John Beaufort ,1st Earl of Somerset (Marquess)

1373 - 1410  (37 years)

• Name	John Beaufort ,1st Earl of Somerset (Marquess)
  Born	1373	Château de Beaufort, Goudet, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Mar 1409/10	Collegiate Church of St. Katharine by the Tower, Tower of London, City of London, Middlesex, England
  Buried	St Michael s Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England
  Notes	John de Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset was born illegitimately between 1371 and 1373 at Beafort Castle, England.1,2 He married Lady Margaret de Holand, daughter of Thomas de Holand, 2nd Earl of Kent and Alice FitzAlan, before 28 September 1397.1 He died on 16 March 1409/10 at Hospital of St. Katherine-by-the-Tower, The City, London, England.1 He was buried at Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England.1 He was the son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and Katherine Roèet. He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) circa 1397.1 In February 1397 his illegitmate birth was legitimated by Parliament and Papal decree.2 He was created 1st Earl of Somerset [England] on 10 February 1397.1 He was created 1st Marquess of Somerset [England] on 29 September 1397.1 He was created 1st Marquess of Dorset [England] on 29 September 1397.1 He was deposed as Marquess of Dorset and Somerset on 3 November 1399.1 He held the office of Constable of England in 1404.2 He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.3
  Person ID	I122020374	Red1st
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2011

  
  

  Father	John of Gaunt (Ghent), King of Castile & Leon, 1st Duke of Lancaster, Duke of Aquitaine,   b. Mar 1340, St. Bavo's (Bravon) Abbey, Ghent (Gent), Oost-Vlaanderen (East Flanders), Belgium ,   d. 3 Feb 1398/9, Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Mother	Katherine Roet,   b. 25 Nov 1350, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium ,   d. 10 May 1403, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England  (Age 52 years)
  Married	13 Jan 1396	Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England   [1]
  Family ID	F672154956	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret De Holand Duchess Clarence,   b. Abt 1370, Upholland, Lancashire, England ,   d. 30 Dec 1439, Bermondsey, Surrey, England  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Married	28 Sep 1397	Upholland, Lancashire, England
  Children	1. Henry BEAUFORT,2nd Earl of Somerset,   b. 1401,   d. 25 Nov 1418  (Age 17 years) + 2. John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset,   b. 1403,   d. 27 May 1444  (Age 41 years)   3. Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland,   b. 1404,   d. 15 Jul 1445  (Age 41 years)   4. Thomas Beaufort, Count of Perche,   b. 1405,   d. 3 Oct 1431  (Age 26 years)   5. Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset,   b. 1406,   d. 22 May 1455  (Age 49 years)   6. Margaret BEAUFORT,Countessof Devon,   b. 1409,   d. 1449  (Age 40 years)
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2017 22:10:39
  Family ID	F122013478	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1373 - Château de Beaufort, Goudet, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France Died - 16 Mar 1409/10 - Collegiate Church of St. Katharine by the Tower, Tower of London, City of London, Middlesex, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S25458533593] Complete Peerage, G E Cockayne et al, (St. Catherine Press, 29 Great Queen St, Kingsway, London 1910 on), Lancaster, Vol VII, p. 415.