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Hace 5 días · May 26, 2024. Introduction. The Wars of the Roses, a series of bloody civil wars that engulfed England in the latter half of the 15th century, can trace their origins to the bitter rivalry between two powerful noblemen: Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, and Richard, Duke of York.
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.
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11 de may. de 2024 · Henry Beaufort, 3rd duke of Somerset (born 1436—died May 15, 1464, Hexham, Northumberland, England) was a leading Lancastrian in the English Wars of the Roses. He was the eldest son of Edmund Beaufort, the 2nd duke. As duke of Somerset, marquess of Dorset, and titular count of Mortain, he was the victorious Lancastrian commander at ...
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Hace 3 días · Edward VI's uncle, Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, ruled England in the name of his nephew as Lord Protector from 1547 to 1549. During 1548, England was subject to social unrest. After April 1549, a series of armed revolts broke out, fuelled by various religious and agrarian grievances.
Hace 4 días · After Suffolk’s fall (1449) the contenders for power were the Lancastrian Edmund Beaufort, duke of Somerset, and Richard, duke of York, a cousin of the King whose claim to the throne, by strict primogeniture, was better than Henry’s.
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19 de may. de 2024 · The 5th Duke, Henry Somerset (1744-1803) extended his lands in Monmouthshire by buying the old Pembroke lordships of Usk and Trelech. According to the 1873 return of owners of land the Duke of Beaufort owned an estimated 32,533 acres in Wales (in Monmouthshire, Breconshire and Glamorgan) with an estimated rental of £32,564.
Hace 6 días · The manor descended with Nether Stowey until the attainder of Edward Seymour, duke of Somerset, in 1552 when it was granted to Thomas Dannet. Thomas died in 1569 leaving a son, also Thomas, who in 1584 conveyed the manor to John Walker and his wife Elizabeth.
