| Charles Somerset | |
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| Earl of Worcester | |
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| Spouse | Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert Elizabeth West Eleanor Sutton |
| Issue | |
| Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester Elizabeth Somerset Charles Somerset George Somerset Mary Somerset, Baroness Grey de Wilton |
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| Noble family | House of Beaufort |
| Father | Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset |
| Mother | Joan Hill |
| Born | 1460 |
| Died | 15 March 1526 |
Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester (1460 — 15 March 1526) was the legitimised son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset and Joan Hill.
Biography
He was born around 1460 to Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset[1] and Joan Hill.[2] He married three times, 1st to Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert, daughter of William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, 2nd Baron Herbert, 2nd to Elizabeth West, daughter of Sir Thomas West, 8th Baron de la Warr, and 3rd to Eleanor Sutton, daughter of Edward Sutton, 2nd Lord Dudley.[3]
In right of his wife he was created Lord Herbert.[4] On 1 February 1513, he was created the 1st Earl of Worcester. He was invested as Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) around 1496. Lord Chamberlain of the Household of Henry VIII of England. As Lord Chamberlain, Somerset was largely responsible for the preparations of the Field of Cloth of Gold. Elizabeth died bef. March 1513. Somerset died on 15 April 1526 and was buried with his first wife at St. George's Chapel.
With Elizabeth Herbert, whom he married on 2 June 1492, he had one son, Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester,[5] his heir and successor and one daughter Elizabeth, wife of John Savage, Knt., and William Brereton.
With Elizabeth West, he had Charles, Knt., and George, Knt., and one daughter Lady Mary Somerset of Worcester, wife of William Grey, 13th Baron Grey de Wilton and of Robert Carre.
Notes
- ^ Burke, John, Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of peerage, baronetage and knightage, (G.P.Putnam's Sons:New York, 1914), 207.
- ^ Gurney, E. Henry, Reference handbook for readers, students, and teachers of English history , (Ginn & Company:Boston, 1890), 55.
- ^ Burke, 207
- ^ Burke, 207.
- ^ McClain, Molly, Beaufort: the duke and his duchess, 1657-1715, (Yale University Press, 2001), xxi.
References
- Burke, John, Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of peerage, baronetage and knightage, G.P.Putnam's Sons:New York, 1914.
- Gurney, E. Henry, Reference handbook for readers, students, and teachers of English history , Ginn & Company:Boston, 1890.
- McClain, Molly, Beaufort: the duke and his duchess, 1657-1715, Yale University Press, 2001.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by The Earl of Oxford |
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1488–1514 |
Succeeded by Sir Henry Guilford |
| Preceded by Sir William Stanley |
Lord Chamberlain 1508–1526 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Arundel |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by New Creation |
Earl of Worcester 1514–1526 |
Succeeded by Henry Somerset |
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