Henry Somerset | |
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| Earl of Worcester | |
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| Born | c. 1496 |
| Died | 26 November 1549 (aged 52–53) |
| Noble family | Beaufort |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Courtenay, Baroness Herbert Elizabeth Browne |
| Issue | William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester Francis Somerset Charles Somerset Thomas Somerset Anne Somerset Lucy Somerset Eleanor Somerset Joan Somerset |
| Father | Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester |
| Mother | Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert |
Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester (c. 1496 – 26 November 1549) was an English nobleman. He was the son of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert. On his father's death on 15 April 1526, he succeeded as the second Earl of Worcester. From his mother, he inherited the title of Baron Herbert.[1]
He was invested as a Knight on 1 November 1523 in Roye, France, by the Duke of Suffolk.
Somerset obtained Tintern Abbey after the Dissolution of the Monasteries.[2]
- ^ Burke, John, Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of peerage, baronetage and knightage, (G.P.Putnam's Sons:New York, 1914), 207.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Worcester, Earls and Marquesses of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 820.
