Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset

Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset (probably 26 November 1401 – 25 November 1418) was an English nobleman who died aged 17 at the Siege of Rouen in France during the Hundred Years' War, fighting for the Lancastrian cause.As he died unmarried without issue, his younger brother, John Beaufort, became his heir and the 3rd Earl of Somerset.His mother was Margaret Holland (1385-1439), a daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, the son of Joan "the Fair Maid of Kent", a grand-daughter of King Edward I and wife of Edward the Black Prince (eldest brother of John of Gaunt) and mother of King Richard II Henry succeeded his father as Earl of Somerset on 16 March 1410.During his minority his mother held his lands for him until he reached the age of 15.He died aged sixteen at the Siege of Rouen during the Hundred Years' War, where he fought under the command of his uncle Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter.
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