exploits. He held his first command in France in 1431, and nine years later he succeeded in recapturing Harfleur, the loss of which had shaken the English ascendancy in Normandy.
Am 31. März 1448 wurde ihm der Titel Duke of Somerset verliehen, den vorher schon sein Bruder John (1404–1444) getragen hatte. Aus diesem Grund wird Edmund teils als 2. Duke gezählt, obwohl das nicht korrekt ist, denn er war nicht der Erbe seines Bruders, sondern das Dukedom wurde für ihn neu errichtet.
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Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. 1406 - 1455. 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.
Edmund Beaufort Somerset, 2d duke of, d. 1455, English statesman and general. He fought in France in the Hundred Years War, receiving his first command in 1431, recapturing Harfleur in 1440, and relieving Calais in 1442. For this last feat he was made (1442) earl of Dorset. In 1444 he succeeded his brother John as earl of Somerset.
