John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset

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Earl English nobleman medieval noble

John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, was an English nobleman and legitimized son of John of Gaunt whose descendants played a key role in the Wars of the Roses and the rise of the Tudor dynasty.

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Label	Occurrences
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset canonical	9
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset	7

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Earl ⓘ English nobleman ⓘ medieval noble ⓘ
burialPlace	St Michael’s Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
child	Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset ⓘ Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset ⓘ Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots ⓘ surface form: Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford ⓘ surface form: Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Devon Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter ⓘ surface form: Thomas Beaufort
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth	circa 1371 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	16 March 1410 ⓘ
familyName	Beaufort ⓘ
father	John of Gaunt ⓘ surface form: John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
floruit	early 15th century ⓘ late 14th century ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
heldOffice	Lord High Constable of England ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legitimizationInstrument	1397 papal bull ⓘ 1397 royal letters patent ⓘ
legitimizedBy	Pope Boniface IX ⓘ King Richard II of England ⓘ surface form: Richard II of England
memberOfDynasty	Beaufort family ⓘ surface form: House of Beaufort House of Lancaster ⓘ
militaryRank	commander in English forces ⓘ
mother	Katherine Swynford ⓘ
nobleTitle	Earl of Somerset ⓘ Marquess of Dorset ⓘ Marquess of Somerset ⓘ
notableFor	being a legitimized son of John of Gaunt ⓘ being an ancestor of the Tudor dynasty ⓘ founding the Beaufort line influential in the Wars of the Roses ⓘ
participatedIn	Hundred Years' War ⓘ
placeOfBirth	probably Gaunt household in England ⓘ
placeOfDeath	St Katharine’s by the Tower, London ⓘ
relative	King Henry IV of England ⓘ surface form: Henry IV of England Henry V of England ⓘ King Henry VI of England ⓘ surface form: Henry VI of England
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
servedUnder	King Henry IV of England ⓘ surface form: Henry IV of England King Richard II of England ⓘ surface form: Richard II of England
sibling	Henry Beaufort ⓘ Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots ⓘ Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter ⓘ
spouse	Margaret Holland ⓘ surface form: Margaret Holland, Duchess of Clarence

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John of Gaunt → child → John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset ⓘ

Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots → father → John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset ⓘ

Margaret Beaufort → father → John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset ⓘ