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Lady Eleanor Beauchamp^[1]
Lady Eleanor Beauchamp
Baroness de Ros; Duchess of Somerset
	Drawing of Eleanor from the Rous Roll, c. 1483
Born	September 1408; Wedgenock, Warwickshire, England
Died	6 March 1467 (aged 58–59); Baynard's Castle, London, England
Spouse(s)	Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros; Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset; Walter Rokesley
Issue	13, including:; Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros; Richard Ros; Eleanor Beaufort, Countess of Ormonde; Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset; Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford; Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset; John Beaufort, Marquess of Dorset
Father	Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick
Mother	Elizabeth de Berkeley

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Lady Eleanor Beauchamp, Baroness de Ros and Duchess of Somerset (September 1408 – 6 March 1467)^[2] 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

On 17 December 1423, Lady Eleanor was married to Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros. They were parents of the following surviving issue:

Margaret de Ros (b. 1425 – d. 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.
Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros (b. 9 September 1427 – d. 17 May 1464)
Richard Ros (b. 8 March 1429 – after 1492)

Second marriage

Eleanor married Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset sometime between 1431 and 1433. He was the son of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Lady Margaret Holland. They had the following surviving issue:

Eleanor Beaufort, Countess of Ormonde (b. between 1431 and 1433 - d. August 16, 1501), married firstly James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormonde and secondly Sir Robert Spencer.^[3] Her daughter from her second marriage, Margaret, later became the mother-in-law of Anne Boleyn's sister, Mary.
Joan Beaufort (b. 1433 – d. 11 August 1518), married firstly Robert St Lawrence, 3rd Baron Howth and secondly Sir Richard Fry.^[3]^[4]
Anne Beaufort (b. 1435 – d. 17 September 1496),^[3]^[5] who married, Sir William Paston (b. 1436 – died before 7 September 1496),^[6] a younger son of William Paston (1378–1444), Justice of the Common Pleas.^[7]
Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (b. 26 January 1436 – d. 15 May 1464)^[8]
Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford (b. 1437 – d. 1474),^[9]^[10] married firstly Humphrey, Earl of Stafford and secondly Sir Richard Darell.^[8]
Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset (b. 1439 – d. 4 May 1471)^[8]
John Beaufort, Earl of Dorset (b. 1441^[11] – 4 May 1471)^[8]
Thomas Beaufort (b. 1442 – d. 1517)^[3]
Elizabeth Beaufort (b. 1443 - died before 1475),^[12] married Sir Henry FitzLewis.^[3]
Mary Beaufort (b. between 1431 and 1455)^[3]

Third marriage

She married thirdly to Walter Rokesley. There was no known issue from this marriage.^[2]

Death

She died on 6 March 1467 at the age of 58 at Baynard's Castle, London, England.^[2]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Lady Eleanor Beauchamp

16. Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick

8. Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick

17. Alice de Toeni

4. Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick

18. Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March

9. Katherine Mortimer

19. Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville

2. Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick

20. Henry Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby

10. William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby

21. Isabel Verdon

5. Margaret Ferrers

22. Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk

11. Margaret de Ufford

23. Margaret de Norwich

1. Lady Eleanor Beauchamp

24. Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley

12. Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley

25. Margaret Mortimer

6. Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley

26. Hugh le Despenser the Younger

13. Elizabeth le Despenser

27. Eleanor de Clare

3. Elizabeth de Berkeley

28. Gerard de Lisle, 1st Baron Lisle

14. Warin de Lisle, 2nd Lord Lisle

29. Eleanor FitzAlan

7. Margaret de Lisle, 3rd Baroness Lisle

30. Sir William Pipard

15. Margaret Pipard

31. Margery

References

^ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 220.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 614.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 106.
^ The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, by Gerald Paget, Vol. I, p. 23.
^ "Royal Ancestry" 2013, Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 654
^ "Royal Ancestry" 2013, Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 502
^ Davis, Norman, ed. (1971). The Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century, Part I. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. lvii. ISBN 9780197224212.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 105.
^ The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 422.
^ "Royal Ancestry" 2013, Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 503
^ Royal Ancestry" 2013 Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 653
^ "Royal Ancestry" 2013, Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 655

[1] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 220.

[Richardson-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 614.

[Alison-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 106.

[4] The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, by Gerald Paget, Vol. I, p. 23.

[5] "Royal Ancestry" 2013, Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 654

[6] "Royal Ancestry" 2013, Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 502

[7] Davis, Norman, ed. (1971). The Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century, Part I. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. lvii. ISBN 9780197224212.

[Alison105-8] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 105.

[9] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 422.

[10] "Royal Ancestry" 2013, Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 503

[11] Royal Ancestry" 2013 Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 653

[12] "Royal Ancestry" 2013, Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 655

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 |title             = Baroness de Ros<br>Duchess of Somerset
+|image             = EleanorSomersetRous.jpg
-|spouse            = [[Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros]]<br>[[Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset]]<br>Walter Rokesley
+|caption           = Drawing of Eleanor from the [[John Rous (historian)|Rous Roll]], c. 1483
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+|spouse            = [[Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros]]<br>[[Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset]]<br>Walter Rokesley
+|issue             = 13, including:<br>[[Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros]]<br>[[Richard Ros]]<br>[[Eleanor Beaufort|Eleanor Beaufort, Countess of Ormonde]]<br>[[Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset]]<br>[[Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford]]<br>[[Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset]]<br>[[John Beaufort, Marquess of Dorset]]
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+|birth_place       = Wedgenock, [[Warwickshire]], England
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-'''Lady Eleanor Beauchamp, Baroness de Ros and Duchess of Somerset''' (September 1408 – 6 March 1467)<ref name="Richardson"/> at Wedgenock, Warwickshire, England, was the second daughter of [[Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick]] and [[Elizabeth Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick|Elizabeth de Berkeley]], daughter of [[Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley]].<ref name=lundy>{{Cite web|last=Lundy|first=Darryl|title=Lady Eleanor Beauchamp|url=http://thepeerage.com/p10273.htm#i102723|work=The Peerage|date=18 May 2005|accessdate=6 October 2009}}</ref>
+'''Lady Eleanor Beauchamp, Baroness de Ros and Duchess of Somerset''' (September 1408 – 6 March 1467)<ref name="Richardson"/> was the second daughter of [[Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick]] and [[Elizabeth Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick|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]].<ref name=lundy/><ref name=crawley>{{Cite web|last=Crawley|first=Charles|title=Medieval Lands: England, Earls – Created 1067–1122|url=http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#_Toc186716623|accessdate=27 October 2009 }}</ref> They were parents of the following surviving issue:
+On 17 December 1423, Lady Eleanor was married to [[Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros]]. They were parents of the following surviving issue:
+*Margaret de Ros (b. 1425 – d. 10 December 1488), married firstly (as his second wife) [[William de Botreaux, 3rd Baron Botreaux]] (d. 1462), secondly [[Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh (d.1496)|Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough]].
-*[[Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros]] (9 September 1427 – 17 May 1464)
-*[[Richard Ros]] (8 March 1429 – after 1492)
+*[[Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros]] (b. 9 September 1427 – d. 17 May 1464)
+*[[Richard Ros]] (b. 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 (d.1496)|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.<ref name=lundy/> He was the son of [[John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset]] and Lady [[Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Somerset|Margaret Holland]]. They had the following surviving issue:
+Eleanor married [[Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset]] sometime between 1431 and 1433. He was the son of [[John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset]] and Lady [[Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Somerset|Margaret Holland]]. They had the following surviving issue:
-* [[Eleanor Beaufort]], married first [[James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormond]] and second Sir [[Robert Spencer of Spencer Combe|Robert Spencer]].<ref name="Alison">Alison Weir, ''Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy'' (London, UK: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 106<!-- ISBN needed --></ref>
+* [[Eleanor Beaufort]], Countess of Ormonde (b. between 1431 and 1433 - d. August 16, 1501), married firstly [[James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormonde]] and secondly Sir Robert Spencer.<ref name="Alison">Alison Weir, ''Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy'' (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 106.</ref> Her daughter from her second marriage, Margaret, later became the mother-in-law of Anne Boleyn's sister, Mary.
-* Elizabeth Beaufort (born ca. 1434 – died before 1472), married Sir Henry FitzLewis.<ref name="Alison"/>
+* Joan Beaufort (b. 1433 – d. 11 August 1518), married firstly [[Robert St Lawrence, 3rd Baron Howth]]  and secondly Sir Richard Fry.<ref name="Alison" /><ref>''The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales,'' by Gerald Paget, Vol. I, p. 23.</ref>
+* Anne Beaufort (b. 1435 – d. 17 September 1496),<ref name="Alison" /><ref>"Royal Ancestry" 2013, Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 654</ref> who married, Sir William Paston (b. 1436 – died before 7 September 1496),<ref>"Royal Ancestry" 2013, Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 502</ref> a younger son of [[William Paston (died 1444)|William Paston]] (1378–1444), [[Justice of the Common Pleas]].<ref>{{Cite book |editor-last=Davis |editor-first=Norman |authorlink=Norman Davis (academic) |year=1971 |title=The Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century, Part I |location=Oxford |publisher=Clarendon Press |isbn=9780197224212 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D0qXYL3_FpoC |page=lvii}}</ref>
-* [[Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset|Henry Beaufort, styled 2nd Duke of Somerset]] (1436–1464)<ref name="Alison105">Alison Weir, ''Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy'' (London, UK: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 105.</ref>
+* [[Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset]] (b. 26 January 1436 – d. 15 May 1464)<ref name="Alison105">Alison Weir, ''Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy'' (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 105.</ref>
-* [[Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford]] (c. 1437 – 1474), married first [[Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford|Humphrey, Earl of Stafford]] and second Sir Richard Darell.<ref name="Alison105"/>
+* [[Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford]] (b. 1437 – d. 1474),<ref>The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 422.</ref><ref>"Royal Ancestry" 2013, Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 503</ref> married firstly [[Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford|Humphrey, Earl of Stafford]] and secondly Sir Richard Darell.<ref name="Alison105" />
-* [[Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset|Edmund Beaufort, styled 3rd Duke of Somerset]] (c. 1439 – 4 May 1471)<ref name="Alison105"/>
-* Anne Beaufort (c. 1453 – c. 1496), married Sir William Paston<ref name="Alison"/>
+* [[Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset]] (b. 1439 – d. 4 May 1471)<ref name="Alison105" />
-* [[John Beaufort, Marquess of Dorset|John Beaufort, Earl of Dorset]] (c. 1455 – died 4 May 1471)<ref name="Alison105"/>
+* [[John Beaufort, Marquess of Dorset|John Beaufort, Earl of Dorset]] (b. 1441<ref>Royal Ancestry" 2013 Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 653</ref> – 4 May 1471)<ref name="Alison105" />
+* Thomas Beaufort (b. 1442 – d. 1517)<ref name="Alison" />
-* Lady Joan Beaufort (c. 1447 – d. 11 August 1518), married first Sir Robert St. Lawrence, and secondly, Richard Fry. No issue.<ref name="Alison"/><ref>''The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales'' by Gerald Paget, vol 1, p. 23.</ref>
-* Thomas Beaufort (c. 1450 – c. 1463)<ref name="Alison"/>
+* Elizabeth Beaufort (b. 1443 - died before 1475),<ref>"Royal Ancestry" 2013, Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 655 </ref> married Sir Henry FitzLewis.<ref name="Alison" />
-* Mary Beaufort (born ca. 1441 – died 14??)<ref name="Alison"/>
+* Mary Beaufort (b. between 1431 and 1455)<ref name="Alison" />
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