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Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, 4th Earl of Somerset, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1st Marquess of Dorset styled 1st Count of Mortain, KG (1406 – 22 May 1455), was an English nobleman and an important figure during the Hundred Years' War.
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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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.
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Somerset, Edmund Beaufort, 1st duke of (c.1406–55). Entitled count of Mortain from 1427, and earl of Dorset from 1438, Beaufort was frequently employed in the defence of Lancastrian France, with the backing of his uncle, Cardinal Beaufort. He succeeded to the titles of his elder brother John (d.1444), but not to his lands.
Overview. 1st duke of Somerset, Edmund Beaufort. (c. 1406—1455) Quick Reference. ( c. 1406–55). Beaufort was frequently employed in the defence of Lancastrian France, with the backing of his uncle, Cardinal Beaufort. He succeeded to the titles of his elder brother John (d. 1444), but not to his lands.
Sep 1, 2021 · BEAUFORT, EDMUND (d. 1456), second Duke of Somerset, statesman and general, was the younger brother of Duke John, and excelled him in the brilliancy of his early military exploits. He held his first command in France in 1431, and nine years later he succeeded in recapturing Harfleur, the loss of which had shaken the English ascendency in Normandy.
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