Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset

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Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, was a prominent Lancastrian noble and military commander during the Wars of the Roses who was captured and executed after the Yorkist victory at the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Duke of Somerset
English nobleman
Lancastrian
military commander
allegiance House of Lancaster NERFINISHED
associatedWithPlace Dorset NERFINISHED
Somerset NERFINISHED
birthPlace Kingdom of England NERFINISHED
capturedAfter Battle of Tewkesbury NERFINISHED
country Kingdom of England
deathCause execution
deathDate 1471-05-06
deathPlace Gloucestershire NERFINISHED
Kingdom of England NERFINISHED
Tewkesbury NERFINISHED
era Late Middle Ages
event Wars of the Roses NERFINISHED
executedBy Yorkists NERFINISHED
familyName Beaufort NERFINISHED
father Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset NERFINISHED
givenName Edmund NERFINISHED
mannerOfDeath beheading
monarchServed Henry VI of England NERFINISHED
mother Eleanor Beauchamp NERFINISHED
nobleFamily House of Beaufort NERFINISHED
nobleRank duke
earl
marquess
notableFor execution after the Yorkist victory at Tewkesbury in 1471
leadership of Lancastrian forces in the Wars of the Roses
participantIn Battle of Tewkesbury NERFINISHED
Wars of the Roses NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment Lancastrian loyalist
religion Roman Catholicism
sibling Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset NERFINISHED
John Beaufort, Marquess of Dorset NERFINISHED
Thomas Beaufort NERFINISHED
sideInWar Lancastrian faction NERFINISHED
successor none (Beaufort male line became extinct)
title 4th Duke of Somerset NERFINISHED
Earl of Dorset NERFINISHED
Earl of Somerset NERFINISHED
Marquess of Dorset NERFINISHED

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Battle of Tewkesbury notableDeath Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset