Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (c. 1373 – 16 March 1410), known as the Marquess of Somerset and Marquess of Dorset from 1397–99, was an English nobleman and politician. Beaufort was the second son of John of Gaunt (1340–1399; third surviving son of King Edward III ), eldest of the four children by his mistress Katherine Swynford ...
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 .
It is earliest associated with Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster (the younger son of King Henry III) whose third son John of Lancaster (1286–1317) was "Seigneur de Beaufort". The estate of Beaufort was eventually inherited, with other vast possessions, by John of Gaunt (third surviving son of King Edward III ) following his marriage to ...
His father was killed in 1455 at the First Battle of St Albans.When his eldest brother, Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, was killed fighting for Lancaster in 1464 at the Battle of Hexham, the next brother, Edmund, succeeded to the Dukedom, and John became "Marquess of Dorset" and "Earl of Dorset", courtesy titles granted to the Beaufort heir-apparent or heir-presumptive.
Joan Beaufort was a daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, a legitimised son of John of Gaunt by his mistress (and later third wife) Katherine Swynford. [5] She was born in 1404. [ 6 ] Joan's mother was Margaret Holland , [ 7 ] the granddaughter of Joan of Kent (wife of Edward the Black Prince ) from her earlier marriage to Thomas ...
Other titles: Marquess of Somerset (1397) and Earl of Somerset (1397). John Beaufort, 1st Marquess of Dorset (died 1410), eldest legitimated child of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, himself third surviving son of Edward III was degraded in 1399 by Henry IV Bolingbroke for his role as a counter-appellant for Richard II
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (c. 1373–1410) lost his marquessates when Henry IV acceded in 1399 Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset (1401–1418), eldest son of the 1st Earl John Beaufort, 3rd Earl of Somerset, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404–1444), brother of preceding, created Duke of Somerset in 1443 (see below)
John Beaufort may refer to: John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (c. 1373–1410) John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1403–1444) John Beaufort, Marquess of Dorset (c. 1455–1471) Jean J. Beaufort (1832–1897), known as John Joseph Beaufort, Union Army Medal of Honor recipient