Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset

"Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (26 January 1436 – 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, since 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."

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Beaufort,_3rd_Duke_of_Somerset

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=79181281

http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/henrybeaufort2.htm

http://www.thepeerage.com/p10273.htm#i102725

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Titles of Sir Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset: (Royal Ancestry)
3rd Duke of Somerset Marquess of Dorset Earl of Somerset Earl of Dorset Lieutenant and Warden of the Isle of Wight 1457 Captain of Calais 1459 Captain of Guines 1459-60 joint Captain of Bamborough Castle 1462 of Corfe Castle, Dorset Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset[1]

single; d. May 1464[1]

Parents

Edmond Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset and Eleanor Beauchamp dau. Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick

Mistress

Joan Hill. Issue:[1] • Charles Somerset (c.1460-1526). Later legitimized and titled Earl of Worcestor[1]

Occupation • Lancastrian commander[1]  • 1423: Duke of Somerset[2][3] 

Death
(Royal Ancestry) He commanded the Lancastrian army at the Battle of Hexham in Northumberland 15 May 1464, where he was defeated and captured. Henry Beaumont, 3rd Duke of Somerset, was beheaded by the Yorkists at Hexham the same day as his capture. His mistress Joan Hill, was granted an annuity of 10 marks by King Henry VII in 1493.

(Royal Tombs of Medieval England) henry Beaufort's eldest son, Henry, fought with the victorious Lancastrian army at Wakefield in 1460, and the defeated Lancastrians at Towton the following year. He escaped from Towton to Bamburgh Castle, but later surrendered to Edward IV. In 1464, the duke raised an army to support the restoration of Henry VI, but was defeated at Hedgeley Moor in Northumberland (25 April) and Hexhm, also in Northumberland (10 May). Henry Beaufort was executed after the battle of Hexham and buried in the priory church. There is no record of a monument, although a brass matrix recorded in the eighteenth century may have come from his tomb.