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Saturday, October 22, 2022

The Duke of Beaufort's descent from King Henry VII

 The Duke of Beaufort descends from the first Tudor King Henry VII. He may of course have multiple descents, but I show only one line here. 

King Henry VII = Elizabeth of York

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Mary Tudor = Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk

(1496-1533)

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Lady Frances Brandon = Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk

(d 1559)

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Lady Katherine Grey = Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford

(1538-1567/8)

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Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp = Honora Rogers

(1561-1612)

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William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset = Lady Frances Devereux

(1588-1660)

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Henry Seymour, Lord Beauchamp = Mary Capell

(1626-54)

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Lady Elizabeth Seymour = Thomas Bruce, 3rd Earl of Elgin

(d 1696/7)

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Lady Elizabeth Bruce = George Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan

(d 1745)

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Col. Hon Robert Brudenell, MP = Anne Bisshopp

(1726-68)

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Robert, 6th Earl of Cardigan = Penelope Anne Cooke

(1769-1837)

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Lady Harriet Georgiana Brudenell (1799-1836) = Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe

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Lady Georgiana Charlotte Curzon-Howe = Henry FitzRoy, 8th Duke of Beaufort

(1825-1906)

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Lord Henry Richard Charles Somerset = Lady Isabella Caroline Somers-Cocks

(1849-1932)

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Henry Charles Somers Augustus Somerset, OBE = Lady Katherine de Vere Beauclerk

(1874-1945)

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Capt Henry Robert Somers Fitzroy de Vere Somerset, DSO = Bettine Violet Malcolm

(1898-1965)

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David Robert Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort = Lady Caroline Jane Thynne

(1928-2017)

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Henry Somerset, 12th Duke of Beaufort = Tracy Louise Ward

born 22 May 1952

Source: *The Blood Royal of Britain: Being a Roll of the Livng Descendants of Edward IV and Henry VII, Kings of England and James III, King of Scotland, by the Marquis of Ruvigny & Raineval (published by TC & EC Jack, London & Edinburgh, 1903)*.





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