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Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset (1439 – 6 May 1471), who succeeded his elder brother. He was executed two days after being defeated in the Battle of Tewkesbury , in which he commanded the van of the Lancastrian army, and was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey .
May 18, 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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Last updated May 1, 2023. Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, courtier of King Henry VI,powerful opponent of Richard of York, who was killed in the first battle in the Wars of the Roses.
Edmund Beaufort (c. 1438 – 6 May 1471), styled 4th Duke of Somerset, 6th Earl of Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Dorset, 3rd Earl of Dorset, was an English nobleman, and a military commander during the Wars of the Roses, in which he supported the Lancastrian king Henry VI.
Edmund Beaufort was a prominent Lancastrian nobleman and commander in the Hundred Years War. He was killed at the Battle of St. Albans in 1455, the first battle of the Wars of the Roses.
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. Born: 1406. Died: May 22, 1455. St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England (Age c. 49) Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset in History. Edmund Beaufort was the youngest of the sons of John Beaufort and, by far, achieved the most amount of success.
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.
