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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 ...
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (c. 1371–1410). Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset (c. 1401–1418). John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (c. 1404–1444). Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (1443–1509), mother of King Henry VII of England; Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland (c. 1404–1445)
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.
Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset (1401–1418). Joan Beaufort (d. 1445), who married James I of Scotland and Sir James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn. John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404–1444), who married Margaret Beauchamp. Thomas Beaufort, Count of Perche (c. 1405–1431). Died at the Siege of Louviers.
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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He was succeeded as Earl of Somerset by his son Henry Beaufort (1401–1418), but his early death left the earldom to his brother John Beaufort (1404–1444). He was created Duke of Somerset and Earl of Kendal on 28 August 1443 and died less than a year later on 27 May 1444, perhaps by suicide.