John

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John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, was an English nobleman and military commander, the eldest of John of Gaunt’s legitimized Beaufort children and a prominent figure in the early Lancastrian dynasty.

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John canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Earl ⓘ
English nobleman ⓘ
Lancastrian noble ⓘ
member of the Beaufort family ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
allegiance House of Lancaster ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
birthDate circa 1371 ⓘ
burialPlace St Michael’s Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
child Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset ⓘ
Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset ⓘ
Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland ⓘ
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset ⓘ
Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Devon ⓘ
Thomas Beaufort ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 16 March 1410 ⓘ
deathPlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
era Late Middle Ages ⓘ
familyName Beaufort ⓘ
father John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster ⓘ
linked to: John of Gaunt
givenName John ⓘ
grandfather Edward III of England ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legitimizedBy Pope Boniface IX ⓘ
Richard II of England ⓘ
memberOf House of Beaufort ⓘ
linked to: Beaufort family

House of Lancaster ⓘ
militaryConflict Hundred Years’ War ⓘ
linked to: Hundred Years' War
mother Katherine Swynford ⓘ
nobleRank peer of England ⓘ
nobleTitle Earl of Somerset ⓘ
notableFor being one of the legitimized Beaufort children of John of Gaunt ⓘ
service in the early Lancastrian dynasty ⓘ
positionHeld Earl of Somerset ⓘ
Marquess of Dorset ⓘ
Marquess of Somerset ⓘ
reignOrTenure Earl of Somerset from 1397 to 1410 ⓘ
relatedTo Henry IV of England ⓘ
Henry V of England ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sibling Henry Beaufort ⓘ
Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots ⓘ
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter ⓘ
spouse Margaret Holland, Duchess of Clarence ⓘ
linked to: Margaret Holland
titleCreationDate 1397 (as Earl of Somerset) ⓘ

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John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset → givenName → John ⓘ
subject linked to: John