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John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset

1373 - 1410

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John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (c. 1373 – 16 March 1410), known as the Marquess of Somerset and Marquess of Dorset from 1397–99, was an English nobleman and politician. Beaufort was the second son of John of Gaunt (1340–1399; third surviving son of King Edward III), eldest of the four children by his mistress Katherine Swynford, whom he later married in 1396. The Beaufort children were declared legitimate twice by parliament, first during the reign of King Richard II, in 1397, which was confirmed by Henry IV, as well as by Pope Boniface IX in September 1396. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset is the 11,318th most popular politician (down from 7,986th in 2019), the 3,272nd most popular biography from France (down from 2,358th in 2019) and the 734th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset ranks 11,318 out of 19,576. Before him are Neferkahor, Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway, Joseph Laniel, Cniva, Ramón Castro Ruz, and Sabah I bin Jaber. After him are Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony, Ibrahim Mahlab, Archidamus I, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Vincent-Marie Viénot, Count of Vaublanc, and Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1373, John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset ranks 9. Before him are Beatrice of Portugal, Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, Francesco Foscari, Joanna Sophia of Bavaria, Ernest, Duke of Bavaria, and Adolph I, Duke of Cleves. After him are Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, Sayf al-Din Jaqmaq, and Margery Kempe. Among people deceased in 1410, John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset ranks 12. Before him are Hasdai Crescas, Joanna Sophia of Bavaria, Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, Melchior Broederlam, Yawar Waqaq, and Spinello Aretino. After him is Bartolo di Fredi.

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In France

Among people born in France, John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset ranks 3,272 out of 6,770. Before him are Flodoard (894), Pasquier Quesnel (1634), Fernando Ocáriz Braña (1944), Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel (1727), Joseph Laniel (1889), and Marie-Denise Villers (1774). After him are Emmanuel de Martonne (1873), Jean Desmarets (1595), Anne Hilarion de Tourville (1642), Ernest Duchesne (1874), Pierre Pigneau de Behaine (1741), and Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (1908).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset ranks 734. Before him are Henri Queuille (1884), René Duguay-Trouin (1673), Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans (1607), Georges Leygues (1857), Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel (1727), and Joseph Laniel (1889). After him are René de Froulay de Tessé (1648), Joan, Countess of Toulouse (1220), Mark Meadows (1959), Henri Brisson (1835), Claude Allègre (1937), and Théophraste Renaudot (1586).

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