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.
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Origins. He was the third son of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke...
- Died 1471
Edmund Beaufort, born about 1438, was the second son of...
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John Beaufort, 1st Marquess of Somerset and 1st Marquess of...
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Edmund Beaufort, 2nd duke of Somerset, also called (1444–48) 4th earl of Somerset, in full Edmund Beaufort, 2nd duke of Somerset, 1st earl of Dorset, (born c. 1406—died May 22, 1455, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England), English nobleman and Lancastrian leader whose quarrel with Richard, duke of York, helped precipitate the Wars of the Roses ...
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Sep 15, 2022 · Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset: Also Known As: "2nd Duke of Somerset" Birthdate: 1406: Birthplace: London, Middlesex, England (United Kingdom) 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
- "2nd Duke of Somerset"
- London, Middlesex, England (United Kingdom)
- 1406
- St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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.
The second duke was killed at the First Battle of St Albans on 22 May 1455 and his peerages passed to his son Henry Beaufort (1436–1464) who had been known as the Earl of Dorset since his father's creation as Duke of Somerset. After the defeat at the battle of Towton on 29 March 1461 he fled to Scotland and was attainted on 4 November 1461.
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When Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset was born about 1406, his father, John de Beaufort 1st Earl of Somerset, was 34 and his mother, Margaret Holland Duchess of Clarence, was 23. He married Eleanor Beauchamp in 1433, in King's Stanley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom.