I26392: EDMUND de BEAUFORT Duke of Somerset, K.G. (ABT 1406

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Marquis of Dorset, Duke of Somerset. "Younger son and held military command in the French wars from 1431 to 1453. Married Alianor de Beauchamp without license, but pardoned 7 Mar 1438.

He was created Earl of Dorset on 28 Aug 1441, and was summoned to Parliament from 13 Jan 1444/5. He was created Duke of Somerset on 31 Mar 1448. He was slain on the Lancastrian side at the first Battle of St. Albans. "His blood was the first shed in the war of the Roses, which proved fatal to his sons and ended the male line of the Beauforts". (said to have been slain by Warwick; he was accused by the Duke of York of having been the sole cause of the civil war; he was marked by extreme avarice, although a very rich man, being the heir of his uncle Henry.)"

Children:
i. Henry b 1436.beheaded by Yorkist 15 May 1464.
ii. Edmund b 1439, 3rd duke, fled after the Battle of Tewkesbury on 4 May 1471 to take refuge in Tewkesbury Abbey, beheaded by the Yorkists, and buried in the Abbey Church. With him the house of Beaufort became extinct.
iii. John, Earl of Dorset, slain at Tewkesbury 4 May 1471.
iv. Thomas d. young before 1463.
v. Margaret m. Humphrey De Stafford.
vi. Alianor m. Robert Spencer.
vii. Anne m. Willaim Paton, Knt.
viii. Joan m. Robert St. Lawrence, Lord Howth.
ix. Elizabeth d. before 1492 m. Henry Lewes, Knt.
x. Mary m. ? Burgh.

"Earl of Mortain 1430, Earl of Dorset 1438, Marquis of Dorset 1433, Earl of Somerset 1444 , Regent of France. The Complete Peerage vol.XIIpI,p.49-53."

"also called (1444-48) 4TH EARL OF SOMERSET, English nobleman and Lancastrian leader whose quarrel with Richard, duke of York, helped precipitate the Wars of the Roses (1455-85) between the houses of Lancaster and York.
He was a member of the Beaufort family, which in the 1430s obtained control--with William de la Pole, duke of Suffolk--of the government of the weak king Henry VI (ruled 1422-61 and 1470-71). He was created earl of Dorset in 1441 and inherited the earldom of Somerset from his brother in 1444. A veteran of the English campaigns in France, Beaufort was appointed captain general in France in 1447, and in the following year he was created duke of Somerset.
His poor leadership was largely responsible for the reconquest of Normandy by the French in 1449-50. Public indignation over this disaster brought about the fall of Suffolk, but Somerset survived the storm and became Henry's chief minister. His unrelenting enemy was the powerful Richard, duke of York. Following Henry's mental collapse in July 1453, Parliament imprisoned Somerset (c. December 1453) and appointed York lord protector of the realm. The King recovered in December 1454, however, and shortly thereafter Somerset was restored to his former role in government. York then resorted to arms, and in May 1455 Somerset was killed by York's troops at the Battle of St. Albans."
Src: "Somerset, Edmund Beaufort, 1st duke of, 1st Earl Of Note: Dorset" Encyclopedia Britannica Online.

Children:
1. Eleanor BEAUFORT
2. Joan BEAUFORT (B. Howth)
3. Anne BEAUFORT
4. Henry BEAUFORT (3° D. Somerset)
5. Margaret BEAUFORT (C. Stafford)
6. Edmund BEAUFORT (4° D. Somerset)
7. John BEAUFORT
8. Thomas BEAUFORT (b. AFT 1442, London, Middlesex, England)
9. Elizabeth BEAUFORT
10. Mary (Margaret) BEAUFORT

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Graves : twelve generations, some descendants and kin : Captaine Thomas Graves, progenitor, ancient planter in Colony of Virginia, 1608 to and including Henry Lee Graves, Dallas, Texas, 1977 / Louise Graves, compiler. Dallas : Graves, [1977]
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New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949
Name Age Death Date Color Page Volume
Thomas Hart Hunt 69 yrs 06 May 1884 W 1130 84

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“Lord of Man” he was one of the courtiers to Edward VI and subsequently to Philip II of Spain. he was one of the peers who sat upon the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Children
Ferdinando 5th Earl of Derby b: 1559
William STANLEY 6th Earl of Derby b: 1561

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EDMUND de BEAUFORT Duke of Somerset, K.G.

ABT 1406 - 22 May 1455

ID Number: I26392

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William Stephen COMPTON

7 Sep 1758 - 30 Dec 1824

ID Number: I72001

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Rev. Henry Lee GRAVES

22 Feb 1813 - 4 Nov 1881

ID Number: I51596

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Thomas Hart HUNT

2 Jan 1815 - 6 May 1884

ID Number: I90292

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John Alton MCCULLEY

HENRY STANLEY 4th Earl of Derby, Knt.

Sep 1531 - 25 Sep 1593

ID Number: I57851

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Zachariah Joseph WHEAT

ABT 1810 - ____

ID Number: I95659

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