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NameJohn Beaufort Duke of Somerset 
[60, Somerset art, Vol XII/1, pp. 46-8], [60, Derby article, Vol IV, p. 207], [77, p. 33]
[60, Somerset art, Vol XII/1, pp. 46-8], [60, Derby article, Vol IV, p. 207], [77, p. 33]Birthca Apr 1404
Death27 May 1444
BurialWimborne Minster (MI)
General1443: duke. Imprisoned in France for 18 years. KG 156: 1441; S 13.
FatherJohn Beaufort Marquess of Dorset (ca1373-1410)
MotherMargaret de Holand (1385-1439)
Spouses
1Margaret Beauchamp Baroness Beauchamp [60, Beauchamp article, Vol II, p. 45, note (c)], [140, Report No 29], [104, Vol I, pp. 211-230 (appx!)], [60, Zouche art, Vol XII/2, p.930 seq], [60, Welles article, Vol XII/2, p. 444], [60, Somerset art, Vol XII/1, pp. 47-8], [60, Kildare article, Vol VII, p. 232, note (f)], [60, Derby article, Vol IV, p. 207], [56, Huntingdon of 1613, pub Camden Soc 1849, St John, p. 2], [56, Beds of 1566, '82 & 1634, pub H'n 1884, St John, p. 52]
[60, Beauchamp article, Vol II, p. 45, note (c)], [140, Report No 29], [104, Vol I, pp. 211-230 (appx!)], [60, Zouche art, Vol XII/2, p.930 seq], [60, Welles article, Vol XII/2, p. 444], [60, Somerset art, Vol XII/1, pp. 47-8], [60, Kildare article, Vol VII, p. 232, note (f)], [60, Derby article, Vol IV, p. 207], [56, Huntingdon of 1613, pub Camden Soc 1849, St John, p. 2], [56, Beds of 1566, '82 & 1634, pub H'n 1884, St John, p. 52]FatherSir John Beauchamp Lord Beauchamp of Bletso (-1412)
MotherEdith Stourton (-1441)
Marriageca 1442 [60, Somerset art, Vol XII/1, p. 47]
ChildrenMargaret (1443-1509)
ChildrenThomasine (->1469)
Notes for John Beaufort Duke of Somerset
The heir of line to Henry VII.
Arms Generally notes for John Beaufort Duke of Somerset
From St John Hope's "Garter Stall Plates", plate LVIII, pub 1901:
Arms: France modren and England quarterly within a bordure gobony silver and azure.
Crest: A crowned leopard gold with a collar gobony of silver and azure on a cap of estate gules turned up ermine.
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Arms: France modren and England quarterly within a bordure gobony silver and azure.
Crest: A crowned leopard gold with a collar gobony of silver and azure on a cap of estate gules turned up ermine.
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DNB Main notes for John Beaufort Duke of Somerset
Beaufort, John 1403-1444, first Duke of Somerset
Name: Beaufort, John
Title: first Duke of Somerset
Dates: 1403-1444
Active Date: 1443
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Military
Occupation: Military commander
Sources: Dugdale's Baronage; Chronicles of Walsingham and Croyland.
Contributor: H. A. T. [Henry Avray Tipping]
Article
Beaufort, John 1403-1444, first Duke of Somerset, military commander, was the son of John Beaufort, eldest son of John of Gaunt, by Catherine Swynford, who was created Earl of Somerset and died in 1409. John the younger succeeded to the earldom on the death of his brother Henry in 1419. He was early inured to arms, and fought at the age of seventeen with Henry V in France. In 1421 the Duke of Clarence, the king's brother, being sent against the dauphin in Anjou, advanced rashly against him with his vanguard, and being surprised as he crossed a marsh was killed, and Somerset, who was with him, was taken prisoner. Soon ransomed, the latter continued fighting in France under Henry VI, his nearness to the throne insuring him high command. But though made K.G. about 1443, duke in 1443, and captain general in Aquitaine and Normandy, the Duke of York was preferred as regent of France. Somerset returned home in disgust and died the next year_by his own hand it is said, being unable to brook the disgrace of banishment from court which his quarrel with the government had brought upon him.
Sources
Dugdale's Baronage; Chronicles of Walsingham and Croyland.
Contributor: H. A. T.
published 1885
Name: Beaufort, John
Title: first Duke of Somerset
Dates: 1403-1444
Active Date: 1443
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Military
Occupation: Military commander
Sources: Dugdale's Baronage; Chronicles of Walsingham and Croyland.
Contributor: H. A. T. [Henry Avray Tipping]
Article
Beaufort, John 1403-1444, first Duke of Somerset, military commander, was the son of John Beaufort, eldest son of John of Gaunt, by Catherine Swynford, who was created Earl of Somerset and died in 1409. John the younger succeeded to the earldom on the death of his brother Henry in 1419. He was early inured to arms, and fought at the age of seventeen with Henry V in France. In 1421 the Duke of Clarence, the king's brother, being sent against the dauphin in Anjou, advanced rashly against him with his vanguard, and being surprised as he crossed a marsh was killed, and Somerset, who was with him, was taken prisoner. Soon ransomed, the latter continued fighting in France under Henry VI, his nearness to the throne insuring him high command. But though made K.G. about 1443, duke in 1443, and captain general in Aquitaine and Normandy, the Duke of York was preferred as regent of France. Somerset returned home in disgust and died the next year_by his own hand it is said, being unable to brook the disgrace of banishment from court which his quarrel with the government had brought upon him.
Sources
Dugdale's Baronage; Chronicles of Walsingham and Croyland.
Contributor: H. A. T.
published 1885