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  Earls and dukes of Somerset - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
SOMERSET In the 11th century Somerset and Dorset were under the jurisdiction of one sheriff, and for a considerable period titles derived from each of these shires were borne by the same person.
Charles Seymour, 6th duke of Somerset (1662-1748), succeeded his brother Francis, the 5th duke, when the latter was shot in 1678 at the age of twenty, by a Genoese gentleman named Horatio Botti, whose wife Somerset was said to have insulted at Lerici.
Charles, who thus inherited the barony of Seymour of Trowbridge along with the dukedom of Somerset, was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; and in 1682 he married a great heiress, Elizabeth, daughter of Joceline Percy, earl of Northumberland, who brought him immense estates, including Alnwick Castle, Petworth, Syon House and Northumberland House in London.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Earls_And_Dukes_Of_Somerset   (1101 words)

  
 Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton (25 October 1683–6 May 1757) was an Irish and English politician.
His father was an illegitimate son of Charles II of England and Barbara Villiers, 1st Duchess of Cleveland.
Charles Henry FitzRoy, Earl of Euston (13 April 1714 - 18 December 1715).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_FitzRoy,_2nd_Duke_of_Grafton   (509 words)

  
 Royal Family of Europe - pafg124 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Charles SOMERSET was born in 1689 in .
Henrietta SOMERSET Duchess of Grafton was born on 27 Aug 1690.
Charles (Baron Southampton) FITZROY was born on 25 Jun 1737 in Of, Southampton, Hants, England.
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 Beaufort - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
There were four children of this union - John, created earl of Somerset and marquess of Dorset; Henry, afterwards bishop of Winchester and cardinal (see Henry Beaufort); Thomas, made duke of Exeter and chancellor; and Joan, who married Ralph Neville, first earl of Westmorland, and died in 1440.
The title of earl of Somerset descended on the death of John Beaufort in 1444 to his brother Edmund Beaufort, duke of Somerset, who was killed at St Albans in 1455.
His direct descendant, Henry Somerset, fifth earl of Worcester, was a loyal partisan of Charles I.
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 Marquess Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The first marquess in England was Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford, who was created Marquess of Dublin by Richard II on the 1 December 1385.
On the 13 October 1386 the patent of this marquessate was recalled, Robert de Vere as was raised to Duke of Oxford.
John de Beaufort, Earl of Somerset, the second legitimate son of John of Gaunt, was raised to the second marquessate as Marquess of Somerset and Marquess of Dorset on in September 1397.
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 Duke of Beaufort   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The title of Duke of Beaufort in the Peerage of England was created by Charles II in 1682 for Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester, a descendant of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, illegitimate son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, a Lancastrian leader in the Wars of the Roses.
The title Marquess of Worcester is used as a courtesy title of the Duke's eldest son and heir.
Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester (1629-1700) (became Duke of Beaufort in 1682)
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 thePeerage.com - Lady Margaret Percy and others
Sir Sydney Charles Buxton, 1st and last Earl of Buxton was educated between 1867 and 1871 in Clifton College, England.
     Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester was born in December 1660 in St.
     Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester was styled as Lord Herbert between 1660 and 1682.
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 English Monarchs - Kings and Queens of England - Charles II.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Charles II, the eldest surviving son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France, was born on 29 May, 1630, at St. James Palace, London.
Charles was the first of the Stuarts who was prepared to compromise and from the outset of his reign made it clear he was not about to repeat the mistakes of his father's reign.
Charles eventually tired of Barbara, loosing her power and prestige, while fast becoming an embarrassment to the King, she was eventually banished from court.
www.englishmonarchs.co.uk /stuart_3.htm   (2404 words)

  
 Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Henry Somerset (1629 - January 21, 1699/1700) was the first Duke of Beaufort.
He was previously the 3rd Marquess of Worcester, having inherited that title on the death of his father Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester on April 3, 1667.
Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester (December, 1660 - July 13, 1698), who had a military and political career
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 Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester was born around 1496 to Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert.
On April 15th, 1526, he succeeded his father and became the 2nd Earl of Worcester.
Somerset married 2nd (bef 1527) to Elizabeth Browne, daugther of Anthony Browne, Knt., by Lucy, daughter of John Neville, Earl of Northumberland, Marquess of Montagu.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Somerset,_2nd_Earl_of_Worcester   (215 words)

  
 Worcester, Edward Somerset, 6th earl and 2d marquess of - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
WORCESTER, EDWARD SOMERSET, 6TH EARL AND 2D MARQUESS OF [Worcester, Edward Somerset, 6th earl and 2d marquess of], 1601?-1667, English soldier and inventor.
Known as Lord Herbert after 1628, he received the title earl of Glamorgan in 1644 and succeeded as earl and marquess of Worcester in 1646.
Worcester went to France in 1648 and was imprisoned for two years on his return to England (1652).
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Urso de Abitot, constable of Worcester castle and sheriff of Worcester-shire, is erroneously said to have been created earl of Worcester in 1076.
The title of earl of Worcester was revived in 1421 in favour of Richard Beauchamp, Lord Abergavenny, but lapsed on his death in 1422.
The title descended in direct line to Henry, the 5th earl (1577–1646), who advanced large sums of money to Charles I. at the outbreak of the Great Rebellion, and was created marquess of Worcester in 1643.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?content_id=70911&locale=en   (362 words)

  
 The first Civil War, 1642-46
Charles might have taken advantage of his stronger position in 1643 to negotiate a favorable peace, but he still hoped to defeat the rebellion entirely.
A friend of Charles in his youth, he was the only peer that Charles tried to arrest along with the Five Members.
Charles I marched his army North, but so many soldiers deserted that by the time he reached Newark, it was apparent that his cause was lost.
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 thePeerage.com - Margaret Lydia Faith Coote and others
She married, firstly, Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester, son of Sir Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort and Mary Capell, on 5 June 1682 in Wanstead, Essex, England.
She married Sir Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort, son of Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester and Rebecca Child, on 7 July 1702 in Knole, Kent, England.
She married Sir Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort, son of Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester and Rebecca Child, on 26 February 1705/6 in Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, St. James's, London, England, with a fortune of £60,000.
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 Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was a son of Lord Augustus FitzRoy and Elizabeth Cosby, daughter of Colonel William Cosby, who served as a colonial Governor of New York.
His father was the third son of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton and Lady Henrietta Somerset, which made FitzRoy a great-grandson of both Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton and Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester.
He was notably a fourth-generation descendant of King Charles II and Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Augustus_Henry_Fitzroy,_3rd_Duke_of_Grafton   (670 words)

  
 Order of the Garter
Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, illegitimate son of the 3rd Duke of Somerset (1496)
Charles of Ghent, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, afterwards King of Castile and Emperor (1508)
Charles, Duke of Cornwall, eldest son of King Charles I, afterwards King (1638)
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 Kings and Queens of England
Queen of England for nine days, Lady Jane Grey was a great-granddaughter of King Henry VII and daughter of Henry Grey, duke of Suffolk and 3rd marquess of Dorset.
Charles (b.1600) became heir to the throne when his brother, Henry, died in 1612.
However, his attempt to recover the English Crown failed at the battle of Worcester in 1651 when his Scottish army was defeated by that of Oliver Cromwell.
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 Heraldry Worcester at Local.co.uk
Charles Somerset, who named it after his brother, the Marquess of Worcester.
Elizabeth I to Worcester in 1575 that Worcester acquired...
[HW] The heraldry of Worcester: being a roll of the arms borne by the several noble, knightly, and gentle families, which have had property or...
www.local.co.uk /Worcester/Heraldry   (289 words)

  
 Stall-Plates of the Knights of the Garter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Brother of the Emperor Charles V. 1612 (408) Frederick Casimir, Duke of Bavaria, Count Palatine of the Rhine.
Son of Charles II and Louise, Duchess of Portsmouth.
Daughter of John (Beaufort), Duke of Somerset, K.G. Married Edmund (Tudor), Earl of Richmond, and was mother of Henry VII.
www.heraldica.org /topics/orders/garterstalls.htm   (12928 words)

  
 English Civil War - History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
It led to the execution of Charles I in 1649 and the defeat and exile of his son, later Charles II, in 1651.
Army officers kidnapped Charles in June, and in August, the army occupied London and expelled its chief opponents from Parliament.
Charles stood trial before a special High Court of Justice in January 1649 and was convicted of high treason against the people of England and the constitution.
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 'Charles II' "the Merry Monarch" STUART (K.G.) "King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Charles II Stuart, King of Great Britain also went by the nick-name of 'the Merry Monarch'.
He was godfather for Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester at his baptism.
He invaded England in 1651 and was beaten by Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester and after the battle hid in an oak tree.
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 Worldroots.com
Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, 3rd Earl of Arlington, (1683-1757)
In 1713 he married Lady Harriet Somerset, a granddaughter of the 1st Duke of Beaufort.
They became the parents of seven children and she died in 1726.
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 Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by lastname - part 71
Somerset, Charles Noel, Duke of Beaufort 4th, b.
Somerset, Henry Adelbert W FitzRoy, Duke of Beaufort 9th, b.
Somerset, Henry Charles Fitzroy, Duke of Beaufort 6th, b.
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 WORCESTER, EARLS AND M... - Online Information article about WORCESTER, EARLS AND M...
Matilda, was probably earl of Worcester from 1136 to 1145.
title of earl of Worcester was revived in 1421 in favour of Richard See also:
SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e.
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 Somerset, Earl of Worcester   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester, mar Elizabeth Browne [descendant of Edward III] and had issue:
Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester, mar Elizabeth Hastings [descendant of Edward III] and had issue:
Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester [ancestor of Dukes of Beaufort].
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