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See also: SOMERSET, EARLS AND See also:DUKES OF . In the 11th See also:century Somerset and See also:Dorset were under the See also:jurisdiction of one See also:sheriff, and for a considerable See also:period titles derived from each of these shires were See also:borne by the same See also:person. (See DORSET, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF.)
The earldom of Somerset in the See also:Beaufort See also:family dated from 1397, in which See also:year it was granted by See also:Richard II. to See also:John Beaufort (c. 1373-1410), the eldest of the three illegitimate, but afterwards legitimated, sons of John of Gaunt, See also:duke of See also:Lancaster, by See also:Catherine, wife of See also:Sir See also:Hugh See also:Swynford, and daughter of Sir See also:Payne Roelt. He was followed in the earldom successively by his three sons: See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry, who died unmarried in 1418; John (1404—1444), who in 1443 was created See also:earl of See also:Kendal and duke of Somerset, both of which titles became See also:extinct at his See also:death; and See also:Edmund, who was created earl of Dorset in 1441, See also:marquess of Dorset in 1443, and duke of Somerset in 1448. (See SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF.) On the See also:execution of Edmund's son Henry, 5th earl and 2nd duke of Somerset, by the Yorkists in 1464, his titles were forfeited by See also:act of See also:parliament; buthis See also:brother Edmund was from that date styled duke of Somerset by the Lancastrian party till his death in May 1471, when the See also:house of Beaufort became extinct. (See BEAUFORT.) In 1499 Henry VII. nominated his See also:infant son Edmund to the dukedom of Somerset at his See also:baptism, but the See also:child, who died within a few months, was probably never formally created a peer; the See also:title, conjoined with the dukedom of See also:Richmond, was, however, borne by Henry See also:Fitzroy, illegitimate son of Henry VIII., from 1525 till his death without heirs in 1536.
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