Beaufort family

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English noble family

The Beaufort family was a powerful English noble lineage descended from John of Gaunt whose legitimized status and Lancastrian bloodline provided a key dynastic claim later used by Henry VII.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
House of Beaufort 4
Somerset branch of the Beaufort family 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English noble family ⓘ
coatOfArms Royal arms of England within a bordure compony argent and azure ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
endTime 16th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
foundedBy John of Gaunt ⓘ
Katherine Swynford ⓘ
hasAncestralSeat Beaufort Castle ⓘ
hasCadetBranch Beaufort family self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Somerset branch of the Beaufort family
hasClaimTo English throne ⓘ
hasDynasticConnection House of Lancaster ⓘ
Tudor dynasty ⓘ
surface form: House of Tudor

House of York ⓘ
hasDynasticHouse House of Lancaster ⓘ
hasIssue Tudor dynasty ⓘ
hasMotto A BEAUFORT ⓘ
hasNotableMember Anne Beaufort ⓘ
Henry Beaufort ⓘ
surface form: Cardinal Henry Beaufort

Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset ⓘ
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset ⓘ
Eleanor Beaufort ⓘ
Henry Beaufort ⓘ
Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset ⓘ
Henry VII of England ⓘ
Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots ⓘ
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset ⓘ
surface form: John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset

John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset ⓘ
Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
surface form: Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby

Mary Beaufort ⓘ
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter ⓘ
hasProgenitor John of Gaunt ⓘ
Katherine Swynford ⓘ
hasTitle Countess of Richmond ⓘ
surface form: Countess of Richmond and Derby

Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter ⓘ
surface form: Duke of Exeter

Duke of Somerset ⓘ
Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset ⓘ
surface form: Earl of Somerset

Marquess of Dorset ⓘ
languageOfFamily Middle English ⓘ
memberOf English peerage ⓘ
namedAfter Beaufort Castle ⓘ
notableFor influence in late medieval English politics ⓘ
providing Lancastrian claim to the English throne for Henry VII ⓘ
politicalAlignment House of Lancaster ⓘ
surface form: Lancastrian
relatedEvent Wars of the Roses ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
startTime 14th century ⓘ
wasLegitimizedBy Papal bull of Pope Boniface IX ⓘ
King Richard II of England ⓘ
surface form: Richard II of England

Referenced by (8)

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

Beaufort family → hasCadetBranch → Beaufort family self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Somerset branch of the Beaufort family
Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots → house → Beaufort family ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Beaufort
Margaret Beaufort → house → Beaufort family ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Beaufort
this entity surface form: House of Beaufort
Henry VII of England → motherHouse → Beaufort family ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Beaufort
Margaret Beaufort → nobleFamily → Beaufort family ⓘ