Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke of Exeter was born in January 1377, in Goudet, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France, his father, John of Gaunt 1st Duke of Lancaster, was 36 and his mother, Katherine de Roet Swynford, was 26. He died on 31 December 1426, in Greenwich, Kent, England, at the age of 49, and was buried in St Edmund's Church, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Thomas de Beaufort, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sir Thomas Beaufort in The Dictionary of National Biography
- IPM of Thomas duke of Exeter
Spouse and Children
1377–1426 Male
1380– Female
Parents and Siblings
1340–1399 Male
1350–1403 Female
Siblings (4)
1373–1410 Male
1375–1440 Female
1376–1447 Male
1377–1426 Male
World Events (1)
1382 · Wycliffe's Bible
Age 5
Name Meaning
Norman, English, Huguenot: locative name from one or other of the numerous places in France called Beaufort, notably in Nord, Somme, and Pas-de-Calais.
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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