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Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset and his siblings
Bamburgh Castle, Baron Howth, Dukes of Somerset, executions, First Battle of St. Albans, Hexham, james butler earl of ormond, John Earl of Ormond, John Marquess of Dorset, John Paston, Margaret Beaufort, Margaret FitzLewis, Second Battle of St. Albans, Sir Humphrey Stafford, Tewkesbury, Towton, Wakefield, william pastonIt is difficult to keep track of the various ‘Somersets’ who pop up in the Wars of the Roses, and easy to confuse them. Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset (1436-1464) was the third Duke of his line. He succeeded to the title on the death of his father at the first Battle of St.…
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