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Name:
John de Beaufort, Earl of Somerset
 Relationship to Lucius Porcius Cato
Birth:
1373 Beaufort Castle, Anjou, Rhône-Alpes, France
Father:
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
Mother:
Katheryn de Roët Swynford
Married:
Margaret Holland 23 AUG 1397
Children:
Henry Beaufort, Earl of Somerset
Born: 1401
Died: 1418
John de Beaufort, Duke of Somerset
Born: 25 MAR 1404 Westminster, London, Greater London, England
Died: 27 MAY 1444
Thomas Beaufort, Earl of Perche
Born: 1405
Died: 1432
Joan de Beaufort
Born: 1406
Died: 15 JUL 1445 Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Edmund de Beaufort, Duke of Somerset
Born: ABT 1406
Died: 1455
Death:
21 APR 1410 Hospital of St. Katherine-by-the-Tower, The City, London, England aged 37
Remarks:
invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) circa 1397.«sup»1«/sup» In February 1397 his illegitmate birth was legitimated by Parliament and Papal decree.«sup»2«/sup» He was created «i»1st Earl of Somerset [England]«/i» on 10 February 1397.«sup»1«/sup» He was created «i»1st Marquess of Somerset [England]«/i» on 29 September 1397.«sup»1«/sup» He was created «i»1st Marquess of Dorset [England]«/i» on 29 September 1397.«sup»1«/sup» He was deposed as Marquess of Dorset and Somerset on 3 November 1399.«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Constable of England in 1404.«sup»2«/sup»

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