Beaufort family

E84086

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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Beaufort family canonical	14
House of Beaufort	14
Beaufort dukes	1
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 (30)

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

Henry VII of England → claimToThroneThrough → Beaufort family ⓘ

Henry VII of England → motherHouse → Beaufort family ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Beaufort

Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots → memberOfDynasty → 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

Margaret Beaufort → nobleFamily → Beaufort family ⓘ

Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond → marriageAlliance → Beaufort family ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Beaufort

Beaufort family → hasCadetBranch → Beaufort family self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somerset branch of the Beaufort family

Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter → house → Beaufort family ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Beaufort

Frances Beaufort → memberOf → Beaufort family ⓘ

Frances Beaufort → notableFamily → Beaufort family ⓘ

Katherine Swynford → notableFamily → Beaufort family ⓘ

Katherine Swynford → associatedWith → Beaufort family ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Beaufort

John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset → memberOfDynasty → Beaufort family ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Beaufort

Henry Beaufort → memberOf → Beaufort family ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Beaufort

James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorne → spouseHouse → Beaufort family ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Beaufort

House of Stanley → memberOf → Beaufort family ⓘ

subject surface form: Lady Margaret Beaufort

this entity surface form: House of Beaufort

Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort → nobleFamily → Beaufort family ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Beaufort

Royal arms of England within a bordure compony argent and azure → usedBy → Beaufort family ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Beaufort

A BEAUFORT → associatedWith → Beaufort family ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Beaufort

A BEAUFORT → usedBy → Beaufort family ⓘ

A BEAUFORT → notableBearers → Beaufort family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Beaufort dukes

Marquess of Dorset → associatedWith → Beaufort family ⓘ

Marquess of Dorset → family → Beaufort family ⓘ

subject surface form: Edmund Beaufort, 1st Marquess of Dorset

Mary Beaufort → memberOf → Beaufort family ⓘ

Mary Beaufort → nobleFamily → Beaufort family ⓘ

Beaufort Castle → associatedFamily → Beaufort family ⓘ

Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset → nobleFamily → Beaufort family ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Beaufort