Beauchamp, Eleanor (1408–1468)

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Beauchamp, Eleanor (1408–1468)

Duchess of Somerset. Born in 1408; died on March 6, 1468, in London, England; daughter of Richard Beauchamp, 5th earl of Warwick, andElizabeth Berkeley; married Thomas Roos, 9th baron Ros; married Edmund Beaufort, 1st duke of Somerset, before 1436; children: (second marriage) Henry Beaufort (1436–1464), 2nd duke of Somerset; Edmund Beaufort (1438–1471), 3rd duke of Somerset; John Beaufort (d. 1471);Margaret Beaufort (d. 1474);Eleanor Beaufort (d. 1501); Elizabeth Beaufort (d. before 1492, who married Henry Lewes); Anne Beaufort (who married William Paston);Joan Beaufort (d. after 1492, who married Robert Howth, Lord of Howth, and Richard Fry); and two others.

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