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Henry BEAUFORT

Male 1436 - 1464  (28 years)


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  1. 1.  Henry BEAUFORT was born on 26 Jan 1436 (son of Edmund BEAUFORT and Alianor DE BEAUCHAMP); died on 15 May 1464 in Killed - Battle of Hexham; was buried in Hexham Abbey.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: 2nd Duke of Somerset

    Notes:

    Name:
    He was with his father at the 1st Battle of St. Albans, at which he was severely wounded, on 22 May 1455. He commanded the victorious Lancastrian army at the Battle f Wakefield on 30 Dec 1469, and defeated the Yorkists at the 2nd Battle of St. Albans 17 Feb 1460/1. After defeat at the Battle of Towton on 29 Mar 1461, he fled to Scotland; attained, 1461 and all honours forfeited; pardoned 10 Mar 1462/3 but at end of 1463 deserted King Edward IV, and fled to Alnwick; defeated and captured at the Battle of Hexham. Henry Beaufort was beheaded by the Yorkists at Hexham on the same day 15 May 1464, unmarried and was buried Hexham Abbey.

    Family/Spouse: Jane HILL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Charles SOMERSET, Knt. was born about 1460; died on 15 Apr 1526.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Edmund BEAUFORT was born about 1406 in Westminster, England (son of John BEAUFORT and Margaret DE HOLAND); died on 22 May 1455 in Killed - First Battle of St. Albans; was buried in Chapel of the Blessed Virgin in the Abbey Church.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Count of Mortain
    • Fact: 4th Earl of Somerset
    • Fact: 28 Aug 1441, Earl of Dorset
    • Fact: 31 Mar 1448, 2nd Duke of Somerset
    • Military Service: 1431-1453, Held military command in the French wars

    Edmund married Alianor DE BEAUCHAMP in 1436. Alianor (daughter of Richard DE BEAUCHAMP and Elizabeth DE BERKELEY) was born in Sep 1407 in Edgenoch, Warwick, England; died on 06 Mar 14667 in Baynard's Castle, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Alianor DE BEAUCHAMP was born in Sep 1407 in Edgenoch, Warwick, England (daughter of Richard DE BEAUCHAMP and Elizabeth DE BERKELEY); died on 06 Mar 14667 in Baynard's Castle, London.
    Children:
    1. Margaret-Mary BEAUFORT
    2. Alianor BEAUFORT died on 16 Aug 1501.
    3. Joan BEAUFORT was born about 1433 in England; died on 11 Aug 1518.
    4. Anne BEAUFORT was born in England.
    5. 1. Henry BEAUFORT was born on 26 Jan 1436; died on 15 May 1464 in Killed - Battle of Hexham; was buried in Hexham Abbey.
    6. Margaret BEAUFORT was born in England; died in 1474.
    7. Edmund BEAUFORT was born about 1439; died on 06 May 1471 in Executed - Tewkesbury after Battle of Tewkesbury; was buried in Abbey Church.
    8. John BEAUFORT was born in England; died on 04 May 1471 in Killed - Battle of Tewkesbaury; was buried in Abbey Church.
    9. Thomas BEAUFORT was born in England; died before 1463.
    10. Elizabeth BEAUFORT died before 1492.
    11. Isabel BEAUFORT was buried in Oct 1453 in Chapel of St. Michael in Canterbury Cathedral.


  

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