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38: 200:. To overcome their problematic parentage, his parents were married in 1396, and he and his siblings were legitimated in 1390 and again in 1397. He married the daughter of Sir Thomas Neville (died 1387) of Hornby, Margaret Neville (born c. 1384), who bore him one son, Henry Beaufort. However, the child died young. 568: 235:
He became Chancellor of England on 31 January 1410, an office he held until 5 January 1412 during a time when King Henry was having trouble with the clergy, and then returned to military matters. Later in 1412 he was created
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Beaufort was back in England in 1417, while the king was in Normandy, but had to deal with problems in Scotland. In 1418 he went back to Normandy with a large force, taking part in the sieges of
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He is reported to have died on 31 December 1426, although 27 December 1426 or 1 January 1427 have been suggested as alternative dates. All of his titles (
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Beaufort was one of the executors of Henry V's will, and so returned to England in 1422. He served on the governing council for the infant king
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During this time, Henry V had a policy of creating Norman titles for his aristocrats, thus Beaufort was created Count of Harcourt in 1418.
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As a legitimated grandson of the sovereign, Beaufort bore the arms of the kingdom, differenced by a
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is based on Beaufort, although Beaufort was not actually created Duke of Exeter until after the
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Index

Duke of Exeter

Château de Beaufort
Anjou
Greenwich manor
Kent
Bury St Edmunds Abbey
Suffolk
Family
Beaufort
John of Gaunt
Katherine Swynford
Lord Chancellor
Lord High Admiral
Admiral of the North and West
Admiral of the North
Captain of Calais
English
Hundred Years' War
Chancellor of England
John of Gaunt
Duke of Lancaster
Katherine Swynford
Henry IV
Knight of the Garter
Ludlow
Admiral of the North
captain of Calais
Admiral of the North and West
Earl of Dorset

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