Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter

Thomas Beaufort
Duke of Exeter
Coat of arms of Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter
Bornc. January 1377[1][2]
Château de Beaufort, Anjou, France
Died31 December 1426[3] (aged c. 49)
Greenwich manor, Kent, England
BuriedBury St Edmunds Abbey, Suffolk, England
FamilyBeaufort
Spouse(s)Margaret Neville of Hornby
FatherJohn of Gaunt
MotherKatherine Swynford
OccupationLord Chancellor
Lord High Admiral
Admiral of the North and West
Admiral of the North
Captain of Calais

Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter (c. January 1377 – 31 December 1426) was an English military commander during the Hundred Years' War, and briefly Chancellor of England. He was the third of the four children born to John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and his mistress Katherine Swynford. To overcome their problematic parentage, his parents were married in 1396, and he and his siblings were legitimated in 1390 and again in 1397. He married the daughter of Sir Thomas Neville (died 1387)[4] of Hornby, Margaret Neville (born c. 1384),[5] who bore him one son, Henry Beaufort. However, the child died young.

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  2. ^ Weir, A. Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy. ch. 3
  3. ^ Harriss, G.L. (3 January 2008). "Beaufort, Thomas, duke of Exeter (1377?–1426)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online) (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1864. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2013, Vol. III, p. 318
  5. ^ Richardson 2011, p. 542.