Earls of Worcester

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The Earls of Worcester were a prominent English noble family, chiefly the Somersets, who rose to great political and military influence from the late Middle Ages through the Tudor and Stuart periods.

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Label Occurrences
Earls of Worcester canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English noble title ⓘ
associatedCounty Worcestershire ⓘ
associatedPlace Worcester ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
familyConnection descended from John of Gaunt through the Beaufort line ⓘ
governedTerritory lordships in Wales ⓘ
lordships in the Welsh Marches ⓘ
heldOffice Lord Chamberlain ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Wales ⓘ
Lord President of the Council of Wales and the Marches ⓘ
Lord Privy Seal ⓘ
hereditaryTitle Earl ⓘ
inheritedBy Duke of Beaufort ⓘ
Marquess of Worcester ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French (in early generations) ⓘ
loyalty House of Stuart ⓘ
House of Tudor ⓘ
linked to: Tudor dynasty
militaryRole military commander ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Beaufort ⓘ
linked to: Beaufort family

Somerset family ⓘ
notableEvent Raglan Castle siege in the English Civil War ⓘ
notableMember Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester ⓘ
Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester ⓘ
Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort ⓘ
Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester ⓘ
Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester ⓘ
Henry Somerset, 5th Earl of Worcester ⓘ
William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester ⓘ
peerage Peerage of England ⓘ
periodOfProminence Stuart period ⓘ
Tudor period ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ
politicalAlignment Royalist in the English Civil War ⓘ
politicalInfluence influence at the Stuart court ⓘ
influence at the Tudor court ⓘ
politicalRole advisor to English monarchs ⓘ
courtier ⓘ
regionOfInfluence Wales ⓘ
the Welsh Marches ⓘ
linked to: Welsh Marches

the West Country ⓘ
linked to: southwest England
religion Roman Catholic (many members) ⓘ
seat Chepstow Castle ⓘ
Raglan Castle ⓘ
Worcester House, London ⓘ
socialStatus high nobility ⓘ
titleCreation created in the 15th century ⓘ
titleHolderClass English peer ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Raglan Castle → laterOwner → Earls of Worcester ⓘ
Worcester House, London → associatedWith → Earls of Worcester ⓘ