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Hace 6 días · — Algernon Seymour, Duke of Somerset, having inherited from his mother, the heiress of Percy, Earl of Northumberland, the barony of Lucy, and the honours of Cockermouth and Egremont, in Cumberland, was in 1749 created Baron Cockermouth of Cockermouth, and Earl of Egremont, with remainder to his nephew Sir Charles Wyndham, Bart. of Orchard ...
31 de may. de 2024 · Great alterations were made at Northumberland House in the years 1748–1752, which were begun by Algernon, Duke of Somerset, and completed by his son-in-law and daughter, the Earl and Countess of Northumberland. Northumberland House has more than once suffered severely from fire.
Hace 6 días · Algernon, 7th Duke of Somerset, died in February, 1749–50, and was succeeded in the Earldom of Northumberland by his son-in-law, Sir Hugh Smithson, who was created Duke of Northumberland in 1766.
18 de may. de 2024 · Edmund Beaufort, 2nd duke of Somerset, English nobleman and Lancastrian leader who wielded enormous power in the government of the weak king Henry VI. Somerset’s quarrel with Richard, duke of York, helped precipitate the Wars of the Roses (1455–85) between the houses of Lancaster and York.
24 de may. de 2024 · Within 24 hours in May 1536, Anne Boleyn was executed and Jane Seymour was betrothed. King Henry VIII was the catalyst in these two inextricably linked events. Portraits of Henry have remained fixed in the nation’s consciousness for the past 500 years, but of the queens, there ar…
15 de may. de 2024 · Algernon Seymour (1684-1750), Earl de Hertford, Más tarde 7 duque de Somerset John Vanderbank
Hace 5 días · El Duque de Somerset, el regente mientras la minoría de edad de Eduardo VI, apoyó la Reforma, aunque la llegada al trono de la reina María Tudor, esposa de Felipe II, desató una dura...
