Marquess of Dorset

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Marquess of Dorset was a hereditary British title of nobility awarded three times in the Peerage of England .

Awards

The title was first bestowed on September 29, 1397 by King Richard II to John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset , along with the title of Marquess of Somerset . He was an illegitimate son of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster , and had already been elevated to Earl of Somerset on February 10, 1397 . After King Henry IV's coronation , the two marquess titles were revoked on November 3, 1399.

In the second bestowal, the title was recreated on June 24, 1442 for Edmund Beaufort, 1st Earl of Dorset . This was a younger son of the Marquess' first bestowal. He had already been raised to Earl of Dorset on August 28, 1441 , inherited the title of 4th Earl of Somerset on May 27, 1444 from his brother and was raised to Duke of Somerset on March 31, 1448 . From 1435 to 1449 he was also Count of Mortain in Normandy. During the Wars of the Roses , his son, the 2nd Duke , was stripped of his titles on November 4, 1461 for fighting on the side of the House of Lancaster, and all his lands were confiscated. His son Edmund Beaufort was still regarded by the supporters of the House of Lancaster as the 3rd Duke, but was captured by the supporters of the House of York at the Battle of Tewkesbury on May 4, 1471 and executed two days later. Since he did not leave any male heirs, the titles became permanently void.

The title was awarded in the third award on April 18, 1475 to Thomas Gray, 1st Earl of Huntingdon , who returned the title of Earl of Huntingdon he had received on August 14, 1471 to the crown. In 1483 he inherited the title 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby (1299) from his mother . His son, the 2nd Marquess , also inherited the titles of 8th Baron Harington (1326) and 3rd Baron Bonville (1449) in 1529 . His son, the 3rd Marquess , was raised to Duke of Suffolk on October 11, 1551 . After the death of King Edward VI. In 1553, he made every effort to make his daughter, Lady Jane Gray, queen, the closest Protestant relative of the Tudors. The attempt to overthrow the Catholic heir to the throne Maria I failed after a few days and Henry was executed for high treason on February 23, 1554 and all of his titles were stripped from him.

List of the Marquesses of Dorset

Marquesses of Dorset, first bestowal (1397)

Marquesses of Dorset, second bestowal (1442)

Marquesses of Dorset, third bestowal (1475)

See also

literature

  • Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .

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