14. | Edmund De Beaufort Duke Of Somerset was born about 1406 in Westminster, Middlesex, England (son of John De Beaufort Earl Of Somerset and Margaret De Holand); died on 22 May 1455 in Battle Of St. Albans. Other Events and Attributes:
- Fact 1: Acceded: 1430. 4Th Earl Of Somerset.; Fact 1
- Fact 2: Earl Of Mortain 1430, Earl Of Dorset 1438, Marquis Of Dorset 1433.; Fact 2
- Fact 3: Duke Of Somerset 1444 , Regent Of France.; Fact 3
- Fact 4: Created 2ND Duke Of Somerset In 1448.; Fact 4
- Fact 5: Led Faction Against The Duke Of York For Power Over The Weak King Henry Vi.; Fact 5
- Fact 6: He & His Party Were Rapacious & Poor Administrators Of The Realm.; Fact 6
- Fact 7: Held Responsible For Many For Losing English France (Normandy & Gascony).; Fact 7
- Fact 8: Militarily Inept.; Fact 8
- Fact 9: Lieutenant General Of France, Normandy & Guienne.; Fact 9
- Alt. Birth: Abt 1406, England; Alt. Birth
- Alt. Death: 1455; Alt. Death
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Source: Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 460, 482.
Edmund Beaufort II *styled* himself 4th Duke of Somerset,(ie, the 4th Beaufort to be duke) or technically 3rd duke (from the dukedom's second creation in 1448). There was no stable tenure in the dukedom for the family; it was shortlived and tenuous 1443-61, 1463-64. The 1st duke was John II (d. 1444), 3rd Earl of Somerset; the dukedom was created in 1443. His brother Edmund I (d. 1455) succeeded as 4th earl, was created (2nd Beaufort) Duke of Somerset in 1448. Edmund's son Henry II (d. 1464) technically succeeded as 5th earl (3rd Beaufort) duke in 1455, was attainted 1461, restored 1463; the restoration was nullified 1464. Henry's brother Edmund II (d.1471) was next in line but not recogized as either 6th earl or 4th duke by the Yorkists. Left out above, for the sake of clarity, was the family's equally tenuous earldom of Dorset (1411-26, 1441-61, 1463-64) and marquessate of Dorset (1397-99, 1443-61, 1463-64), peerages sometimes held simultaneously with the Somerset titles.
Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 460, 482.
Died:
Slain in battle.
Edmund married Alianor De Beauchamp in 1433 in England. Alianor (daughter of Richard De Beauchamp and Elizabeth De Berkeley) was born in Sep 1407 in Walthamstow, Essex, England; died between 6 Mar 1466 and 1467 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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