Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester

Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester (c. 1496 – 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.[1]

Henry Somerset
Earl of Worcester
Born	c. 1496
Died	26 November 1549 (aged 52–53)
Noble family	Beaufort
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
Father	Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester
Mother	Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert

Somerset obtained Tintern Abbey after the Dissolution of the Monasteries.[2]

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. Some sources say the union produced no children.[3][4][5]
• Secondly, before 1527, to Elizabeth Browne, daughter of Anthony Browne,[6] 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 (1524 – 23 February 1583) who married John Neville, 4th Baron Latimer.
  • William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester (c. 1526/7 – 21 February 1589). Heir and successor of his father.
  • 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.[7] He was killed in an attack on Le Havre in 1563[8]
  • Charles Somerset[9]
  • Thomas Somerset.
  • Lady Anne Somerset (died 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.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Worcester, Earls and Marquesses of". Encyclopædia Britannica. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 820.
3. 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
4. Douglas Richardson. Plantagenet Ancestry, pg 801.
5. Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 551.
6. Questier, Michael C., Catholicism and community in early modern England, (Cambridge University Press, 2006), 68.
7. 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.
8. History of Parliament Online article by P.S. Edwards.
9. History of Parliament article by A.H.D.

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.

Peerage of England
Preceded by Charles Somerset	Earl of Worcester 5th creation 1526–1549	Succeeded by William Somerset
Preceded by Elizabeth Herbert	Baron Herbert 1513–1549