Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset
Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset( 26 January 143615 May 1464) was an important Lancastrian military commander during the English Wars of the Roses.
He is sometimes numbered the 2nd Duke of Somerset, because the title was re-created for his father after his uncle died.
He also held the subsidiary titles of 5th Earl of Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Dorset and 2nd Earl of Dorset.
Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester
Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester,( c. 146015 March 1526) was an English nobleman and politician.
He was the legitimised bastard son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset by his mistress Joan Hill.
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
John Beaufort, 1st Marquess of Somerset and 1st Marquess of Dorset, later only 1st Earl of Somerset, (c. 1371 – 16 March 1410) was an English nobleman and politician.
He was the first of the four illegitimate children of John of Gaunt (1340-1399)
(third surviving son of King Edward III) by his mistress Katherine Swynford, whom he later married in 1396.
Beaufort's surname (properly "de Beaufortfrom Beaufort") probably reflects his birthplace at his father's castle and manor of Beaufort ("beautiful stronghold") (from 1688 "Montmorency-Beaufort") in Champagne, France, situated 100 miles east of Paris, 25 miles north-east of Troyes, and between the River Seine and River Marne.
The Portcullis heraldic badge of the Beauforts, now the emblem of the House of Commons, is believed to have been based on that of the castle of Beaufort, now demolished.
The Beaufort children were declared legitimate twice by parliament during the reign of King Richard II of England, in 1390 and 1397, as well as by Pope Boniface IX in September 1396.
Even though they were the grandchildren of Edward III and next in the line of succession after their father's legitimate children by his first two wives, the Beauforts were barred from succession to the throne by their half-brother Henry IV.
Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury
Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury( later styled Aylesbury) and 3rd Earl of Elgin( 1656 – 16 December 1741) was an English politician and memoirist.
He was the son of Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin, and Lady Diana Grey.
His maternal grandparents were Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, and Lady Anne Cecil, daughter of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter.
His" Memoirs", which were not published until long after his death, are a valuable source for English history in the last quarter of the seventeenth century.
Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset
Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset ("probably" 26 November 1401 – 25 November 1418) was the eldest son of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, and the grandson of John of Gaunt,
1st Duke of Lancaster and Katherine Swynford.
Henry succeeded his father as Earl of Somerset on 16 March 1410.
During his minority, his mother, Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Somerset held his lands for him until he reached the age of 15.
When Henry was seventeen, he was placed under the command of Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, his uncle, at the Siege of Rouen during the Hundred Years' War where he, as well as a number of other nobles, met his demise, although the exact reasons of his death are unknown.
He never married and was succeeded by his younger brother, John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset.
William Lindsay, 18th Earl of Crawford
William Lindsay, 18th Earl of Crawford and 2nd Earl of Lindsay( April 1644 – 6 March 1698) was a Scottish noble and politician.
Lindsay was the eldest son of John Lindsay, 10th Lord Lindsay of the Byres, 17th Earl of Crawford, and 1st Earl of Lindsay, by his wife, Lady Christian Hamilton, daughter of the Earl of Haddington.
William succeeded to the earldoms in 1678.
He was a zealous Presbyterian, president of the Convention parliament in 1689, a commissioner of the treasury in 1690, and one of the commissioners for settling the government of the Church of Scotland.
He married firstly Lady Mary Johnstone, daughter of 1st Earl of Annandale and Hartfell, in 1670.
They had one son:
He married secondly Lady Henrietta Fleming, daughter of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline and widow of 5th Earl of Wigtown, and had further issue.
John Beaufort, Marquess of Dorset
John Beaufort, Marquess of Dorset, Earl of Dorset( b. 1441 – d.
4 May 1471) was a scion of the Beaufort family, who fought for the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses.
He was the third son of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset and his wife, Lady Eleanor Beauchamp, daughter of Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
When his eldest brother, Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, was killed fighting for Lancaster in 1464 at the Battle of Hexham, the next brother, Edmund, succeeded to the Dukedom, and John became" Marquess of Dorset" and" Earl of Dorset", courtesy titles granted to the Beaufort heir- apparent or heir- presumptive.
These titles were not recognized by King Edward IV, of the House of York.
John had been in exile since 1461, first in Burgundy and then France.
When Henry VI of Lancaster reclaimed the throne in October 1470, John returned with his brother Edmund.
But a few months later, Henry was driven from the throne again, and the Lancastrians were on the run.
John was killed in the Battle of Tewkesbury on 4 May 1471, while fighting beside Edmund, who was captured and beheaded two days later.
John left behind no issue and was never married.
With the death of John and Edmund, the legitimate male line of the Beauforts ended.
Eleanor Beaufort
Lady Eleanor Beaufort( 1431 – 16 August 1501) was the daughter of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset( 1406- 1455), KG, and was a sister of the 3rd and 4th Dukes of Somerset.
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, KG( 22 May 1455), was an English nobleman and an important figure in the Wars of the Roses and in the Hundred Years' War.
He also succeeded in the title of 4th Earl of Somerset and was created 1st Earl of Dorset and 1st Marquess of Dorset( previously held by his father and later forfeited), and Count of Mortain.
He was known for his deadly rivalry with Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York.
Thomas Beaufort, Count of Perche
Thomas Beaufort, Count of Perche( c. 1405 – 3 October 1431) was a member of the Beaufort family and an English commander during the Hundred Years' War.
He was the third son of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and his wife, Margaret Holland.
With his elder brother, Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset, Thomas joined in Henry V's 1419 campaigns in France.
In 1421, he accompanied the king's younger brother Thomas of Lancaster to the fighting in Anjou.
Lancaster was killed at the Battle of Baugé while Somerset and Thomas were captured.
Thomas was eventually released around 1427 in a prisoner exchange negotiated by his uncle, Cardinal Beaufort.
As an able male member of the Beaufort family, Thomas rejoined the fighting almost immediately.
He was granted the title Count of Perche in December 1427, his title being more a claim to land, rather than a recognized title since it was already held by the French Duke John II of Alençon.
This was part of a continuing attempt by Cardinal Beaufort to carve out estates for his nephews from conquered French land.
During the 1430 royal coronation expedition of Henry VI, Thomas was granted a retinue of 128 soldiers and 460 archers.
He commanded soldiers at a battle at La Charité- sur- Loire in late 1430 and died 3 October 1431 at the siege of Louviers, three weeks before the city's fall.
Perche died unmarried and childless.
Upon his death, his title was extinct.

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