Illegitimate eldest son of John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford, legiti mized in 1397 after their marriage. He was the first to bear the name B eaufort, which John chose for his children by Katherine. Deprived of hi s Marquisates when Richard II was deposed by Henry Bolingbroke (later H enry IV), he later became chamberlain of England and captain of Calais u nder Henry. [The Plantagenet Encyclopedia, p. 26]
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# ID: I13674
# Name: **John "Fairborn" Beaufort
# Sex: M
# Birth: ABT 1371 in Near Pottersgate, Lincolnshire, England
# Death: 16 MAR 1409 in St. Catherine, London, Middlesex, England
# Occupation: Marquess of Somerset
# Change Date: 6 FEB 2005
Father: **John of Gaunt Plantagenet-Lancaster b: MAR 1340 in St. Bevon' s Abbey, Ghent, Flanders
Mother: **Catherine Swynford de Roet b: 25 NOV 1340 in Picardy, Somme, F rance
Marriage 1 **Margaret de Holland b: 1385 in Upholland, Lancashire, Engl and
* Married: 28 SEP 1397
Children
1. Edmund Beaufort b: ABT 1406 in Westminster, Middlesex, England
2. John Beaufort b: 25 MAR 1404 in Westminster, Middlesex, England
3. Joan Beaufort b: ABT 1398 in Westminster, London, Middlesex, Engl and
source:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=andwai&id=I1 3674
added:
04feb2006
More About John "Fairborn" - 1st Earl of Somerset Beaufort:
Date born 2: Abt. 1371, near Pottersgate, Lincolnshire, England.1265
Date born 3: 1372, St. Catherine-by-the-Tower Hosp., England.1266, 1267, 1268
Burial: Unknown, Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England.1269, 1270
Christening: near Pottersgate, Lincolnshire, England.1271, 1272
Occupation 1: Earl Marquis of Somerset.1273, 1274
Occupation 2: 1st Marquis of Dorset.1275, 1276, 1277
Occupation 3: 1st Marquis of Somerset.1278, 1279, 1280
Occupation 4: 2nd Earl of Somerset.1281, 1282, 1283
Occupation 5: Captain of Calais for Henry IV.1284, 1285, 1286
Occupation 6: Chamberlain of England for Henry IV.1287, 1288, 1289
Occupation 7: Knight of the Garter. Admiral of the North..1289
Occupation 8: Lord High Admiral.1290, 1291, 1292
Record Change: February 04, 20061292
More About John "Fairborn" - 1st Earl of Somerset Beaufort and MargaretHolland, de:
Marriage: Bef. September 28, 1397, of Upholland, , Lancashire, England.1293, 1294
Marriage Notes for John "Fairborn" - 1st Earl of Somerset Beaufort and MargaretHolland, de:
[15feb06abernethy.ged]
John BEAUFORT (1° E. Somerset)
Born: ABT 1371, Near Pottersgate, Lincolnshire, England
Died: 16 Mar 1409/10, St.Catherine By, London, Middlesex, England
Buried: St.Michael's Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England
Notes: Knight of the Garter. Admiral of the North.
Father: John "of Gaunt" PLANTAGENET (1º D. Lancaster)
Mother: Catherine De ROET SWYNFORD
Married: Margaret HOLLAND (D. Clarence) (b. 1385/86 - d. 30 Dec 1439, S t.Saviour's Mon, Bermondsey, Surrey) (dau. of Thomas Holland, 2º E. Ken t and Alice Fitzalan) (m.2 Thomas Plantagenet, 1º D. Clarence) BEF 28 S ep 1397, Upholland, Lancashire, England
Children:
1. Joan BEAUFORT (Queen of Scotland)
2. Henry BEAUFORT (2° E. Somerset)
3. John BEAUFORT (1° D. Somerset)
4. Thomas BEAUFORT (E. Perche)
5. Edmund BEAUFORT (2° D. Somerset)
6. Margaret BEAUFORT (C. Devon)
source:
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BEAUFORT.htm#John%20BEAUFORT%20(1%B0%20E.% 20Somerset)
added:
16oct2005
Children of John "Fairborn" - 1st Earl of Somerset Beaufort and MargaretHolland, de are:
- +JohnBeaufort, de, b. Bef. March 25, 14041294, d. May 27, 14441294.

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