Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJohn Beaufort , Earl of Somerset 
Birthabt 1373, Beaufort Castle, Anjou, France
Death21 Apr 1410, Tower of London, England
BurialCanterbury Cathedral, Kent, England
FatherJohn (of Gaunt) Plantagenet , 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399)
MotherKatherine Rouet (Swynford) (1350-1403)
Misc. Notes
Titles:
Knight of the Garter
Earl of Somerset (1397 cr - 1st)
Marquess of Dorset (1398 cr)
Marquess of Somerset (1398 cr)
John and his siblings were legitimized in 1397.
Lord High Admiral, and Great Chamberlain of England.
A character in Shakespeare's play Henry VI.
JOHN BEAUFORT, Earl of Somerset (c. 1373-1410), assisted Richard II. in 1397 when the king attacked the lords appellants, and made himself an absolute ruler. For these services he was made marquess of Dorset, but after the deposition of Richard in 1399, he was degraded to his former rank as earl. In 1401, however, he was declared loyal, and appeared later in command of the English fleet. He married Margaret, daughter of Thomas Holland, second earl of Kent, and died in March 1410, leaving three sons, Henry, John, and Edmund, and two daughters, Jane or Joan, who married James I., king of Scotland, and Margaret, who married Thomas Courtenay, earl of Devon.
Knight of the Garter
Earl of Somerset (1397 cr - 1st)
Marquess of Dorset (1398 cr)
Marquess of Somerset (1398 cr)
John and his siblings were legitimized in 1397.
Lord High Admiral, and Great Chamberlain of England.
A character in Shakespeare's play Henry VI.
JOHN BEAUFORT, Earl of Somerset (c. 1373-1410), assisted Richard II. in 1397 when the king attacked the lords appellants, and made himself an absolute ruler. For these services he was made marquess of Dorset, but after the deposition of Richard in 1399, he was degraded to his former rank as earl. In 1401, however, he was declared loyal, and appeared later in command of the English fleet. He married Margaret, daughter of Thomas Holland, second earl of Kent, and died in March 1410, leaving three sons, Henry, John, and Edmund, and two daughters, Jane or Joan, who married James I., king of Scotland, and Margaret, who married Thomas Courtenay, earl of Devon.
Spouses
Birth1385
Death30 Dec 1429, St Saviours Abbey, Bermondsey, London
BurialCanterbury Cathedral, Kent, England
FatherThomas Holland , 2nd Earl of Kent (1354-1397)
MotherAlice FitzAlan (~1350-1416)
Marriageaft 28 Sep 1397
ChildrenEdmund (1406-1455)
Jane (Joan) (~1404-1445)