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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 the Wars of the Roses .
William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, KG, KB (1588 – 24 October 1660) was an English nobleman and Royalist commander in the English Civil War . Origins. Seymour was the son of Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp (who predeceased his own father) by his wife Honora Rogers.
- Honora Rogers
- Vacant, Last held by Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
9 de abr. de 2024 · Edmund Beaufort, 2nd duke of Somerset (born c. 1406—died May 22, 1455, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England) 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (c. 1406–1455) became Duke of Somerset in 1448 Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436–1464), eldest son of Edmund, whose titles were forfeit from 1461 to 1463
- Sebastian Seymour, Baron Seymour
- John Beaufort, 3rd Earl of Somerset
- Baron Seymour
- John Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset
EDMUND BEAUFORT, 2ND DUKE OF SOMERSET, statesman and general, was the younger brother of Duke John, and excelled him in the brilliancy of his early military exploits. He held his first command in France in 1431, and nine years later he succeeded in recapturing Harfleur, the loss of which had shaken the English ascendancy in Normandy.
Entre 1444 y 1449 ejerció como teniente en Francia, hasta ser creado Duque de Somerset en 1448. Posteriormente sufrió graves derrotas militares que significaron la pérdida de buena parte de las posesiones inglesas en el continente, lo que llevó a la destitución de Guillermo de la Pole como el principal ministro del rey.
Edmund Beaufort, the 2nd Duke of Somerset, 4th Earl of Somerset, 1st Earl of Dorset, and 1st Marquess of Dorset, also styled as the 1st Count of Mortain and a member of the Order of the Garter, was a significant English noble during the Hundred Years’ War.
