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Die Dukes sind Nachkommen von John of Gaunt, 1. Duke of Lancaster, und König Eduard III. in männlicher Linie. Die Burg Beaufort gehörte zum Besitz von John of Gaunt. Wenn auch über uneheliche Abstammung, gelten sie damit als die letzten direkten männlichen Nachkommen der Plantagenets. Seit einem Vergleich der DNA von König Richard III. mit derjenigen von lebenden männlichen Nachkommen ...
Mother. Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert. Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester ( c. 1496 – 26 November 1549) was an English nobleman. He was the son of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert. On his father's death on 15 April 1526, he succeeded as the second Earl of Worcester.
Thanks for pointing this out! The Beaufort name and its origins has caused considerable confusion over the years. Many places bear the name Beaufort, but the one in Champagne is the one involving John of Gaunt. One of the references quoted in this article is Sydney Armitage-Smith's biography of John of Gaunt, written in 1904, but still a go-to source for the Duke. Since I recently obtained a ...
Há 3 dias · The House of Beaufort descended from the illicit union of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (1340 - 1399) and his mistress Katherine Swynford, the family played an important role as staunch Lancastrian supporters during the fifteenth-century Wars of the Roses. The surname Beaufort derives from a castle owned by John of Gaunt in Champagne, now ...
BEAUFORT, JOHN (1403–1444), first Duke of Somerset, military commander, was the son of John Beaufort, eldest son of John of Gaunt, by Catherine Swynford, who was created Earl of Somerset and died in 1409. John the younger succeeded to the earldom on the death of his brother Henry in 1419. He was early inured to arms, and fought at the age of ...
Heraldic achievement of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, KG, detail from his Garter stall plate in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. It is the earliest garter plate with supporters. The badge of an ostrich feather, here shown as a pair, is blazoned: A feather the pen componée argent and azure, as the Beaufort bordure. The sinister supporter is a Beaufort Yale.
