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Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, 4th Earl of Somerset, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1st Marquess of Dorset styled 1st Count of Mortain, [a] KG (1406 – 22 May 1455), was an English nobleman and an important figure during the Hundred Years' War. His rivalry with Richard, Duke of York, was a leading cause of ...
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Apr 9, 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. He was a member of the Beaufort family, which in the ...
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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. His rivalry with Richard, Duke of York, was a leading cause of the Wars of the Roses. His Grace.
The third son, Thomas Beaufort, count of Perche, died in 1431, so when John died in 1444 Edmund became earl of Somerset. He didn't become the second duke of Somerset until 1448 (sometimes he is recorded as the first duke of a second creation of the duchy because of the four year gap). Somerset's military career became before he inherited his ...
Alice was a daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor of Lancaster. Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. Edmund served as a commander in the English army in France in 1431, re-capturing Harfleur, and lifting the Burgundian Siege of Calais in 1436. He married Lady Eleanor Beauchamp, widow of Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros ...
