When Lady Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess of Somerset was born on 10 September 1407, in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl of Warwick, was 23 and her mother, Elizabeth Berkeley Countess of Warwick, was 23. She married Edmund Beaufort 2nd Duke of Somerset in 1426, in Gloucestershire, England. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 10 daughters. She died on 6 March 1467, in London, England, at the age of 59, and was buried in St Paul's Cathedral, London, England, United Kingdom.
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Wars of the Roses was a series of English civil wars for control of the throne of England between the royal families House of Lancaster and the House of York. The name of the war was derived as the red rose was the symbol of the Lancastrians and the white rose was the symbol of the Yorks.
Some characteristic forenames: French Antoine, Jacques, Yves, Andre, Armand, Emile, Fernand, Marcel, Marthe, Remi, Alcide, Camille.
English (of Norman origin) and French: habitational name from any of several places in France, for example in Manche and Somme, that are named with Old French beu, bel ‘fair, lovely’ + champ(s) ‘field, plain’ (from Latin bello campo ‘beautiful field’). In English the surname is generally pronounced Beecham . Compare Bushaw .
English: in some cases, an Anglo-Norman French adaptation of Scottish Campbell , by translation into French of the folk etymology de campo bello ‘from the fair field’.
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Possible Related NamesEleanor Beauchamp Birthabout 1407 Warwickshire, England, Great Britain ChristeningSeptember 1407 Eddgenoch, Warwickshire, England, Great Britain Death1466 Eddgenoch, Warwickshire, En …
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