Edmund Beaufort (died 1471)
Edmund Beaufort (c. 1438 – 6 May 1471), styled 4th Duke of Somerset, 6th Earl of Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Dorset, 3rd Earl of Dorset, was an English nobleman, and a military commander during the Wars of the Roses, in which he supported the Lancastrian king Henry VI.
Edmund Beaufort | |
|---|---|
| Duke of Somerset | |
Execution of the Duke of Somerset at Tewkesbury in 1471 | |
| Born | c. 1438 |
| Died | 6 May 1471 (aged 32–33) Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England |
| Buried | Tewkesbury Abbey |
| Noble family | Beaufort |
| Father | Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset |
| Mother | Eleanor Beauchamp, Duchess of Somerset |
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