Edmund Beaufort (died 1471)

Edmund Beaufort
Duke of Somerset
Execution of the Duke of Somerset at Tewkesbury in 1471
Bornc. 1438
Died6 May 1471 (aged 32–33)
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
BuriedTewkesbury Abbey
Noble familyBeaufort
FatherEdmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset
MotherEleanor Beauchamp, Duchess of Somerset

Edmund Beaufort (c. 1438 – 6 May 1471), styled 4th Duke of Somerset, 6th Earl of Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Dorset, 3rd Earl of Dorset,[1] was an English nobleman, and a military commander during the Wars of the Roses, in which he supported the Lancastrian king Henry VI.[a]

  1. ^ Jones, Michael K. (2004). "Beaufort, Edmund, styled third duke of Somerset (c. 1438–1471), magnate". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online) (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1856. Archived from the original on 17 September 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Pollard 1901a, p. 157 cites Cal. Patent Rolls, 1461-5, pp. 29, 32; Stubbs, iii. 196.
  3. ^ Pollard 1901, p. 157 cites Cal. Patent Rolls. 1461-5, p. 261.
  4. ^ Pollard 1901, p. 157.
  5. ^ "Rotuli Parliamentorum A.D. 1485 1 Henry VII". Archived from the original on 2 September 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2015.


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