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3 days ago · The Tudors descended from King Edward III on Henry VII's mother's side from John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, one of the illegitimate children of the 14th century English prince John of Gaunt, the third surviving son of Edward III. Beaufort's mother was Gaunt's long-term mistress, Katherine Swynford.
- 1485; 538 years ago
- Henry VII (first Tudor king)
Apr 8, 2024 · Margaret Beaufort's early life. As the young Margaret travelled towards the royal court in February 1453, she found herself at the centre of a high-stakes tug-of-war. Three years earlier, Henry VI’s chief minister, William de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, had arranged her marriage to his son John.
- Elinor Evans
Apr 20, 2024 · Lancastrians – A large force of more than 10,000 led by Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, supported by Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, John Lord Clifford and Andrew Trollope. Result – A decisive Lancastrian victory. Richard, Duke of York, Edmund, Earl of Rutland and Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury were killed.
Apr 9, 2024 · He was a member of the Beaufort family, which in the 1430s obtained control—with William de la Pole, duke of Suffolk —of the government of the weak king Henry VI (ruled 1422–61 and 1470–71). He was created earl of Dorset in 1441 and inherited the earldom of Somerset from his brother in 1444.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 9, 2024 · Henry Beaufort, 3rd duke of Somerset (born 1436—died May 15, 1464, Hexham, Northumberland, England) was a leading Lancastrian in the English Wars of the Roses. He was the eldest son of Edmund Beaufort, the 2nd duke.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
5 days ago · She married as her first husband Sir Oliver St. John, and secondly John Beaufort Duke of Somerset, by whom she became mother of Lady Margaret Beaufort and grandmother of Henry VII. She died in 1482–3, when Bletsoe passed to John St. John, her son by her first husband.
5 days ago · Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort, KG, PC (1629 – 21 January 1700) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1667, when he succeeded his father as 3rd Marquess of Worcester. He was styled Lord Herbert from 1644 until 3 April 1667.
