 Duchess of Somerset Eleanor Beauchamp, daughter of Earl of Warwick Richard de Beauchamp and Elizabeth de Berkeley.Born Sep 1407 at Walthamstow, Essex, England, died Mar 6, 1466, 58 years Alternate surname: de Beauchamp (IGI (International Genealogical Index)) Alternate birthplace: of Eddgenoch, Warwick, England (Ancestral File) Death date: 6 Mar 1466/1467 Married ± 1425 at ,, England (approximately 5 years married) to:  Baron Ros Thomas de RosBorn Sep 26, 1406 at Belvoir, Leicestershire, England, died Aug 18, 1430, 23 years Alternate surname: Roos (IGI (International Genealogical Index)) Alternate marriage places: Hamlake, York, England; , Worcester, England (IGI (International Genealogical Index)) | |||
| 2nd marriage Duchess of Somerset Eleanor Beauchamp, daughter of Earl of Warwick Richard de Beauchamp and Elizabeth de Berkeley.Married 1433 at ,, England (21 or 22 years married) to: Duke of Somerset Edmund Beaufort, son of Marquess of Somerset John "Fairborn" Beaufort and Duchess of Clarence Margaret de Holand.Born ± 1406 at of Westminster, Middlesex, England, died May 22, 1455 at Battle of St. Albans, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, approximately 49 years, cause of death: Killed, buried at St. Albans Abbey, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England Burial Place: Abbey (Ancestral File) _______________________________________________________________________________ Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset Born: 1406 (?). Father: John Beaufort. He was the son of John of Gaunt and his third wife, Kathryn Swynford.I. Mother: Margaret Holland. She was the daughter of Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent. Titles: Created Count of Mortain April 1427. Knight of the Garter 1436.; Created Earl of Dorset 1442. Created Marquess of Dorset 1443. Succeeded his brother John as Earl of Somerset May 1444. Created Duke of Somerset March 1448.. Married: Eleanor Beauchamp. She was the daughter of Richard Beauchamp, 5th Earl of Warwick. Children: Henry, Edmund, John, Thomas, Margaret, Eleanor, Elizabeth, Mary, Anne Died: Killed at the First Battle of St Albans, 22 May 1455. Buried at St Albans Abbey. (Website: www.fifteenthcentury.net/people.html) _______________________________________________________________________________ First Battle of St. Albans May 22, 1455 The first battle of the "Wars of the Roses" was fought out between the retinues of King Henry VI's supporters and those of the Duke of York and his allies. The latter, along with his kinsmen the Earls of Warwick and Salisbury, raised around 3.000 men and attacked Henry's army of 2,000 men who had barricaded themselves inside the town of St Albans. After the Yorkist's initial attacks had been repulsed, Warwick's men forced their way into the town and the King's forces were overwhelmed in the street fighting that ensued. The Duke of Somerset, the Earl of Northumberland, Lord Clifford, plus about 50 other notable Lancastrians, were killed in the fighting. (Website: www.richard111.com/first1.htm) Marriage date: bef 1436 (Family History Library archive record (family group sheet)) Children: 1. Countess of Wiltshire Eleanor BeaufortBorn ± 1431 at London, London, England, died Aug 16, 1501, approximately 70 years 2. Joan BeaufortBorn ± 1433 at London, London, England, died Aug 11, 1518, approximately 85 years 3. Lady Anne BeaufortBorn ± 1435 at London, London, England Alternate surname: Beauford (Family History Library archive record (family group sheet)) 4. Duke of Somerset Henry BeaufortBorn Apr 1436 at London, London, England, died May 15, 1464 at Hexham, Northumberland, England, 28 years, buried at Abbey, Hexham, Northumberland, England 6. Duke of Somerset Edmund BeaufortBorn ± 1439 at London, London, England, died May 6, 1471, approximately 32 years, buried at St. Mary's, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England Unmarried 7. John BeaufortBorn ± 1441 at London, London, England, died May 6, 1471, approximately 30 years Unmarried 8. Thomas BeaufortBorn after 1442 at of London, London, England | |||
| 3rd marriage Duchess of Somerset Eleanor Beauchamp, daughter of Earl of Warwick Richard de Beauchamp and Elizabeth de Berkeley.Married TO SAID, HAVE at of Walthamstow, Essex, England to: Walter RokesleyBorn ± 1406 at of Walthamstow, Essex, England | |||