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Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset

1406 - 1455

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Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, 4th Earl of Somerset, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1st Marquess of Dorset styled 1st Count of Mortain, (1406 – 22 May 1455), was an English nobleman and an important figure during the Hundred Years' War. His rivalry with Richard, Duke of York, was a leading cause of the Wars of the Roses. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset is the 12,938th most popular politician (down from 11,417th in 2019), the 3,059th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,378th in 2019) and the 427th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset ranks 12,938 out of 19,576. Before him are Ottokar II of Styria, Gyula Breyer, Arsenio Martínez Campos, Lucius Opimius, Christer Pettersson, and Louis Bastien. After him are Jakup Krasniqi, Ariobarzanes of Persis, Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Licinius Macer, Baibars II, and Grigory Romanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1406, Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset ranks 7. Before him are Filippo Lippi, Bahlul Lodi, Ulrich II, Count of Celje, John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Pietro Mocenigo, and Louis I, Count of Montpensier.  Among people deceased in 1455, Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset ranks 6. Before him are Pope Nicholas V, Fra Angelico, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Pisanello, and Isabel of Coimbra. After him are Zbigniew Oleśnicki, and Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset ranks 3,060 out of 8,785. Before him are Graham Hancock (1950), Hayley Mills (1946), Dorothy Garrod (1892), Ralph Abercromby (1734), John Profumo (1915), and Christopher Eccleston (1964). After him are James Francis Stephens (1792), Joseph Whitworth (1803), Kelly Brook (1979), Hugh Clapperton (1788), Michael Oakeshott (1901), and Charles Gray (1928).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset ranks 427. Before him are Rosamund Clifford (1150), Margaret of England (1240), Henry Ireton (1611), Phil Taylor (1960), Ralph Abercromby (1734), and John Profumo (1915). After him are Sigeberht of Wessex (750), James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce (1838), Gary Hocking (1937), Æthelheard of Wessex (750), Florence Green (1901), and Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1869).

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