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2 days ago · The Tudors descended from King Edward III on Henry VII's mother's side from John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, one of the illegitimate children of the 14th century English prince John of Gaunt, the third surviving son of Edward III.
All their influence in central and North Wales reverted to the house of Pembroke. Most of the South Wales offices passed to William Herbert, 1st Earl of the second creation. However, William's eldest son, Edward Somerset (1553-1628), 4th Earl, recovered parts of the family's Welsh influence.
4 days ago · Elizabeth's heir to what by 1431 was known as KINGSBURY REGIS manor was Margaret Holand, widow of John Beaufort, earl of Somerset (d. 1410) and subsequently wife of Thomas of Lancaster, duke of Clarence (d. 1421).
May 30, 2024 · John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset. May 1405: Cal. Close, 1402–5, 400. Deputy Warden: Thomas Lynford. Humphrey of Lancaster (for life). 17 Mar. 1410: Cal. Pat. 1408–13, 170. William Beauchamp (kt., 'one of king's carvers'; in tail male. Annulled by Westminster Parl. 1455–6). 9 June 1447: Ibid. 1436–41, 444; 1446–52, 55.
5 days ago · SOMERSET HERALD. This title has been successively private, royal, at once private and extraordinary, and again royal. In 1448–9 Somerset was herald of Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, but he must have been a royal officer in 1485, when he was the only herald to receive coronation liveries.
May 22, 2024 · Sir William Stanley (c. 1435[1] – 10 February 1495) was an English soldier and the younger brother of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby. Stanley fought with his troops in several battles of the Wars of the Roses. He was born at Lytham, Lancashire, the younger son of Thomas Stanley, 1st Lord Stanley.
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May 25, 2024 · She was a great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (fourth son of Edward III), and his third wife Katherine Swynford. Swynford was Gaunt's mistress for about 25 years. When they married in 1396 they already had four children, including Henry's great-grandfather John Beaufort.
