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Duke of Somerset, from the county of Somerset, is a title that has been created five times in the peerage of England.It is particularly associated with two families: the Beauforts, who held the title from the creation of 1448, and the Seymours, from the creation of 1547, in whose name the title is still held.
Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, KG, PC (c. 1508 – 20 March 1549) was a brother of Jane Seymour, the third wife of King Henry VIII. [1] With his brother, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector of England, he vied for control of their nephew, the young King Edward VI (r.
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Viscount Beauchamp KG, PC (1500 [1] – 22 January 1552) was an English nobleman and politician who served as Lord Protector of England from 1547 to 1549 during the minority of his nephew King Edward VI.
John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset (1629–1675), uncle, inherited the estate in 1671 on the death of the 3rd Duke, and in 1672 he rebuilt Totnam Lodge and redesigned the deer park, which at that date included long tree-lined walks and a deer "chase". [12] He died in 1675, aged 46, only three years after having started the rebuilding.
Arms of Beaufort: Royal arms of King Edward III within a bordure compony argent and azure for difference of Beaufort Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, 4th Earl of Somerset, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1st Marquess of Dorset styled 1st Count of Mortain, [a] (1406 – 22 May 1455), was an English nobleman and an important figure during the Hundred Years' War.
John Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset; E. Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset This page was last edited on 10 January 2022, at 11:57 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
They were joined by Somerset and the Thomas Courtenay, 6th/14th Earl of Devon. [129] York, his son the Earl of Rutland, and Salisbury left London to contain the Lancastrian threat in the north. [130] On 16 December 1460, York's vanguard clashed with Somerset's forces from the West Country at the Battle of Worksop, and was defeated.
Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (1 February 1824 – 30 April 1899), styled Earl of Glamorgan until 1835 and Marquess of Worcester from 1835 to 1853, [1] was a British peer, soldier, and Conservative politician.