The Duke of Somerset | |
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Born | 26 January 1436 |
Died | 15 May 1464 | (aged 28)
Noble family | House of Beaufort |
Issue | Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester (legitimised) |
Father | Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset |
Mother | Lady Eleanor Beauchamp |
Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (26 January 1436[citation needed] – 15 May 1464) was an important Lancastrian military commander during the English Wars of the Roses. He is sometimes numbered the 2nd Duke of Somerset, because the title was re-created for his father after his uncle died. He also held the subsidiary titles of 5th Earl of Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Dorset and 2nd Earl of Dorset.