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  2. Duke of Somerset - Wikipedia

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    Duke of Somerset, from the county of Somerset, is a title that has been created five times in the peerage of England.It is particularly associated with two families: the Beauforts, who held the title from the creation of 1448, and the Seymours, from the creation of 1547, in whose name the title is still held.

  3. Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset - Wikipedia

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    Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Viscount Beauchamp KG, PC (1500 [1] – 22 January 1552), also known as Edward Semel, [2] was an English nobleman and politician who served as Lord Protector of England from 1547 to 1549 during the minority of his nephew King Edward VI.

  4. Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. John Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset - Wikipedia

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    The Duke is the son of Percy Seymour, 18th Duke of Somerset, and Jane née Thomas (died 2005). His paternal grandmother, Edith Mary Parker, was a daughter of William Parker and Lucinda Steeves (a daughter of William Steeves, one of the Fathers of Canadian Confederation).

  6. John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset - Wikipedia

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    John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, 3rd Earl of Somerset, KG (25 March 1404 – 27 May 1444) was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. He was a paternal first cousin of King Henry V and the maternal grandfather of Henry VII .

  7. Edward St Maur, 12th Duke of Somerset - Wikipedia

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    Somerset was the eldest son of Edward St. Maur, 11th Duke of Somerset, and Lady Charlotte, daughter of Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton. [1] He was baptized on 16 February 1805 at St. George's, Hanover Square, London. [2] He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. [3] He owned 25,000 acres, mostly in Devon, Somerset and ...

  8. Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset - Wikipedia

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    In December 1740, his father died and Seymour inherited his manors in Wiltshire and Devon. On 11 September 1744, with the unexpected death of George Seymour, Viscount Beauchamp (1725–1744), the only son of Algernon Seymour, Earl of Hertford, himself son and heir of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, the likelihood emerged of Seymour succeeding his distant cousin as Duke of Somerset and ...

  9. Category:Dukes of Somerset - Wikipedia

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    Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset; Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset; Edward Seymour, 9th Duke of Somerset; Webb Seymour, 10th Duke of Somerset; Edward St Maur, 11th Duke of Somerset; Edward St Maur, 12th Duke of Somerset; Archibald St Maur, 13th Duke of Somerset; Algernon St Maur, 14th Duke of Somerset; Algernon St Maur, 15th Duke of ...