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  1. 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 the Wars of the Roses .

  2. 3 days ago · 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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  3. Dec 31, 2023 · Death: May 22, 1455 (48-49) St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England (United Kingdom) (killed in the Battle of St. Albans) Place of Burial: St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK. Immediate Family: Son of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Margaret Holland, Duchess of Clarence. Husband of Eleanor de Beauchamp, Lady Rokesley.

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  5. EDMUND BEAUFORT, 2ND 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 ascendancy in Normandy.

  6. Dec 24, 2020 · As the Wars of the Roses loomed, Edmund was a second cousin once removed to King Henry VI. Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset and Richard, Duke of York made several attempts to destroy each other as they vied for supremacy. But how did this rivalry lead to the Wars of the Roses, which ended.

  7. His maternal grandparents were Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (the son of Joan, Fair Maid of Kent) and Alice FitzAlan. 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 ...

  8. Somerset was killed at St. Albans in the first battle of the Wars of the Roses. 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 ...

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