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Hace 4 días · Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, 4th Earl of Somerset, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1st Marquess of Dorset styled 1st Count of Mortain, [a] KG (1406 – 22 May 1455), was an English nobleman and an important figure during the Hundred Years' War. His rivalry with Richard, Duke of York, was a leading cause of ...
Hace 4 días · The council was first led by his uncle Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1547–1549), and then by John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1550–1553). Edward's reign was marked by economic problems and social unrest that in 1549 erupted into riot and rebellion.
- 28 January 1547 – 6 July 1553
- Jane Seymour
Hace 5 días · A fort was built by the British in 1711, and the town, also founded that year, was named for Henry Somerset, 2nd duke of Beaufort (1684–1714). Beaufort was occupied by invading forces during the Revolutionary and American Civil wars.
Hace 4 días · 1st Duke of Somerset: Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso 1405/1406–1482: Henry Holland 1430–1475 3rd Duke of Exeter: Anne of York Duchess of Exeter 1439–1476: Sir Thomas St. Leger d. 1483: Edmund 1443–1460 Earl of Rutland: John de la Pole 1442–1491/1492 2nd Duke of Suffolk: Elizabeth of York Duchess of Suffolk 1444–1503: King Edward IV ...
Hace 4 días · Leading the Yorkist forces were Edward and Warwick. King Henry and Queen Margaret were not on the field, leaving the fighting to the 2nd Duke of Somerset and Sir Andrew Trollope. The battle took place on a plateau on which the Lancastrian forces had arrived first and claimed a position advantageous to them.
Hace 5 días · 1471 – Execution of Edmund Beaufort, styled 3rd Duke of Somerset, in Tewkesbury market place. He had headed Margaret of Anjou's troops at the Battle of Tewkesbury, and after their defeat had tried to take sanctuary at Tewkesbury Abbey. Edward IV broke into the abbey and captured him. See video below.
Hace 1 día · He died unmarried in 1826, when the titles went to his cousin George William Finch Hatton, but Burley passed to George Finch. By his second wife, Lady Louisa Elizabeth Somerset, daughter of the sixth Duke of Beaufort, George had a son George Henry, who succeeded him at Burley in 1870. He was a Privy Councillor, County Councillor and M.P. for ...
