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Sir John Beaufort Earl of Somerset1
b. circa May 1371, d. 1409, #22285
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Father   John of Gaunt Plantagenet b. March 1340, d. 3 February 1399
Mother   Katherine de Roet2 b. October 1350, d. 10 May 1403

Name Variation Sir John Beaufort Earl of Somerset was also found as John of Somerset. 
research Find Start here tomorrow. 
!AInfoNew* He was the Marquess of Dorset, Lord High Admiral of England.3 
Name Variation Sir John Beaufort Earl of Somerset was also found as John Beaufort 1st Earl of Somerset.4,5 
Name Variation Sir John Beaufort Earl of Somerset was also found as John de Beaufort.5 
Name Variation Sir John Beaufort Earl of Somerset was also found as John of Somerset.5 
Birth* circa May 1371 John may have been born circa May 1371 as he was 21 in 1392.6 
Birth May 1372 The date of 1372, is the date given by Anya Seton, and this seems to be the more likely one. If Katherine was pregnant when she left France in Sept of 1371 then John had to have been born in about May of 1372. John was given the name Beaufort for John of Gaunt's lands in Champagne, long since lost to France.7 
Note* 1373 There is some evidence that he may have been born in London, England rather than Lincolnshire.8 
!AInfoNew* 1397 He held the following titles:
Earl of Somerset, 10 February 1397
Marquess of Somerset, 9 September 1397
Marquess of Dorset, 29 September 1397 (deprived of this title 3 November 1399)
Lord High Admiral of England.9,10 
Marriage* 28 September 1397 Sir John Beaufort Earl of Somerset married Margaret Holland of Woodstock, daughter of Thomas Holland 2nd Earl of Kent and Alice FitzAlan, 28 September 1397 in Upholland, Lancashire, England.11,4  
!AInfoNew* From this marriage came the lines of Henry VII and Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, James I and others.7 
Death 16 March 1410
John died on 16 March 1410 and is buried at at London, at England.12,10 
Burial* Tompsett in his work indicates that John was buried in Canterbury, England.10 
!AInfoNew After John of Gaunt's death, however, the four Beauforts were barred from succession to the English throne by their half-brother King Henry IV. Nevertheless, John Beaufort's (the eldest of the four children) great-grandson Henry (VII) Tudor was able to win the throne in 1485 partly by virtue of his descent, through JohnBeaufort from the Lancastrian Plantagenets.13 
research* Find Gedex gives only five children: Henry, John Edmund, Margaret and Joan. Thomas is not included. 

Family   Margaret Holland of Woodstock b. circa 1385, d. 30 December 1439
Children  1. Henry Beaufort Earl Somerset b. 1401, d. 25 Nov 1418
  2. John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset+ b. c 1403, d. 27 May 144414
  3. Margaret Beaufort b. c 1404, d. Nov 144914
  4. Thomas Beaufort b. 1405, d. 14322
  5. Edmund Beaufort Duke Somerset b. c 1406, d. 22 May 1455
  6. Lady Joan Beaufort+ b. c 1407, d. 15 Jul 1445

Citations
  1. Ed Mann, "Edw III," e-mail to Pomala M. Black, 22 May 1998, Faris, _Plantagenet_Ancestry_, [p16, para 10].
  2. [S9603] Unknown author, Burke.
  3. Download, Gedex, Royal Genealogies part 28.
  4. [S10097] "Royal genealogies, part 31. Downloaded via the interent. No documentation or compilor. RoyalGenealogies http://thedon.cac.pus.edu/~saw/royal".
  5. [S10108] "Joan Beaufort by Tompsett, 19 Aug 97".
  6. Download, Deja News Medieval-L Douglas Richardson Dcrdcr4.
  7. [S10161] Anya Seton, Katherine.
  8. Download, http://www.shadowchasers.org/famtree/d0000/g0000051.html.
  9. Download, http://www2.one.net.au/~ziggi/genealogy.htm#johnb.
  10. Download, Brian Tompsett Royals.
  11. [S9469] Royals, online Brian Tompsett.
  12. [S10206] "No hard copy. Information directly entered and noted from GedIndex at GeneStarks' site. If contributors are know they are indicated. Any sources cited are also indicated.", Albert E Myers http://www.ezonline.com/aem/gen/index/ind0570.htm.
  13. Download, William Reaves GedCom on Ancestry.com.
  14. Download, http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal1595.

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