Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester (26 November 1549) was an English nobleman. He was the 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.
He was invested as a Knight on 1 November 1523 in Roye, France, by the Duke of Suffolk.
Somerset obtained
Tintern Abbey after the
Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Family
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
Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, then again from 11 April 1471 until his death in 1483. He was a central figure in the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars in England ...
, King of England. Margaret died before 15 April 1526. Some sources say the union produced no children.
* Secondly, before 1527, to
Elizabeth Browne, daughter of
Anthony Browne, 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:
**
Lady Lucy Somerset (152423 February 1583) who married John Neville, 4th Baron Latimer.
**
William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester (c. 1526/721 February 1589). Heir and successor of his father.
** Francis Somerset (By 153222 July 1563), often erroneously said to have died at the
battle of Pinkie
The Battle of Pinkie, also known as the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh (), took place on 10 September 1547 on the banks of the River Esk near Musselburgh, Scotland. The last pitched battle between Scotland and England before the Union of the Crowns, ...
in 1547, but fought at the
siege of Leith
The siege of Leith ended a twelve-year encampment of French troops at Leith, the port near Edinburgh, Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland. French troops arrived in Scotland by invitation in 1548. In 1560 the French soldiers opposed Scottish supporter ...
in 1560, and was
Member of Parliament for
Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South East Wales, south east of Wales. It borders Powys to the north; the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the north and east; the Severn Estuary to the s ...
, 1558.
[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.] He was killed in an attack on
Le Havre
Le Havre is a major port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the Seine, river Seine on the English Channel, Channe ...
in 1563
History of Parliament Online article by P.S. Edwards.
** Charles Somerset
History of Parliament article by A.H.D.
**
Thomas Somerset.
**
Lady Anne Somerset (died 17 October 1596), married
Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland
Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, 1st Baron Percy, KG (152822 August 1572) was an English nobleman, politician and Roman Catholic rebel leader, who led the Rising of the North against Elizabeth I in 1569. After the failure of the risin ...
. 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.
Family tree
Ancestry
References
;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.
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