Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset

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Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, was a prominent 15th-century English nobleman and military commander who played a leading role for the Lancastrian cause during the early stages of the Wars of the Roses.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Duke of Somerset ⓘ
English nobleman ⓘ
Lancastrian leader ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
allegiance House of Lancaster ⓘ
associatedWith Margaret of Anjou ⓘ
birthYear c. 1406 ⓘ
causeOfDeath killed in battle ⓘ
child Anne Beaufort ONNED1 ⓘ
Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eleanor Beaufort ⓘ
Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots ⓘ
surface form: Joan Beaufort

Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 22 May 1455 ⓘ
deathPlace St Albans, Hertfordshire ⓘ
surface form: St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
father John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Edmund Beaufort
grandfather John of Gaunt ⓘ
surface form: John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
greatGrandfather King Edward III of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
killedIn First Battle of St Albans ⓘ
militaryConflict Hundred Years' War ⓘ
Wars of the Roses ⓘ
mother Margaret Holland ⓘ
nobleFamily Beaufort family ⓘ
surface form: House of Beaufort
notableBattle Battle of Baugé ⓘ
First Battle of St Albans ⓘ
surface form: Battle of St Albans (1455)

Siege of Orléans ⓘ
notableFor leading the Lancastrian cause in the early Wars of the Roses ⓘ
loss of English territories in France ⓘ
politicalRival Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York ⓘ
surface form: Richard, Duke of York
position Captain of Calais ⓘ
Constable of England ⓘ
Lieutenant of France ⓘ
Privy councillor ⓘ
regencyFaction leader of the court party supporting Henry VI ⓘ
regencyPeriod minority and reign of Henry VI ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
roleInConflict Lancastrian commander in the Wars of the Roses ⓘ
servedUnder King Henry VI of England ⓘ
sibling John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Beaufort
spouse Eleanor Beauchamp ⓘ
title 2nd Duke of Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ
Earl of Dorset NERFINISHED ⓘ
Earl of Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marquess of Dorset NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Beaufort family → hasNotableMember → Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset ⓘ
Battle of Tewkesbury → commander → Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset
First Battle of St Albans → commander → Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset ⓘ
First Battle of St Albans → killed → Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset ⓘ
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset → child → Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset ⓘ
Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence → stepfatherOf → Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset ⓘ
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset → fullName → Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edmund Beaufort