Eleanor Beauchamp, Duchess of Somerset’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Baroness de Ros and Duchess of Somerset
Was Noble 
From England 
United Kingdom 
Type Royals 
Gender female
Birth 1 September 1408
Death 6 March 1467, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
(aged 58 years)
Star sign Virgo
Family
Mother: Elizabeth BeauchampCountess of Warwick
Father: Richard de Beauchamp13th Earl of Warwick
Spouse: Edmund Beaufort2nd Duke of Somerset
Children: Eleanor BeaufortHenry Beaufort3rd Duke of SomersetMargaret BeaufortCountess of StaffordEdmund Beaufort4th Duke of SomersetJohn BeaufortMarquess of Dorset

Lady Eleanor Beauchamp, Baroness de Ros and Duchess of Somerset (September 1408 – 6 March 1467) at Wedgenock, Warwickshire, England, was the second daughter of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and Elizabeth de Berkeley, daughter of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley.

First marriage

Sometime before 1430, Lady Eleanor was married to Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros. They were parents of the following surviving issue:

  • Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros (9 September 1427 – 17 May 1464)
  • Richard de Ros (8 March 1429 – after 1492)
  • Margaret de Ros (1432 – 10 December 1488), married firstly (as his second wife) William de Botreaux, 3rd Baron Botreaux (d. 1462), secondly Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough.

    Second marriage

    Eleanor married Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset sometime between 1431 and 1435 in an unlicensed marriage, although this was pardoned on 7 March 1438. He was the son of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Lady Margaret Holland. They had the following surviving issue:

    • Eleanor Beaufort, married first James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormond and second Sir Robert Spencer.
    • Elizabeth Beaufort (born ca. 1434 – died before 1472), married Sir Henry FitzLewis.
    • Henry Beaufort, styled 2nd Duke of Somerset (1436–1464)
    • Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford (c. 1437 – 1474), married first Humphrey, Earl of Stafford and second Sir Richard Darell.
    • Edmund Beaufort, styled 3rd Duke of Somerset (c. 1439 – 4 May 1471)
    • Anne Beaufort (c. 1453 – c. 1496), married Sir William Paston
    • John Beaufort, Earl of Dorset (c. 1455 – died 4 May 1471)
    • Lady Joan Beaufort (c. 1447 – d. 11 August 1518), married first Sir Robert St. Lawrence, and secondly, Richard Fry. No issue.
    • Thomas Beaufort (c. 1450 – c. 1463)
    • Mary Beaufort (born ca. 1441 – died 14??)

      Third marriage

      She married thirdly to Walter Rokesley. There was no known issue from this marriage.

      Death

      She died on 6 March 1467 at the age of 58 at Baynard’s Castle, London, England.

      Ancestry

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