Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester
Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, KG (c. 1460 – 15 March 1526) was an English nobleman and politician. He was the legitimised bastard son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset by his mistress Joan Hill.
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 Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester holding white staff of Lord Chamberlain of the Household to King Henry VIII | |
| Born | 1460 |
| Died | 15 March 1526 (aged 65–66) |
| Noble family | Beaufort |
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| Father | Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset |
| Mother | Joan Hill |
Arms of Sir Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, KG, showing the arms of Beaufort with baton sinister, with escutcheon of pretence of Herbert, circumscribed by the Garter
Garter stall plate of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, showing the arms of Beaufort with baton sinister impaling Per pale azure and gules, three lions rampant argent (Herbert, for his first wife, shown here apparently with field inverted as Per pale gules and azure)
Origins
He was born in about 1460, an illegitimate son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset[1] by his mistress Joan Hill.[2]
Career
He was invested as a Knight of the Garter in about 1496. On his marriage in 1492 he was styled Baron Herbert in right of his wife, and in 1506 he was created Baron Herbert of Ragland, Chepstow and Gower.[3] On 1 February 1514, he was created Earl of Worcester and was at some time appointed Lord Chamberlain of the Household to King Henry VIII.[4] As Lord Chamberlain, Somerset was largely responsible for the preparations for the Field of Cloth of Gold in 1520.
Marriages and children
He married three times, although his second marriage is uncertain:
- Firstly on 2 June 1492, to Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert (died before March 1513), daughter of William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, 2nd Baron Herbert, in right of whom he was created Lord Herbert.[5] By Elizabeth Herbert he had the following children:
- Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester,[6] only son and heir
- Elizabeth Somerset, his only daughter, wife successively of Sir John Savage and Sir William Brereton.
- Secondly to Elizabeth West, daughter of Sir Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr. His supposed marriage to Elizabeth West, however, may be an error made by Dugdale, repeated by later writers.[7] By Elizabeth West he supposedly had the following children:
- Sir Charles Somerset
- Sir George Somerset
- Lady Mary Somerset of Worcester, wife successively of William Grey, 13th Baron Grey de Wilton and of Robert Carre.
- Thirdly to Eleanor Sutton, daughter of Edward Sutton, 2nd Lord Dudley.[8]
Somerset family tree: Earls & Marquesses of Worcester, Dukes of Beaufort
| Robert de Beaumont Earl of Leicester (c. 1040/1050–1118) | King Stephen (1092/1096–1154) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EARL OF WORCESTER, 1138 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert de Beaumont Earl of Leicester (1104–1168) | Waleran de Beaumont 1st Earl of Worcester (1104–1166) | Matilda (d.bef. 1141) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawise de Beaumont | Robert de Beaumont Earl of Leicester (d. 1190) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amicia de Beaumont (d. 1215) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| King John (1166–1216) | Isabella, Countess of Gloucester (1173/1174–1217) | Simon de Montfort Earl of Leicester (c. 1175–1218) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| King Henry III (1207–1272) | Eleanor of England (1215–1275) | Simon de Montfort Earl of Leicester (c. 1208–1265) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| King Edward I (1239–1307) | Edmund Crouchback Earl of Lancaster Earl of Leicester (1245–1296) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| King Edward II (1284–1327) | Henry of Lancaster Earl of Lancaster Earl of Leicester (1281–1345) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| King Edward III (1312–1377) | Eleanor of Lancaster (1318–1372) | Mary of Lancaster (c. 1320–1362) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EARL OF WORCESTER, 1397 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster (1340–1399) | Richard Fitzalan Earl of Arundel (1346–1397) | Thomas Percy 1st Earl of Worcester (1343–1403) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| King Henry IV (1367–1413) | John Beaufort Earl of Somerset (c. 1371–1410) | Joan Beaufort (c. 1379–1440) | Joan de Beauchamp (1375–1435) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EARL OF WORCESTER, 1421 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Beauchamp 1st Earl of Worcester (1394–c. 1421) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Beaufort Duke of Somerset (1404–1444) | Edmund Beaufort Duke of Somerset (1406–1455) | Richard Neville Earl of Salisbury (1400–1460) | Edward Neville (d. 1476) | Elizabeth Beauchamp (1415–1448) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EARL OF WORCESTER, 1449 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lady Margaret Beaufort (c. 1441/1443–1509) | Henry Beaufort Duke of Somerset (1436–1464) | Cecily Neville (c. 1425–1450) | John Tiptoft 1st Earl of Worcester (1427–1470) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EARL OF WORCESTER, 1514 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| King Henry VII (1457–1509) | Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester (c. 1460–1526) | Edward Tiptoft 2nd Earl of Worcester (d. 1485) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester (c. 1495–1548) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester (c. 1526–1589) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester (1553–1628) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MARQUESS OF WORCESTER, 1642 | Viscount Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Somerset 5th Earl of Worcester 1st Marquess of Worcester (1577–1646) | Thomas Somerset 1st Viscount Somerset (1579–1651) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess of Worcester (1601–1667) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DUKE OF BEAUFORT, 1682 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Somerset 3rd Marquess of Worcester 1st Duke of Beaufort (1629–1700) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Somerset Lord Herbert (b. bef. 1660) | Charles Somerset Marquess of Worcester (1660–1698) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Somerset 2nd Duke of Beaufort (1684–1714) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Somerset-Scudamore 3rd Duke of Beaufort (1707–1745) | Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke of Beaufort (1709–1756) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Somerset 5th Duke of Beaufort (1744–1803) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baron Raglan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke of Beaufort (1766–1835) | FitzRoy James Henry Somerset 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Somerset 7th Duke of Beaufort (1792–1853) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset 8th Duke of Beaufort (1824–1899) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Adelbert Wellington FitzRoy Somerset 9th Duke of Beaufort (1847–1924) | Lord Henry Richard Charles Somerset (1849–1932) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Hugh Arthur FitzRoy Somerset 10th Duke of Beaufort (1900–1984) | Henry Charles Somers Augustus Somerset (1874–1945) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Robert Somers FitzRoy de Vere Somerset (1898–1965) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| David Robert Somerset 11th Duke of Beaufort (1928–2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry John FitzRoy Somerset 12th Duke of Beaufort (b. 1952) | Lord Edward Somerset (b. 1958) | Lord John Somerset (b. 1964) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Robert FitzRoy Somerset Marquess of Worcester (b. 1989) | Lord Alexander Lorne Somerset (b. 1995) | Lord John Somerset (b. 1991) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Somerset Earl of Glamorgan (b. 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Death and burial
Somerset died on 15 March 1526 and was buried with his first wife at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
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.
- One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Worcester, Earls and Marquesses of". Encyclopædia Britannica. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 820.
- Chisholm 1911.
- Burke, 207.
- McClain, Molly, Beaufort: the duke and his duchess, 1657-1715, (Yale University Press, 2001), xxi
- Jonathan Hughes, "Somerset [formerly Beaufort], Charles, first earl of Worcester (c. 1460–1526)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edition, January 2007 [accessed 1 Sept 2010] (Subscription required for online version)
- Burke, 207
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.
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