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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, [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 .
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd duke of Somerset (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 (1455–85) between the houses of Lancaster and York.
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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.
Dec 31, 2023 · 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
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Dec 24, 2020 · Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset was a grandson of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and his third wife, previously his mistress, Katherine Swynford. Edmund’s father John was the oldest of the illegitimate children born to Gaunt and Swynford who would be legitimised after their parents’ scandalous marriage.
He was buried at St. Albans Abbey. His son, Henry, who succeeded him as Duke of Somerset, was never to forgive Warwick and York for his father's death. The Ancestry of Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset. Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset. Father: John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset. Paternal Grandfather: John of Gaunt. Edward III
Edmund Beaufort, second duke of Somerset (c.1406-1455) was a major supporter of Henry VI in the period before the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses, but he was killed at St. Albans in the first battle of the wars.