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Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset

1406 - 1455

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Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, 4th Earl of Somerset, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1st Marquess of Dorset styled 1st Count of Mortain, KG (1406 – 22 May 1455), was an English nobleman and an important figure during the Hundred Years' War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset has received more than 715,590 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset is the 11,419th most popular politician (down from 10,197th in 2019), the 2,377th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,188th in 2019) and the 350th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset ranks 11,419 out of 19,576. Before him are Lutipri, Marcantonio Giustinian, Saara Kuugongelwa, Teres I, Joseph Vendryes, and François Buzot. After him are Lindsey Graham, Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg, Prince Vijaya, Caspar Bartholin the Younger, Huey Long, and Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1406, Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset ranks 6. Before him are Filippo Lippi, Ulrich II, Count of Celje, Pietro Mocenigo, John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, and Louis I, Count of Montpensier. After him is Bahlul Lodi. Among people deceased in 1455, Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset ranks 6. Before him are Fra Angelico, Pope Nicholas V, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Pisanello, and Isabel of Coimbra. After him are Zbigniew Oleśnicki, and Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset ranks 2,377 out of 8,785. Before him are John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316), Patrick Troughton (1920), Charles Burney (1726), James Nasmyth (1808), Ray Cooney (1932), and Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway (1261). After him are Ælfgifu of Northampton (990), Abhisit Vejjajiva (1964), Jamie Vardy (1987), Peter Mayle (1939), Anna Sewell (1820), and Mary McAleese (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset ranks 350. Before him are Roger Williams (1603), F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (1782), Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735), Cuthred of Wessex (750), Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1517), and John Owen (1616). After him are Abhisit Vejjajiva (1964), Mary McAleese (1951), Henry Ireton (1611), Eystein II of Norway (1125), Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife (1891), and Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (1886).

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