John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset

Also known as: Iohn earle of Summerset / Iohn erle of Summerset · Family: House of Lancaster · Role: earl of Somerset · First appears: Henry IV 1

Henry IV 1

• sworn: Henry IV “Iohn erle of Summerset, to whom the king as in right of his earledome of Lincolne, had granted to be caruer the daie of his coronation, and had it confirmed.”
• rivals with Reginald Grey, Lord Grey of Ruthin “Iohn erle of Summerset, by the kings assignement bare the second sword before him at his coronation, albeit that the said lord Graie of Ruthen by petition exhibited before the lord steward demanded the same office”

Henry VI 2

• child: Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots “Iames (the first of that name & the hundred & second K. of Scotland, tooke to wife the ladie Iane, daughter to Iohn earle of Summerset deceassed”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.