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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 .
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 ...
The House of Beaufort (/ ˈ b oʊ f ər t / BOH-fərt) [2] is an English noble family which originated in the fourteenth century as the legitimated issue of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, by Katherine Swynford.
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
Duke of Beaufort (/ ˈ b oʊ f ər t / BOH-fərt) [2] is a title in the Peerage of England.It was created by Charles II in 1682 for Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester, a descendant of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, legitimised son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, a Lancastrian leader in the Wars of the Roses.
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, 1st Earl of Somerset (1373–1410), married Margaret Holland. His great-grandson was Henry VII of England. Cardinal Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester (1375–1447) Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter (1377–1427), married Margaret Neville, daughter of Sir Thomas de Neville of Hornby by an unknown wife
It was first created in 1397 for John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, but he lost the title two years later. It was then created in 1442 for Edmund Beaufort, 1st Earl of Dorset, who was created Duke of Somerset in 1448. That creation was attainted in 1463.