'Somerset1'
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Families covered: Somerset of Beaufort, Somerset of Worcester

Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester (b c1460, d 15.04.1526)
m1. (02.06.1472) Elizabeth Herbert (d 1514, dau of William Herbert, Earl of Huntingdon)
1. Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester (d 26.11.1549)
  m1. (1520) Margaret Courtenay (dsp, dau of William Courtenay, Earl of Devon)
  m2. Elizabeth Browne (dau of Sir Anthony Browne)
  A. William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester (d 21.02.1588-9)
  m1. (1550) Christian North (dau of Edward North, 1st Lord of Kirtling)
  i. Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester (d 03.03.1627-8)
m. Elizabeth Hastings (d 28.08.1621, dau of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon)
  a. Sir William Somerset (b 1575/6, dvp before 21.01.1597/8)
  b. Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester (b 1576/7, d 18.12.1646)
  m. (16/9.06.1600) Anne Russell (d 01.04.1639, dau of John Russell, Lord Russell)
  (1) Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester, 'Earl of Glamorgan' (d 03.04.1667)
  m1. (1628) Elizabeth Dormer (d 31.05.1635, dau of Sir William Dormer)
  (A) Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort (b 1629, d 21.01.1699)
  m. (17.08.1657) Mary Capel (d 07.01.1715-6, dau of Arthur Capel, Lord)
  (i) Henry Somerset (d young)
(ii) Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester / Somerset (b 12.1660, dvp 13.07.1698)
  m. (05.06.1682) Rebecca Child (d 17.07.1712, dau of Sir Josiah Child of Wanstead)
  (a) Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort (b 02.04.1684, d 24.05.1714)
  m1. (07.07.1702, sps) Mary Sackville (d 18.06.1705, dau of Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset)
  m2. (26.02.1706) Rachel Noel (d 13.09.1709, dau of Baptist Noel, Earl of Gainsborough)
  ((1)) Henry Somerset, later Scudamore, 3rd Duke of Beaufort (b 26.03.1707, dsp 24.012.1745-6)
  m. (28.6.1729, div 1743-4) Frances Scudamore (dau of Sir James Scudamore of Holme Lacy, 3rd Viscount of Sligo)
  ((2)) Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort (b 12.09.1709, d 28.10.1756)
  m. (01.05.1740) Elizabeth Berkeley (d 08.04.1799, dau of John Berkeley of Stoke Gifford)
  ((A)) Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (b 16.10.1744, d 11.10.1803)
m. (02.01.1766) Elizabeth Boscawen (d 15.06.1828, dau of Admiral Hon. Edward Boscawen of Falmouth family)
  ((i)) Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort (b 22.12.1766, d 23.11.1835) had issue
  m. (16.05.1791) Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower (d 12.08.1854, dau of Granville, 1st Marquess of Stafford)
  ((ii)) Charles Henry Somerset, Governor of Cape of Good Hope (b 12.12.1767, d 20.02.1831) had issue
  m1. (06.1788) Elizabeth Courtenay (b 02.09.1766, d 1815, dau of William, 2nd Viscount Courtenay)
m2. (09.08.1821) Mary Poulett (b 24.02.1788, d 11.06.1860, dau of John, 4th Earl Poulett)
  ((iii)) Norbert Berkeley Henry Somerset (b 04.05.1771, d 01.12.1838)
  ((iv)) Robert Edward Henry Somerset (b 19.12.1776, d 01.09.1842, General) had issue
  m. (17.10.1805) Louisa Augusta Courtenay (b 25.12.1781, d 09.02.1823, dau of William, 2nd Viscount Courtenay)
  ((v)) Arthur John Henry Somerset (b 12.02.1780, d 18.04.1816) had issue
  m. (23.06.1808) Elizabeth Boscawen (d 02/3.03.1872, dau of George Evelyn Boscawen, 2rd Viscount Falmouth)
  ((vi)) William George Henry Somerset (b 02.09.1784, d 14.01.1851) had issue
m1. (29.06.1813) Elizabeth Molyneux (d 1843, dau of Lt. Gen. Sir Thomas Molyneux, 5th Bart)
  m2. (1844, sp) Frances Westby Brady (d 31.08.1854, dau of Henry Brady)
  ((vii)) John Thomas Henry Somerset (b30.08.1787, d 03.10.1846, Colonel) had issue
  m. (04.12.1814) Catharine Annesley (d 25.06.1865, dau of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Mountnorris)
  ((viii)) Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Lord Raglan, Field Marshal (b 30.09.1788, d Crimea 28.06.1855) had issue
  m. (06.08.1814) Emily Harriet Pole-Wellesley (d 06.03.1881, dau of William Pole-Wellesley, 3rd Earl of Mornington)
  ((ix)) Elizabeth Somerset (d 05.05.1836)
  m. (27.06.1796) Charles Talbot, Dean of Sarum (d 28.02.1823)
  ((x)) Frances Elizabeth Somerset (d 27.05.1841)
  ((xi)) Harriet Isabella Somerset (d 01.06.1855)
  m. (1804) Henry Hugh Mitchell (Colonel)
  ((B)) Anne Somerset
  m. (13.09.1759) Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton (d 18.10.1763)
  ((C)) Elizabeth Somerset (d unm)
((D)) Rachel Somerset (d infant)
  ((E)) Henrietta Somerset (dsp 24.07.1770)
  m. (06.04.1769) Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Bart (d 29.07.1789)
  ((F)) Mary Isabella Somerset (d 02.09.1831)
  m. (26.12.1775) Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland (b 15.03.1754, d 24.10.1787)
  m3. (14.09.1711) Mary Osborne (d 04.02.1722, dau of Peregrine Osborne, Duke of Leeds)
  (b) Charles Somerset (b 1689, d 1709/10) brought to our attention by a site visitor (AG, 31.01.08)
  (c) Henrietta Somerset (b 1690, d 09.08.1726)
  m. (30.04.1713) Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton (b 25.10.1683, 06.05.1757)
(iii) Arthur Somerset
  m. Mary Russell (dau of Sir William Russell, Bart)
  (a) Mary Somerset
  m. Algernon Greville (a 1704, MP)
  (b) Elizabeth Somerset
  (c) Anne Somerset
  m. Uvedale Price (d 1764)
  (iv) Mary Somerset (d 1733)
  m. (03.08.1685) James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (b 29.04.1665, d 16.11.1745, CIC)
  (v) Anne Somerset (b 1673, d 17.02.1763)
  m. (04.05.1691) Thomas Coventry, 2nd Earl of Coventry (b 1662, d 08.1710)
  (vi) Henrietta Somerset (d 1715)
m1. (1686) Henry Horatio O'Brien, Lord Ibracken
  m2. (04.1705, sp) Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk (b 1670, d 19.09.1718)
  (vii) daughter
  (B) Anne Somerset (d1662)
  m. (1652) Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk (b 12.07.1628, d 11.01.1683-4)
  (C) Elizabeth Somerset (d 1691)
  m. (1654) William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis (d 02.06.1696)
  m2. (1639) Margaret O'Brien (d 26.07.1681, dau of Henry O'Brien, 5th Earl of Desmond)
(2) Sir John Somerset (2nd son)
  m. Mary Arundell (dau of Thomas Arundell, 1st Lord of Wardour)
  (A)+ 2 sons
  possibly one of these sons (otherwise a son of another of Sir John's brothers) was ...
  (A) Henry Somerset of Pauntley Court
  m. Anne Aston (dau of Walter Aston, 2nd Lord of Forfar)
  (3) Elizabeth Somerset "youngest dau."
  m. Francis Browne, 3rd Viscount Montagu (d 02.11.1682)
  c. Thomas Somerset, Viscount Somerset of Cashel (dsps 1649/50)
  m. (1631) Helena Barry (dau of David Barry of Barry Court, 5th Viscount Barrymore)
  d. Catherine Somerset
  m. (08.11.1596) William Petre, 2nd Lord of Writtle (b 24.06.1575, d 05.05.1637)
  e. Blanche Somerset (b c1584, d 27/8.10.1649)
  m. (1607) Thomas Arundell, 2nd Lord of Wardour (b c1586, d 19.05.1643)
f. Elizabeth Somerset
  m. Sir Henry Guildford
  g. Sir Charles Somerset of Troy
  m. Elizabeth Powel (dau of Sir William Powel of Llanpylt)
  (1) Elizabeth Somerset
  m. Ratcliffe Gerard of Halsall
  (2)

Elizabeth (!) Somerset

  m. Sir Francis Anderton, 1st Bart of Lostock (d 09.02.1678)
  (3) Frances Somerset
  m. (before 1662) Sir Henry Browne, Sheriff of Oxfordshire, 1st Bart of Kiddington (b c1639, d c1689)
  h. Frances Somerset probably of this generation
  m. William Morgan of Llantarnam
  i. Anne Somerset probably of this generation
  m. (11.08.1595) Sir Edward Winter
  m2. Theophila Newton (dau of Sir John Newton)
B. Thomas Somerset had issue
  C. Charles Somerset had issue
  D. Francis Somerset (d 1547)
  E. Eleanor Somerset
  m1. Roger Vaughan
  m2. Henry Johns
  F. Lucy Somerset (b c1523, d 22.02.1582)
  m. John Nevill, 4th Lord Latymer (d 22.04.1577)
G. Anne Somerset (d 1591)
  m. (1558) Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (b 1528, d 22.08.1572)
  H. Joan Somerset (d 16.10.1597)
  m. Sir Edward Mansel (d 05.08.1595)
2. Elizabeth Somerset (d 1545)
  TCP (Worcester) reports that there were was only 1 son by the 1st marriage and 3 children by the 2nd marriage. TCP (Grey of Wilton) confirms that Mary was by the 2nd marriage. GenEU identifies 5 children in total. A site visitor (GAT, 22.05.06) kindly confirmed that Elizabeth was of this marriage.
  m1. Sir John Savage of Clifton (d 27.07.1528)
  m2. (1530) William Brereton (d 1536)
m2. Elizabeth West (dau of Thomas West, Lord de la Warr)
3. Charles Somerset
4. George Somerset had issue
  m. Mary Bowlays
5. Mary Somerset
  m1. Sir William Grey, 13th Lord of Wilton (d 1562)
  m2. Robert Carr of Aswarby (dsp 1606)
m3. (sp) Eleanor Sutton (dau of Sir Edward Sutton, Lord Dudley)

Main sources: BP1934 (Beaufort), GenEU (Anjou4)
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