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Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester (9 March 1602 or 9 March 1603 – 3 April 1667), styled Lord Herbert of Raglan from 1628 to 1644, was an English nobleman involved in royalist politics, and an inventor.
16 de abr. de 2024 · Edward Somerset, 2nd marquess of Worcester (born 1601—died April 3, 1667, Lambeth?, near London, Eng.) was a prominent Royalist during the English Civil Wars. His father, Henry Somerset, 5th Earl of Worcester, advanced large sums of money to Charles I at the outbreak of the wars and was created Marquess of Worcester in 1643.
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Somerset, Edward (d. 1667), earl of Glamorgan and later 2nd marquess of Worcester , envoy to the confederate catholics at Kilkenny, was the eldest son of Henry Somerset, fifth earl and first marquess of Worcester (d. 1646), and his wife, Anne (d. 1639), the daughter of Lord Russell.
When Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess of Worcester was born on 9 March 1602, in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, his father, Sir Henry Somerset 1st Marquess of Worcester, 7th Lord Herbert, was 26 and his mother, Lady Anne Russell, was 24. He married Lady Elizabeth Dormer about 1628.
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Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Somerset primary name: Somerset, Edward other name: (Lord) Herbert of Raglan other name: (Marquess of) Worcester
The Oxford Companion to British History. Glamorgan, Edward Somerset, 1st earl of, 2nd marquis of Worcester (1603–67). Somerset, known until 1645 as Lord Herbert, was born at Raglan and in 1642–5 held south Wales for the king, though taking little part in the military skirmishes.
Marquis of Worcester. Raglan Castle. Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester (c1601–1667), styled Lord Herbert of Raglan from 1628–1644, was an English nobleman involved in royalist politics and an inventor. In 1655 he authored a book The Century of Inventions which consisted of textual descriptions of 100 separate inventions.
