Edmund Beaufort | |
|---|---|
| Duke of Somerset | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Beheading_duke_somerset.jpg) Execution of the Duke of Somerset at Tewkesbury in 1471 | |
| Born | c. 1438 |
| Died | 6 May 1471 (aged 32–33) Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England |
| Buried | Tewkesbury Abbey |
| Noble family | Beaufort |
| Father | Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset |
| Mother | Eleanor 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]
- ^ 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.)
- ^ Pollard 1901a, p. 157 cites Cal. Patent Rolls, 1461-5, pp. 29, 32; Stubbs, iii. 196.
- ^ Pollard 1901, p. 157 cites Cal. Patent Rolls. 1461-5, p. 261.
- ^ Pollard 1901, p. 157.
- ^ "Rotuli Parliamentorum A.D. 1485 1 Henry VII". Archived from the original on 2 September 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
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