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Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort, KG, PC (1629 – 21 January 1700) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1667, when he succeeded his father as 3rd Marquess of Worcester. He was styled Lord Herbert from 1644 until 3 April 1667.
It was created by Charles II in 1682 for Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester, a descendant of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, legitimised son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, a Lancastrian leader in the Wars of the Roses.
Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (26 January 1436 [citation needed] – 15 May 1464) was an important Lancastrian military commander during the English Wars of the Roses. He is sometimes numbered the 2nd Duke of Somerset, because the title was re-created for his father after his uncle died.
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The fact that Henry Beaufort was a great-grandson of John of Gaunt, a first cousin of King Henry VI and a son of Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, a leading Lancastrian commander, assured the fact that he would be a leading member of the house of Lancaster when tensions arose between them and their rivals, the house of York.
First and Second Dukes of Somerset in Shakespeare. Appear in: Henry VI, Part 1; Henry VI, Part 2. The Duke of Somerset portrayed in Shakespeare's works is a composite figure of the two brothers John and Edmund Beaufort, the first and second dukes, respectively.
Somerset family, Dukes of Beaufort. This page summarises records created by this Family. The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s) (usually including the...
