Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester

Henry Somerset
Earl of Worcester
Spouse(s)	Margaret Courtenay, Baroness Herbert Elizabeth Browne
Issue William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester Francis Somerset Charles Somerset Thomas Somerset Anne Somerset Lucy Somerset Eleanor Somerset Joan Somerset
Noble family	Beaufort
Father	Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester
Mother	Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert
Born	c. 1496
Died	26 November 1549 (aged 52–53)

Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester (c. 1496 – 26 November 1549) was an English nobleman, son of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert. On his father's death on 15 April 1526, he succeeded as the second Earl of Worcester. From his mother, he inherited the title of Baron Herbert.^[1]

He married twice:

• Firstly, by papal dispensation dated 15 June 1514, to Lady Margaret Courtenay, daughter of William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon, by Catherine of York, daughter of Edward IV, King of England. Margaret died before 15 April 1526. Although many sources say union produced no children^[2][3][4] she was probably the mother of Lady Lucy Somerset (1524- 23 February 1583).
• Secondly, before 1527, to Elizabeth Browne, daughter of Anthony Browne,^[5] Knt., by Lucy, daughter of John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu. Somerset died on 26 November 1549. The children of Henry Somerset and Elizabeth Browne were:
  • William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester (d. 21 February 1589). Heir and successor of his father.
  • Lady Lucy Somerset (1524- 23 February 1583), who married John Neville, 4th Baron Latimer.
  • Francis Somerset (By 1532-22 July 1563), often said to have died at the battle of Pinkie in 1547, but fought at the siege of Leith in 1560, and was Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire, 1558.^[6] He was killed in an attack on Le Havre in 1563^[7]
  • Charles Somerset
  • Thomas Somerset.
  • Lady Anne Somerset (d. 17 October 1596), married Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland. Her husband was beheaded on 22 August 1572. They had four daughters and one son (died young).
  • Lady Eleanor Somerset, married Henry Johns
  • Lady Joan or "Jane" Somerset married Sir Edward Mansel.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester

16. John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset               8. Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset                       17. Margaret Holland               4. Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset                             18. Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick               9. Eleanor Beauchamp                       19. Elizabeth de Berkeley               2. Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester                                   5. Joan Hill                             1. Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester                                         24. William ap Thomas               12. William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke                       25. Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam               6. William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke                             26. Walter Devereux               13. Anne Devereux                       27. Elizabeth Merbury               3. Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert                                   28. Sir Richard Wydeville               14. Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers                       29. Joan Bedlisgate               7. Mary Woodville                             30. Peter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol               15. Jacquetta of Luxembourg                       31. Margherita del Balzo

References

1. Burke, John, Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of peerage, baronetage and knightage, (G.P.Putnam's Sons:New York, 1914), 207.
2. G. E. Cokayne. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, Vol. VIII, G. Bell & sons, 1898. pg 200. Google eBook
3. Douglas Richardson. Plantagenet Ancestry, pg 801.
4. Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 551.
5. Questier, Michael C., Catholicism and community in early modern England, (Cambridge University Press, 2006), 68.
6. Williams, William, The parliamentary history of the principality of Wales, (1895), p. 121: Arthur Collin's peerage has him die at Pinkie or Musselburgh in 1547.
7. History of Parliament Online article by P.S. Edwards.

General

• G. E. Cokayne. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, Vol. VIII, G. Bell & sons, 1898. pg 200. Google eBook
• Burke, John, Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of peerage, baronetage and knightage, G. P. Putnam's Sons: New York, 1914.
• Questier, Michael C., Catholicism and community in early modern England, Cambridge University Press, 2006.