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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 2 días · The legitimate claim was that of Henry Tudor's wife, Elizabeth of York, as daughter to Edward IV, and descendant of the second son of Edward III, Lionel, Duke of Clarence, and also his fourth son, Edmund, Duke of York.
- 1485; 538 years ago
- Henry VII (first Tudor king)
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.
20 de abr. de 2024 · Lancastrians – Around 2,000 men led by Henry VI (he played no active role due to being mentally incapacitated), supported by Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, Humphrey Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, Thomas Courtenay, Earl of Devon and Thomas, Lord Clifford.
30 de abr. de 2024 · House of Tudor, an English royal dynasty of Welsh origin, which gave five sovereigns to England: Henry VII (reigned 1485–1509); his son, Henry VIII (1509–47); followed by Henry VIII’s three children, Edward VI (1547–53), Mary I (1553–58), and Elizabeth I (1558–1603).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
16 de abr. de 2024 · Her second marriage to Edmund Tudor, half-brother of King Henry VI of England, took place on 1st November 1455, when Margaret was twelve years of age. Soon after, Margaret fell pregnant with Edmund’s child.
16 de abr. de 2024 · Richard, 3rd duke of York was a claimant to the English throne whose attempts to gain power helped precipitate the Wars of the Roses (1455–85) between the houses of Lancaster and York. He controlled the government for brief periods during the first five years of this struggle.
