Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1406 – May 22, 1455) was an English nobleman and an important figure in the Wars of the Roses and in the Hundred Years War. Events Construction of Forbidden City begins in Beijing. ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... // Events February 9 - Wars of the Roses: Richard, Duke of York dismissed as Protector February 23 - Johannes Gutenberg prints the first Bible on a printing press May 22 - Wars of the Roses: First Battle of St Albans - Richard, Duke of York and his ally, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick defeat... The Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) is the name generally given to the intermittent civil war fought over the throne of England between adherents of the House of Lancaster and the House of York. ... This article is in need of attention. ...

He was the third son of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset. As a young man he became a commander in the English army in France. After his re-capture of Harfleur he was named a Knight of the Garter in 1436. After subsequent success he was created Earl of Dorset (1442) and the next year Marquess of Dorset. The year after that (1444) he succeeded his brother John as 4th Earl of Somerset in 1444. John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (c. ... Harfleur is a town and commune of France in the Seine-Maritime département of Haute-Normandie, on the north bank of the mouth of the Seine, about 10 km east of Le Havre, and across the river from Honfleur. ... A garter is one of the Orders most recognisable insignia. ... John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (baptised March 25, 1404 – May 27, 1444), was an English noble and military commander. ...

During the five year truce from 1444 to 1449, Somerset was Lieutenant of France. In 1448 he was created Duke of Somerset. (He is usually called 2nd duke since his brother John had also been duke, though strictly speaking of a separate creation.) Jump to: navigation, search The Duke of Somerset is a title in the peerage of England that has been created several times. ...

Somerset found military success elusive after hostilities begain again in 1449. By the summer of 1450 the bulk of the English possessions in northern France were in French hands. This loss lead to the fall of the king's chief minister, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk. Somerset returned to England, where he took Suffolk's place as the king's counselor. He was a favorite of the Queen, Margaret of Anjou. In fact some claimed that Edward of Westminster, the young Prince of Wales was his son, and not the king's. William de la Pole, 4th Earl and 1st Duke of Suffolk (1396- May 2, 1450), was an important English soldier and commander in the Hundred Years War, and later Lord Chamberlain of England. ... Margaret of Anjou (March 23, 1429 - August 25, 1482) was the Queen consort of Henry VI of England from 1445 to 1471, and a major proponent in the Wars of the Roses. ... Edward of Westminster (October 13, 1453 – May 4, 1471) was the only Prince of Wales ever to die in battle. ... The Badge of the Prince of Wales is derived from the ostrich feathers borne by Edward, the Black Prince. ...

The focus of the war with the French now turned to Gascony, in the south of France. Here the English were no more successful, losing all by 1453. Soon afterwards the king went insane, Somerset's rival Richard, Duke of York was named Lord Protector, and Somerset was imprisoned in the Tower of London. He life was probably saved only by the king's recovery. Henry VI had Somerset released and returned to his position at court. Gascony (French: Gascogne, pronounced  ; Gascon: Gasconha, pronounced ) is an area of southwest France that constituted a royal province prior to the French Revolution. ... This article is about Richard, Duke of York, father of King Edward IV. For the article about Edward IVs son who was imprisoned in the Tower of London see: Richard, Duke of York (Prince in the Tower). ... The Tower of London, seen from the river, with a view of the water gate called Traitors Gate. ...

The Duke of York was determined to depose Somerset by one means or another, and thus in 1455 he confronted Somerset and the king with an armed force. Somerset was killed in the resulting engagement, known as the First Battle of St Albans. It was the beginning of the Wars of the Roses, which would go on to claim many of Somerset's sons and relatives. The First Battle of St Albans was the first battle of the Wars of the Roses and was fought on May 22, 1455 in the town of St Albans. ... The Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) is the name generally given to the intermittent civil war fought over the throne of England between adherents of the House of Lancaster and the House of York. ...

He was succeeded as duke by his son Henry. Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436 - 1464) was an important Lancastrian military commander during the English Wars of the Roses. ...

Somerset married Eleanor Beauchamp, daughter of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and his first wife Elizabeth Berkeley sometime between 1431 and 1435 in a unlicensed marriage. Eleanor was an older half-sister of Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick and Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick. She was also the widow of Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros. Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (1382 – April 30, 1439) was an English nobleman and military commander. ... Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick (March 21, 1424/5 - June 11, 1445) was an English nobleman. ... This article is about the sister of Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick and wife of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick. ... Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros (September 26, 1406- August 18, 1430), was an English nobleman. ...

Their unlicensed marriage was later pardoned on 7 March 1438, and they had the following children: Jump to: navigation, search March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... Events Pachacuti who would later create Tahuantinsuyu, or Inca Empire became the ruler of Cuzco January 1 - Albert II of Habsburg becomes King of Hungary March 18 - Albert II of Habsburg becomes King of Germany Eric of Pomerania, King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway looses direct control of Sweden. ...

• Eleanor, who married first James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormonde and second Sir Robert Spencer.
• Elizabeth (?- c.1492)
• Mary (1431/55-?)
• Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436-1463)
• Margaret (bef.1439-1474) (not to be confused with her cousin Margaret Beaufort), who first married Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford, son of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, by whom she was the mother of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, and then married Sir Richard Darell.
• Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset(c.1439-1471); Killed at the Battle of Tewkesbury
• Anne Beaufort (c.1453-c.1496)
• John Beaufort, Earl of Dorset (c.1455-1471); Killed at the Battle of Tewkesbury
• Joan Beaufort (c.1455-1518)
• Thomas Beaufort (c.1455-c.1463)