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Duke of Beaufort (/ ˈ b oʊ f ər t /) [2] is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by Charles II in 1682 for Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester, a descendant of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, legitimised son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, a Lancastrian leader in the Wars of the Roses.
- Henry Somerset, 12th Duke of Beaufort
Beaufort is the son of the 11th Duke of Beaufort and his...
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Apr 16, 2020 · Favouritism could be the downfall of a medieval king. But a measured and sustained favouring of the Beauforts by their Lancastrian kin drew the family into the centre of England’s nobility. When Edward IV usurped the throne in 1461, he made both his brothers dukes. Huge landed estates were bestowed on each of them.
The House of Beaufort descended from the illicit union of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (1340 - 1399) and his mistress Katherine Swynford, the family played an important role as staunch Lancastrian supporters during the fifteenth-century Wars of the Roses.
The name Beaufort refers to the estate of Montmorency-Beaufort in Champagne, France, an ancient and seemingly important possession of the House of Lancaster. It is earliest associated with Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster (the younger son of King Henry III) whose third son John of Lancaster (1286–1317) was "Seigneur de Beaufort".
House of Beaufort. Dukes of Somerset. John Beaufort, before legitimised. John Beaufort (1373–1410) 1st Earl of Somerset, 1st Marquess of Somerset and 1st Marquess of Dorset. Married Margaret Holland (1385 – 1439) daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent. See House of Lancaster.
Lady Margaret Beaufort (usually pronounced: / ˈ b oʊ f ər t / BOH-fərt or / ˈ b juː f ər t / BEW-fərt; 31 May 1443 – 29 June 1509) was a major figure in the Wars of the Roses of the late fifteenth century, and mother of King Henry VII of England, the first Tudor monarch.
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Aug 15, 2017 · From her would rise the House of Tudor, the most famous of all England’s royal houses and a dynasty who owed their crown to their forebears, the House of Beaufort. From bastards to princes, the Beauforts are medieval England’s most intriguing family.
