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John Beaufort, 1st Marquess of Somerset and 1st Marquess of Dorset, later only 1st Earl of Somerset, KG (c. 1373 – 16 March 1410) was an English nobleman and politician. He was the first of the four 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.
Oct 6, 2022 · "John Beaufort, 1st Marquess of Somerset and 1st Marquess of Dorset, later only 1st Earl of Somerset, KG (1373 – 16 March 1410) was the first of the four illegitimate children of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and his mistress Katherine Swynford, later his wife.
- Anjou
- 1373
- "Fairborn", "1st Earl of Somerset"
- Château de Beaufort, Anjou, France
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, 3rd Earl of Somerset, KG (25 March 1404 – 27 May 1444) was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. He was the maternal grandfather of Henry VII .
Learn about the Beaufort family, the illegitimate children of John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford, who played a key role in the Wars of the Roses. Find out who John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, was and how he was related to other prominent figures.
JOHN DE BEAUFORT, 1ST EARL OF SOMERSET, was the eldest of the four children of John of Gaunt by Catherine Swynford, born out of wedlock. He was born c. 1371, possibly at Beaufort Castle in France.
Jun 29, 2022 · John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset died on March 16, 1410, aged about thirty-seven, at the Royal Hospital of St. Katharine by the Tower, a medieval church and hospital next to the Tower of London.
The eventual heiress of the Beaufort family was Lady Margaret Beaufort, only daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, who married Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond and became the mother of King Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch of England.
