John BEAUFORT

Male Bef 1404 - 1444  (> 40 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John BEAUFORT was born before 25 Mar 1404 in Westminster, England (son of John BEAUFORT and Margaret DE HOLAND); died on 27 May 1444; was buried in Wimborne Minster.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: 1st Duke of Somerset; Earl of Kendal and Earl of Somerset

    Notes:

    Name:
    Created 'Duke of Somerset', 28 Aug 1443, Captain-General in Aquitaine and Normandy, returned to England disgraced after failure of French campaign, and died soon after testate on 27 May 1444, buried Wimborne Minster.

    John married Margaret BEAUCHAMP in or about 1442. Margaret (daughter of John DE BEAUCHAMP and Edith STOURTON) died before 3 Jun 1482. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Margaret BEAUFORT was born between 31 May 1441 and 1443 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England; died between 29 Jun and 05 Jul 1509 in Westminster Palace; was buried in Westminster Abbey.
    2. Thomasine BEAUFORT died after May 1469.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John BEAUFORT was born about 1371 in Chcateau De Beaufort, Maine-Et-Loire, France (son of John Of GAUNT and Katherine DE ROET); died on 16 Mar 1409/10 in St Catherine By The Tower Hospital, London, England; was buried in St. Michael's Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As: Fairborn
    • Fact: 1st Earl of Somerset; lst Marquess of Dorset

    Notes:

    Name:
    He was created Earl of Somerset on 10 Feb 1396/7, and Marquess of Dorset on 29 Sep 1397. He was summoned to Parliament on 17 Sep 1397.

    John married Margaret DE HOLAND before 28 Sep 1397. Margaret (daughter of Sir Thomas DE HOLAND, K.G. and Alice FITZ ALAN) died on 30 Dec 1439 in London; was buried in Chapel of St. Michael in Canterbury Cathedral. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Margaret DE HOLAND (daughter of Sir Thomas DE HOLAND, K.G. and Alice FITZ ALAN); died on 30 Dec 1439 in London; was buried in Chapel of St. Michael in Canterbury Cathedral.
    Children:
    1. Joan-Jane BEAUFORT was born in Westminster, England; died on 15 Jul 1445 in Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland; was buried in Carthusian Church, Perth.
    2. Henry BEAUFORT was born in Oct 1401 in Chcateau De Beaufort, Maine-Et-Loire, France; died on 25 Nov 1418.
    3. 1. John BEAUFORT was born before 25 Mar 1404 in Westminster, England; died on 27 May 1444; was buried in Wimborne Minster.
    4. Thomas BEAUFORT was born in 1405; died between 1431 and 1432.
    5. Edmund BEAUFORT was born about 1406 in Westminster, England; died on 22 May 1455 in Killed - First Battle of St. Albans; was buried in Chapel of the Blessed Virgin in the Abbey Church.
    6. Margaret BEAUFORT was born in West Horndon, Essex, England.