Individual Details

Edmund BEAUFORT 2nd Duke of Somerset

(26 Sep 1406 - 22 May 1455)

Events

Birth26 Sep 1406Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Christen5 Oct 1406Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Title %28Nobility%29 22 Apr 1427Count of Mortain
Military 1431as Commander of the British Army
Title %28Nobility%29 Bef 5 May 1436Sir Knight of the Garter
Title %28Nobility%29 Bet 28 Aug 1442 and 22 May 14551st Earl of Dorset
Title %28Nobility%29 Bet 24 Jun 1443 and 22 May 14551st Marquess of Dorset
Title %28Nobility%29 Bet 31 Mar 1448 and 22 May 14551st Duke of Somerset
Death22 May 1455St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Burial25 May 1455St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Title %28Nobility%29 2nd Duke of Somerset
Title (Nobility)2nd Duke of Somerset
Cause of Death died in the first Battle of St. Albans on the Lancastrian side
Life Sketch 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
Extensive Biographical entry Dictionary of National Biography
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Families

SpouseCatherine HOWARD (1414 - 1478)