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3  Margaret ( d.1344).

4  Matilda ( d.1380); she married firstly Godfrey, Count of Hennenburg, and secondly John, Duke of Cleves; she married thirdly John, Count of Châtillon, Blois.

5  Mary ( d.1405); she married William VI, Duke of Juliers ( d.1393), and had issue.

6  Isabella, Abbess of Graventhal.

Eleanor died on 22 April, 1355, at Deventer Abbey, Gueldres, where she was buried.

4   Joan(under David II of Scotland, see here).

Edward II also had the following illegitimate issue:

By an unknown mother:

1  Adam ( c.1310–after 1322).

EDWARD II

He was murdered on 21 September, 1327, at Berkeley Castle, Gloucs., by having a red-hot spit thrust into his bowels; this was probably done on the orders of the Regent, Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, with the collusion of Queen Isabella, who was Mortimer’s mistress. Edward was buried in Gloucester Cathedral.

He was succeeded by his son Edward, in whose favour he had abdicated on 25 January, 1327.

Edward III

FATHER: Edward II( see here).

MOTHER: Isabella of France(under Edward II, see here).

SIBLINGS: (under Edward II, see here).

EDWARD III

He was born on 13 November, 1312, at Windsor Castle. He was created Earl of Chester on 24 November (?), 1312, and Count of Ponthieu and Montreuil on 2 September, 1325. He was created Duke of Aquitaine on 10 September, 1325. He succeeded his father as King of England on 25 January, 1327, Edward II having abdicated in favour of his son on that day. Edward III was crowned on 1 February, 1327, in Westminster Abbey. On 20 October, 1330, he assumed personal rule after overthrowing the regents, his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer, Earl of March. He formally assumed the title King of France, which he claimed through his mother, in January, 1340, thus starting the Hundred Years War.

Edward III married, on 24 January, 1328, at York Minster:

Philippa

She was the daughter of William V ‘the Good’, Count of Hainault and Holland, by Joan, daughter of Charles of France, Count of Valois, and she was born in c.1313/14 either at Valenciennes or at Mons in Flanders. She was crowned on 2 or 20 February, 1328, at Westminster Abbey, and again on 4 March, 1330, also at Westminster Abbey. She died on 15 August, 1369, at Windsor Castle, of a dropsy-like illness, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

Issue of marriage:

1   Edward

Known from the 16th century onwards as ‘the Black Prince’ (because of the colour of his armour), he was born on 15 June, 1330, at Woodstock Palace, Oxon. He was created Earl of Chester on 18 May, 1333, Duke of Cornwall on 3 March, 1337, and Prince of Wales on 12 May, 1343, being invested with the principality on the same day. He was made a Knight of the Garter when his father first founded the Order in 1348. He was created Prince of Aquitaine on 19 July, 1362, and was created Lord of Biscay and Castro Urdiales in Castile by Peter I, King of Castile, on 23 September, 1366. He resigned the principality of Aquitaine because of ill-health before 28 December, 1375. He died on 8 June, 1376, at the Palace of Westminster, and was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent.

Edward married, on 10/11 October, 1361, probably at St Stephen’s Chapel in the Palace of Westminster, or – less probably – at Canterbury Cathedral or at Windsor Castle:

Joan

She was the daughter of Edmund, Earl of Kent, son of Edward I, by Margaret Wake, and she was born on 29 September, 1328. She married firstly Sir Thomas Holland or Holand of Broughton, Bucks. ( d.1360), in c.1339 or in the Spring of 1340, according to her testimony of 1347. She then married secondly, and bigamously, William de Montacute, Earl of Salisbury (1328–1397), in c.1340/1 or 1346 (?) (probably before 10 February, 1341, and certainly by 15 October, 1348). Her marriage to Montacute was annulled by Papal Bull on 13 November, 1349, whilst her marriage to Holland was at the same time pronounced valid. The Pope accordingly ordered Joan to return to Holland and cohabit with him as his lawful wife, which she did around 1349, and had issue:

1  Edmund ( b.before 1352; d.young).

2  Thomas, Earl of Kent ( c.1355–1397); he married Alice ( c.1350–1414/16), daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel and a descendant of Henry III, and had issue.

3  Joan ( c.1356–1384); she married John de Montfort IV, Duke of Brittany (1339–1399) (who afterwards married Joan, later the wife of Henry IV).

4  John, Duke of Exeter ( c.1358–executed 1400); he married Elizabeth, daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster ( see here), and had issue.

5  Matilda ( c.1359–1391); she married firstly Sir Hugh de Courtenay ( d.1377), and secondly Waleran of Luxembourg, Count of St Pol and Ligny ( d.1415), and had issue by her second husband.

Joan succeeded her brother John (under Edward I, see here) as Baroness Wake of Liddell and Countess of Kent on 26/27 December, 1352, and was confirmed in her new titles on 22 February, 1353. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1378. She died on 7, 8 or 21 August, 1385, at Wallingford Castle, Berks., and was buried in Greyfriars Church, Stamford, Lincs. It is likely that her remains were shortly afterwards removed to London, although the site of their final resting place is not recorded.

Issue of marriage:

  (i)   Edward

He was born on 27 January, 1365, at Angoulême in France, and died in January, 1371/2, at Bordeaux, Gascony. He was buried at Bordeaux, but later removed to the Church of the Austin Friars in London.

(ii)   Richard II( see here).

 Edward also had the following illegitimate issue:

By Edith de Willesford ( d. after 1385):

1  Sir Roger de Clarendon (1345/60–executed 1402); he married Margaret ( d.1382), daughter of John Fleming, Baron de la Roche.

By unknown mothers:

2  Edward ( b.c.1349; d. young).

3  Sir John Sounders, or John de Galeis (Calais?).

2   Isabella

She was probably born in March (her mother was churched before 30 April), 1332, at Woodstock Palace, Oxon. She married Enguerrand II, Lord of Coucy, Count of Soissons and Earl of Bedford (1339?–1397), on 27 July, 1365 at Windsor Castle, and had issue:

1  Mary (1366–1404); she married Henry of Bar, Marquess of Pont-à-Mousson ( d.1401), and had issue.

2  Philippa (1367–1411); she married Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford and Duke of Ireland (1362–1392).

Isabella was made a Lady of the Garter in 1376. She died between 17 June and 5 October, 1382, and was buried in Greyfriars Church, Newgate, London.

3   Joan

She was probably born in February (certainly before 30 May), 1335, at Woodstock Palace, Oxon., not in the Tower of London as is sometimes stated. She died on 2 September, 1348, at Loremo, Bordeaux, Gascony, of the Black Death (bubonic plague), and was buried either at Loremo, or Bordeaux, or in Bayonne Cathedral, Gascony.

4   William

He was born around 1334/6, certainly before 16 February, 1337, at Hatfield, Yorkshire, where he died before 3 March, 1337. He was buried in York Minster.

5   Lionel

He was born on 29 November, 1338, at Antwerp in Brabant. He was styled Earl of Ulster in right of his wife from c.26 January, 1347. He was made a Knight of the Garter in c.April, 1361, and created Duke of Clarence on 13 November, 1362. He died on 17 October, 1368, at Alba, Piedmont, Italy, and was buried at Pavia, Italy. His remains were later removed to Clare Priory, Suffolk.

Lionel married firstly, on 15 August, 1342, in the Tower of London, and again on 9 September, 1342, at Reading Abbey, Berkshire:

Elizabeth

She was the daughter of William de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, by Matilda of Lancaster, a descendant of Henry III, and she was born on 6 July, 1332, probably at Carrickfergus Castle in Ulster. She succeeded her father as Countess of Ulster on 6 June, 1333. She died on 10 December (?), 1363, in Dublin, and was buried at Clare Priory, Suffolk.

Issue of marriage:

  (i)   Philippa

She was born on 16 August, 1355, at Eltham Palace, Kent. She married Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (1352–1381) (grandson of the Regent Mortimer – see here, under Edward II), after 15 February, 1359, and probably in May, 1368, at the Queen’s Chapel, Reading Abbey, Berkshire. Philippa died between 21 November, 1378 (date of Will), and 9 February, 1381, and was buried at Cork in Ireland. Her remains were later removed to Wigmore, Herefordshire.

The House of York would one day base its claim to the throne on its descent from Edward III through Philippa, therefore her issue is included here in full:

(a)

Elizabeth

She was born on 12 February, 1371, at Usk, Monmouthshire. She married firstly Sir Henry (‘Hotspur’) Percy (1361–1403: killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury) before 1 May, 1380, and had issue:

1  Henry, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1394–1455); he married Eleanor (

d

.1472), daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, and had issue. Eleanor was a granddaughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (

see here

).

2  Elizabeth (

d

.1436); she married firstly John, 7th Baron Clifford (

d

.1421/2), and had issue, and secondly Ralph

Neville, 2nd Earl of Westmorland (1408–1485), and had issue.

Elizabeth married secondly Thomas, 1st Baron Camoys (

d.

1419), and had issue:

3  Son (name not known); he is said to have died young.

Elizabeth died on 20 April, 1417, and was buried at Trotton, Sussex.

(b)

Roger

He was born on 1 September, 1373, or 11 April, 1374, at Usk, Monmouthshire. He succeeded his mother as Earl of Ulster between 21 November, 1378, and 9 February, 1381, and his father as Earl of March on 27 December, 1381. He was killed on 20 July, 1398, at Kenlis during a skirmish with the Irish, and was buried at Wigmore, Herefordshire.

Roger married, on

c.

7 October, 1388 (although no record exists as to where):

Eleanor

She was the daughter of Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent, by Alice, daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel and granddaughter of Eleanor of Lancaster, a descendant of Henry III, and she was born in

c

.1373. After Roger’s death, she married secondly Edward de Cherleton, 4th Baron Cherleton of Powys (

d

.1421), after 19 June, 1399, and had issue:

1  Joan; she married Sir John Grey, Count of Tancarville (

d

.1421).

2  Joyce (1403?–1446); she married Sir John Tiptoft (

d

.1443), and had issue.

Eleanor died on 6, 18 or 23 October, 1405.

Issue of marriage:

(i)

Anne

She married Richard, Earl of Cambridge (

see here

).

(ii)

Edmund

He was born on 4 or 6 November, 1391, in the New Forest, Hampshire, and succeeded his father as Earl of March and Ulster on 20 July, 1398. He died on 18/19 January, 1425, at Trim Castle, Co. Meath,

Ireland, of plague, and was buried in the Collegiate Church of Stoke Clare, Suffolk.

Edmund married, in

c.

1415 (although no evidence exists as to where):

Anne

She was the daughter of Edmund, 5th Earl of Stafford, by Anne, Countess of Buckingham (

see here

), and was born in

c.

1398/1403. After the death of Edmund, she married secondly John Holland, Earl of Huntingdon and 3rd Duke of Exeter (1395?–1447), grandson of John of Gaunt (

see here

), before 5 March, 1427, and had issue:

1 Henry (1430–1475), 4th Duke of Exeter; he married Anne Plantagenet, sister of Edward IV, and had issue. Afterwards divorced.

Anne died on 20 or 24 September, 1432, and was buried in the Church of St Katherine-by-the-Tower, London.

(iii)

Roger

He was born on 24 March or 23 April, 1393, at Netherwood, and died unmarried around

c.

1409/10.

(iv)

Eleanor

She was born in

c.

1395. She married Edward, Baron Courtenay (

d.

1418), in 1408/9, and died after 1414, perhaps having become a nun after her husband’s death.

(v)

Alice

She is mentioned only by the Tudor chronicler Robert Fabyan, therefore her existence is doubtful.

(c)

Philippa

She was born on 21 November, 1375, at Ludlow Castle, Shropshire. She married firstly John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (1372–1389), in

c.

1385. She married secondly Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel (

c.

1348–executed 1397) (a descendant of Henry III), before 15 August, 1390, and had issue:

1 John (

c

.1394–d. young after 1397).

Philippa married thirdly Thomas Poynings, 5th Baron St

John of Basing (

d

.1429) before 24 November, 1399. She died around 24/26 September, 1400/1 at Halnaker, Sussex, and was buried in Boxgrove Priory, Lewes, Sussex.

(d)

Edmund

He was born on 9 November, 1376/7, at Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, and was made a knight. He died before 13 May, 1411, possibly in 1409, at Harlech Castle, Wales.

Edmund married, in

c

.November, 1402, although no record exists as to where:

Katherine

She was the daughter of Owen Glendower by Margaret, daughter of Sir David Hanmer of Hanmer, Co. Flint. She died before 1 December, 1413, and was buried in St Swithun’s Church, London.

Issue of marriage:

(i)

  Lionel (

d

. young).

(ii)

  Daughter (name not known) (

d

. young, 1413).

(iii)

  Daughter (name not known) (

d

. young, 1413).

(iv)

  Possibly more daughters who died young before 1413.

Lionel married secondly, on 28 May or 5 June, 1368, at the Church of St Maria Maggiore, Milan, Italy:

Yolande or Violante

She was the daughter of Galleazzo Visconti II, Duke of Milan, by Bianca Maria, daughter of Aimone, Count of Savoy, and she was born in

c.

1353. After the death of Lionel, she married secondly Ottone Paleologo, Marquess of Montferrat (murdered 1378), on 2 August, 1377, at Pavia, Italy. She married thirdly Ludovico Visconti, Lord of Lodi (1358–1381), on 18 April, 1381, and had issue:

1 John (Giovanni).

Yolande died in November, 1386.

6   John

Known as John of Gaunt, he was born in February or March (certainly before 28 May), 1340, at St Bavon’s Abbey, Ghent, Flanders, and was created Earl of Richmond on 20 September, 1342. He was made a Knight of the Garter in c. April, 1361. He was first styled Earl of Derby, a title he held in right of his first wife, on 21 July, 1361. He was created Earl of Lancaster in right of his first wife before 14 August, 1361, and Lord of Beaufort and Nogent, also in right of his first wife, on 14 August, 1361. He succeeded his sister-in-law, Matilda of Lancaster (under Henry III, see here), as Earl of Derby, Earl of Leicester and Earl of Lincoln on 10 April, 1362, and was created Duke of Lancaster on 13 November, 1362. He was created Lord of Bergerac and Roche-sur-Yon on 8 October, 1370. He surrendered the earldom of Richmond on 5 June, 1372. He assumed the style and title of King of Castile and Léon, in right of his second wife, before 6 October, 1372. He was created Duke of Aquitaine on 2 March, 1390. He died on 3/4 February, 1399, probably at Leicester Castle, or – less probably – at Ely Place, Holborn, London, and was buried in Old St Paul’s Cathedral, London.

John had the following illegitimate issue:

By Marie de St Hilaire ( d. after 1399):

1  Blanche (before 1360–1388/9?); she married Sir Thomas Morieux.

John married firstly, on 19 May, 1359, at Reading Abbey, Berkshire:

Blanche

She was the daughter of Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster, by Isabella de Beaumont (under Henry III, see here), and she was born on 25 March, 1345. She died on 12 September, 1369, at Bolingbroke Castle, Lincs., of the Black Death (bubonic plague), and was buried in Old St Paul’s Cathedral, London.

Issue of marriage:

(i)

Philippa

She was born on 31 March, 1360, at Leicester Castle. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1378. She married John I, King of Portugal (1357/8–1433), on 14 February, 1387, at Oporto Cathedral, Portugal, and had issue:

1  Blanche (1388–1389).

2  Alfonso (1390–1400).

3  Edward I, King of Portugal (1391–1438); he married Eleanor (

d

.1445), daughter of Ferdinand I, King of Aragon and Sicily, and had issue.

4  Peter, Duke of Coimbra (1392–1449); he married Isabella

(1409–1443), daughter of James II, Count of Urgel, and had issue.

5  Henry ‘the Navigator’, Duke of Viseu (1394–1460).

6  Isabella (1397–1471); she married Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (

d

.1467), and had issue.

7  John, Duke of Beja, Constable of Portugal (1400–1442); he married Isabella (

d

.1445), daughter of Alfonso I, Duke of Braganza, and had issue.

8  Ferdinand, Grand Master of Aviz (1402–1443).

Philippa died on 19 July, 1415, at Odivelas, near Lisbon, Portugal, of plague, and was buried in Odivelas Abbey. Her remains were later removed to Batalha Abbey, Portugal.

(ii)

John

He was born in

c

.1362 or

c

.1364, and died young. He was buried in St Mary’s Church, Leicester.

(iii)

Elizabeth

She was born before 21 February, 1363, at Burford, Shropshire. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1378. She married firstly John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (1372–1389), in 1380 at Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, but the marriage was annulled after 24 September, 1383. Hastings afterwards married Philippa Mortimer (

see here

). Elizabeth married secondly John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (1352?–executed 1400) (son of Joan, Princess of Wales –

see here

), on 24 June, 1386, at Plymouth, Devon, and had issue:

1  John, 3rd Duke of Exeter (1395–1447); he married firstly Anne, daughter of Edmund, 5th Earl of Stafford, by Anne, Countess of Buckingham (

see here

), and widow of Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March and Ulster (

see here

), and had issue. He married secondly Beatrice of Portugal (

d

.1439). He married thirdly Anne (

d

.1457), daughter of John de Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, and had issue.

2  Richard (

d

.1400 or 1416).

3  Constance (1387–1437); she married Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk (1385–executed 1405), and had issue. She married secondly Sir John Grey (

d

.1439), and had issue.

4  Edward, a knight (

c

.1399–after 1413).

5  Alice (

c

.1392–

c

.1406), she married Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford (1385–1417), and had issue.

Elizabeth married thirdly John Cornwall, 1st Baron Fanhope (

d

.1443), before 12 December, 1400, and had issue:

6  Constance (

d

. by 1429); she was married or betrothed to John Maltravers, Earl of Arundel (1407–1435).

Elizabeth died on 24 November, 1425/6, and was buried in Burford Church, Shropshire.

(iv)

Edward

He was born in

c.

1365, and died the same year. He was buried in St Mary’s Church, Leicester.

(v)

John

He was born before 4 May, 1366, and died young. He was buried in St Mary’s Church, Leicester.

(vi)

Henry IV

(

see here

).

(vii)

Isabella

She was born in

c

.1368, and died young.

John married secondly, on 21 September, 1371, probably at Roquefort, Guienne, or – less probably– at St Andrew, Guienne:

Constance

She was the daughter of Peter I ‘the Cruel’, King of Castile, by Maria, daughter of John Garcias de Padilla, a handfast wife, and she was born in 1354 at Castro Kerez, Castile. She succeeded her father as ‘de jure’ Queen of Castile on 13 March, 1369, but was never Queen ‘de facto’, the throne having been usurped by Henry of Trastamara. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1378. She died on 24 March, 1394, at Leicester Castle, and was buried in Newark Abbey, Leicester.

Issue of marriage:

(i)   Katherine

She was born between 6 June, 1372, and 31 March, 1373, at Hertford Castle. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1384. She married Henry III, King of Castile (1379–1406), in September, 1388, at the Church of St Antolin, Fuentarrabia, Castile, and had issue:

1  Mary (1401–1458); she married Alfonso V, King of Aragon and Sicily (1394–1458), and had issue.

2  John II, King of Castile (1406–1454); he married firstly Maria ( d.1445), daughter of Ferdinand I, King of Aragon and Sicily, and had issue. He married secondly Isabella (1428?–1496), daughter of John, Duke of Beja in Portugal, and son of Philippa of Lancaster ( see here), and had issue, including Isabella I, Queen of Spain, mother of Katherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII.

3  Katherine (1406–1439); married Henry of Aragon, Duke of Villena ( d.1445).

Katherine died on 2 June, 1418, and was buried at Toledo, Spain.

(ii) John

He was born in 1374 at Ghent in Flanders, and died in 1375.

John married thirdly, on 13 January, 1396, at Lincoln Cathedral:

Katherine

She was the daughter of Sir Payn Roët of Guienne, and she was born in c.1350. She married Sir Hugh Swynford of Coleby and Kettlethorpe, Co. Lincs. (1340–1372), before 1367 at St Clement Danes Church, Strand, London, and had issue:

1  Thomas (1368/72–1432), a knight; he married firstly Jane Crophill, and had issue. He married secondly Margaret ( d.1454), daughter of Sir Henry Grey, and had issue.

2  Blanche ( b.c.1370).

Katherine became the mistress of John of Gaunt in c.1371/2. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1388. She died on 10 May, 1403, at Lincoln, and was buried in Lincoln Cathedral.

The issue of this marriage, all surnamed Beaufort after their father’s French lordship, were all born before their parents were united in wedlock; they were legitimated by the Pope on 1 September, 1396, and also by Charter of Richard II on 9 February, 1397, but this same Charter also excluded them from the succession. Issue as follows:

(i)   John

He was born around c.1371/3. He was made a Knight of the Garter in c.1397. He was created Earl of Somerset on 10 February, 1397, and Marquess of Somerset on 9 September, 1397. He was created Marquess of Dorset on 29 September, 1397, but deprived of this on 3 November, 1399. He died on 16 March, 1410, at the Hospital of St Katherine-by-the-Tower, London, and was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent.

   John married, before 28 September, 1397 (although no evidence exists as to where):

Margaret

She was the daughter of Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent, son of Joan, Princess of Wales ( see here), by Alice, daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, a descendant of Henry III, and she was born around 1381/5. After the death of John, she married secondly Thomas, Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV, after 10 November, 1411 (date of dispensation). She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1399. She died on 30/31 December, 1439, at St Saviour’s Abbey, Bermondsey, London, and was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent.

Issue of marriage:

(a)

Henry

He was born on 26 November or, less probably, on 16 October, 1401, and succeeded his father as Earl of Somerset on 16 March, 1410. He died on 25 November, 1418.

(b)

John

He was born before 25 March or in c. April, 1404. He succeeded his brother Henry as Earl of Somerset on 25 November, 1418, and was made a Knight of the Garter in 1440. He was created Duke of Somerset and Earl of Kendal on 28 August, 1443. He died, perhaps by suicide, on 27 May, 1444, and was buried in Wimborne Minster, Dorset.

John had the following

illegitimate issue

:

1  John, Bastard of Somerset (

d.

after 1453).

2  Jacinda or Thomasine (1434?–after 1469); she married Reginald, Baron Grey de Wilton (1421–1494), and had issue.

John married, in 1439 or

c

.1442 (although no record exists as to where):

Margaret

She was the daughter of John, 3rd Baron Beauchamp of Bletsoe, by Edith, daughter of Sir John Stourton. She

married firstly Sir Oliver St John of Bletsoe, Beds. (

d

.1437), and had issue:

1  John of Bletsoe, a knight; he married Alice, daughter of Thomas Bradshaigh of Haigh, Co. Lancs., and had issue.

2  Oliver of Lidiard Tregos or of Ewell, Surrey (

d

.1497); he married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry, Baron Scrope of Bolton, and had issue.

3  Agnes; she married David Malpas.

4  Edith; she married Sir Geoffrey Pole of Medmenham, Bucks. (

d

.1474), and had issue, including Sir Richard Pole, who married Margaret Plantagenet (under Edward IV,

see here

).

5  Elizabeth; she married William, Baron Zouche of Haryngworth.

6  Mary; she married Richard Frogenhall.

After the death of John Beaufort, her second husband, Margaret married thirdly Leo, 6th Baron Welles (killed 1461), in

c.

April, 1447, and had issue:

7  John, 1st Viscount Welles (

d

.1498); he married Cecilia of York, daughter of Edward IV, and had issue.

Margaret died on 8 August, 1482, and was buried in Wimborne Minster, Dorset.

Issue of marriage:

(

i

)

Margaret

(under

Henry VII,

see here

).

(c)

Thomas

He was born in 1405, and was called Earl of Perche, although there is no record of any formal creation. He died unmarried in 1432.

(d)

Edmund

He was born in

c.

1406. He was created Count of Mortain on 22 April, 1427, and made a Knight of the Garter before 5 May, 1436. He was styled Earl of Dorset from 1438, and formally created so on 18 or 28 August, 1442. He was created Marquess of Dorset on 24 June, 1443, and succeeded his brother John as Earl of Somerset on 27 May, 1444. He was created Duke of Somerset on 31 March, 1448. He was killed on 22 May, 1455, at the Battle of St

Albans, Herts., and was buried in St Albans Abbey.

Edmund married, around 1431/5, and before 7 March, 1436 (although no record exists as to where):

Eleanor

She was the daughter of Richard Beauchamp, 5th Earl of Warwick, by Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas, Lord Berkeley, and she was born in 1407/8 at Wedgenock, Co. Warwick. She married firstly Thomas, 9th Baron de Ros (1406–1430), and had issue:

1  Thomas (1427–1461); he married Philippa, daughter of John, Baron Tiptoft, and had issue.

After the death of Edmund Beaufort, her second husband, Eleanor married thirdly Walter Rokesley. She died around 4/6 or on 12 March, 1466/8, at Baynard’s Castle, London.

Issue of marriage:

(i)

Henry

He was born on 26 January or in

c.

April, 1436, and was styled Earl of Dorset from 1448. He succeeded his father as Duke and Earl of Somerset, Marquess of Dorset and Count of Mortain on 22 May, 1455. He was attainted on 4 November, 1461, when all his honours and estates were declared forfeit, although he was restored to them all on 10 March, 1463. He was executed on 15 May, 1464, at Hexham, Northumberland, after the Battle of Hexham, and was buried either at Hexham Abbey or at Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucs. He never married.

Henry had the following

illegitimate issue

:

By Joan Hill:

1  Charles Somerset, Earl of Worcester (1460?–1526); he married Elizabeth (1476?–1509/13), daughter of William Herbert, Earl of Huntingdon, and had issue. He married secondly Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas West, 8th Baron de la Warre, and had issue. He married thirdly Eleanor (

d.

by 1549), daughter of Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Sutton. The present Dukes of Beaufort are descended from Charles Somerset.

(ii)

Edmund

He was born in

c.

1439, and by 1440. He was styled Duke of Somerset after his father’s death in 1455, but never formally restored to the title. He was executed on 6 May, 1471, at Tewkesbury, Gloucs., after the Battle of Tewkesbury, and buried in Tewkesbury Abbey.

(iii)

John

He was killed on 4 May, 1471, at the Battle of Tewkesbury, Gloucs., and was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey.

(iv)

Thomas

He died young before 1463.

(v)

Margaret

She married firstly Humphrey Stafford (

d.

1457/8) in 1455, and had issue:

1  Henry, Duke of Buckingham (1455?–executed 1483); he married Katherine Woodville, sister of Elizabeth, wife of Edward IV, and had issue. (under Henry IV,

see here

).

2  Son.

Margaret married secondly Sir Richard Dayrell or Dayre of Lillingstone Dayrell, Bucks., and had issue:

3  Margaret; she married James Touchet, Baron Audley, and had issue.

Margaret died in 1474.

(vi)

Eleanor

She married firstly James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormonde and 1st Earl of Wiltshire (

c

.1422–executed 1461), perhaps in April, 1458, at Woodsford, Dorset. She married secondly Sir Robert Spencer of Spencercombe, Devon (

d.

after 1492), in

c.

1470, and had issue:

1  Katherine (

d

.1542); she married Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland (1478–1527), and had issue.

2  Margaret; she married Thomas Carey of Chilton Foliot, and had issue.

Eleanor died on 16 August, 1501.

(vii)

Elizabeth

She married Sir Henry Lewes, and had issue:

1 Mary

Elizabeth died before 1492.

(viii)

Mary or Margaret

No dates are recorded. She married a man surnamed Burgh, and had issue:

1  Thomas.

2  Edward.

(ix)

Anne

She married Sir William Paston of Norfolk (

d

.1496), and had issue:

1  William.

2  Mary (1469?–1489); she married Ralph Neville (

d

.1498).

3  Agnes. She is perhaps to be identified with Anne (

below).

4  Elizabeth; she married Sir John Saville of Thornhill, and had issue.

5  Margaret (

b.

&

d

.1474).

6  Anne; she married Sir Gilbert Talbot and had issue.

(x)

Joan

She married first Robert Howth, Lord of Howth in Ireland, and secondly Sir Richard Fry. She died after 1492.

(e)

Joan

(under

James I, King of Scotland

,

see here

).

(f)

Margaret

She married Thomas Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon (1414–1458), and had issue:

1  Thomas, 6th Earl of Devon (1432–executed 1461).

2  John, 7th Earl of Devon (1435?–executed 1471).

3  Henry (executed 1466).

4  Joan; she married Sir Roger Clifford.

5  Elizabeth; she married Sir Hugh Conway.

(ii)

Henry

He was born in

c.

1375, and entered the Church as a young

man. He became Dean of Wells Cathedral, Somerset, in 1397. He was provided to the See of Lincoln on 27 February, 1398, and was consecrated Bishop of Lincoln on 14 July, 1398. He was translated from Lincoln to Winchester on 19 November, 1404. He was nominated Cardinal-Priest of St Eusebius on 24 May, 1426. He died on 11 April, 1447, at Wolvesey Palace, Winchester, and was buried in Winchester Cathedral.

(iii)

Thomas

He was born in

c.

January,

c.

1377. He was made a Knight of the Garter in

c.

1400. He was created Earl of Dorset on 5 July, 1411, and Duke of Exeter on 18 November, 1416. He was created Count of Harcourt and Lord of Lillebonne on 1 July, 1418. He died on 27 or 31 December, 1426, or on 1 January, 1427, at his manor of East Greenwich, Kent, and was buried in Bury St Edmunds Abbey, Suffolk.

Thomas married, before 15 February, 1403/4 (although no evidence exists as to where):

Margaret

She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Neville of Hornby, Lincs., by Joan Furnivall, and she was born in

c.

January, 1377, or in

c.

1383 (?). She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1408. She died between 1413 and 1426, probably before 9 April, 1424, and was buried in Bury St Edmunds Abbey, Suffolk.

Issue of marriage:

(

a

)

Henry

No dates are recorded. He died young.

(iv)

Joan

She was born in

c.

1379. She married firstly Robert, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Wemme (

d

.1396), before 30 September, 1394, and had issue:

  1  Elizabeth (

c

.1394–1434); she married John de Greystoke, Baron Greystoke (1390–1436), and had issue.