by Alison Weir
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.
2 Mary; she married Ralph Neville of Westmorland.
Joan married secondly Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland (1364?–1425), before 29 November, 1396, and had issue:
3 Richard, Earl of Salisbury (1400?–killed 1460); he married Alice (1406–1462), daughter of Thomas de Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, and had issue, including Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, father of Anne, Queen of Richard III, and Isabella, Duchess of Clarence (under Edward IV, see here).
4 William, Baron Fauconberg, Earl of Kent (d.1463); he married Joan, Baroness Fauconberg (1406–1490), and had issue.
5 George, Baron Latimer (d.1469) (?); he married Elizabeth (1417–1480), daughter of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and had issue.
6 Robert, Bishop of Salisbury and Durham (1404?–1457).
7 Edward, Baron Bergavenny (d.1476); he married Elizabeth (d.1448), daughter of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester, and had issue. He married secondly Katherine (d. after 1478), daughter of Sir Robert Howard, and had issue.
8 Cuthbert (d. young).
9 Thomas (d. young).
10 Henry (d. young).
11 Katherine (d. after 1483); she married firstly John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk (1392–1432), and had issue. She married secondly Thomas Strangeways. She married thirdly John, Viscount Beaumont (killed 1460). She married fourthly John Woodville (1445?–executed 1469), brother of Elizabeth, wife of Edward IV (under Henry IV, see here).
12 Joan; a nun.
13 Anne (d.1480); she married firstly Humphrey, Earl of Stafford (1402-killed 1460), and had issue. She married secondly Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy (1420?–1474).
14 Eleanor (d.1472); she married firstly Richard le Despenser, Baron Burghersh (1396–1414), and had issue. She married secondly Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1392–killed 1455), and had issue.
15 Cecily, Duchess of York (under Edward IV, see here.
16 One other, unnamed in the records.
Joan was made a Lady of the Garter in 1399. She died on 13 November, 1440 at Howden, Yorkshire, and was buried in Lincoln Cathedral.
7 Edmund
He was born on 5 June, 1341, at Abbot’s Langley (now King’s Langley), Herts. He was made a Knight of the Garter in c.April, 1361, and was created Earl of Cambridge on 13 November, 1362. He was created Duke of York on 6 August, 1385. He died on 1 August, 1402, at King’s
Langley, Herts., and was buried there in the Church of the Mendicant Friars.
Edmund married firstly, between 1 January and 30 April, 1372, at Hertford Castle (?):
Isabella
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 sister to Constance, wife of John of Gaunt ( see here). Isabella was born in c.1355/6 at Morales or at Tordesillas, Castile. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1379. She died on 23 November, 1392/3, and was buried in the Church of the Dominican Friars, King’s Langley, Herts.
Issue of marriage:
(i) Edward
He was born in c.1373, perhaps at Norwich, Norfolk. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1387. He was created Earl of Cork between 25 February, 1390, and 15 January, 1395, and Earl of Rutland on 25 February, 1390. He was created Duke of Aumale on 29 September, 1397, but deprived of the dukedom on 3 November, 1399. He succeeded his father as Duke of York on 1 August, 1402, and was confirmed in this dukedom on 5 November, 1402. He was restored to the dukedom of Aumale on 1 May, 1414. He was killed on 25 October, 1415, at the Battle of Agincourt, France, and was buried in the Collegiate Church of Fotheringhay, Northants.
Edward married, between 27 February, 1396, and 7 October, 1398:
Philippa
She was the daughter of John de Mohun, 2nd Baron of Dunster, by Joan, daughter of Sir Bartholemew de Burghersh of Ewyas Lacy, Co. Hereford. She married firstly Walter, 4th Baron FitzWalter (d.1386), before 27 June, 1385, and had issue:
1 Walter (d.1432); a knight; he married a lady called Elizabeth, and had issue.
Philippa married secondly Sir John Golafre of Langley, Oxon. (d.1396), before 13 November, 1389. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1390. She died on 17 July, 1431, at Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
(ii) Constance
She was born in c.1374. She married Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester (1373–executed 1400), between 16 April, 1378 and 7 November, 1389 (possibly later, but certainly before 14 January, 1394), and had issue: