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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.
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).
Duke of Somerset (4th creation), 1547: Duke of Somerset (3rd creation), 1499: Edward Seymour c. 1500 –1552 1st Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl of Hertford and Viscount Beauchamp: Jane Seymour c. 1508 –1537: King Henry VIII 1491–1547: Thomas Grey 1477–1530 2nd Marquess of Dorset: Henry Somerset c. 1495 –1548 2nd Earl of Worcester, 4th Baron ...
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 ...
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 .
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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 ...
In the Peerage of England, the title of duke was created 74 times (using 40 different titles: the rest were recreations).Three times a woman was created a duchess in her own right; Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, chief mistress of Charles II of England, Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, wife of Charles II's eldest illegitimate son, the Duke of Monmouth, and Cecilia Underwood ...