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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are always welcome
 

generations 1 - 11 of 19 generations
 

       Charles Somerset 
       1st Earl of Worcester
       Baron Herbert of Raglan
       Born circa 1460
       Died 15 April 1526
       Buried Windsor, St.George
       Married (1) 2 June 1492
       Elizabeth Herbert, Baroness Herbert, daughter of William
       Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Earl of Huntingdon and Lady
       Mary Widville
       Born circa 1476
       Died 29 January 1508 / 21 March 1513
       Buried Windsor, St.George
       Married (2) Elizabeth West, daughter of Thomas West, 8th
       Lord De La Warr and Elizabeth Mortimer
       Married (3) Eleanor Sutton, daughter of Edward Sutton, 2nd
       Lord Dudley and Cecily Willoughby, of Parham
       Died before 1549
                 Children, Generation I

       Generation I
        (1) 1  Henry Somerset
               2nd Earl of Worcester
               Born circa 1499
               Died 26 November 1549
               Married (1) 15 June 1514
               Lady Margaret Courtenay, daughter of William Courtenay, 9th
               Earl of Devon and Catherine of York
               Died 15 April 1526
               Married (2) before 1527 
               Elizabeth Browne, daughter of Sir Anthony Browne and Lady
               Lucy Nevill
               Died 20 April 1565 / 23 April 1565
                         Children, Generation II-1

            2  Lady Elizabeth Somerset
               Died 1545
               Married (1) Sir John Savage, son of Sir John Savage and
               Anne Bostock
               Born 1493
               Died 27 July 1528
               Married (2) William Brereton

        (2) 3  Charles Somerset

            4  George Somerset, of Bedmonsfield
               Married Mary Bowlays
                         S.P.

            5  Lady Mary Somerset
               Married (1) William Grey, 13th Lord Grey de Wilton, son of
               Edmund Grey, 9th Lord Grey of Wilton and Florence Hastings
               Died 14 December 1562 Cheston, Hertfordshire
               Married (2) Robert Carr

       II-1 (I-1)
        (2) 1  William Somerset
               3rd Earl of Worcester
               Born circa 1527
               Died 21 February 1589 St.John's nr London (Hackney)
               Married (1) circa 29 January 1549
               Christian North, daughter of Edward North, 1st Baron North
               and Alice Squire
               Died after 20 March 1563
               Married (2) Theophila Newton, daughter of Sir Henry Newton
               and Margaret Poyntz
                         Children, Generation III-1

            2  Thomas Somerset

            3  Charles Somerset

            4  Francis Somerset
               Died 10 September 1547 (in battle)

            5  Lady Eleanor Somerset
               Married (1) Sir Roger Vaughan, of Porthaml, son of Roger
               Vaughan and Denise Vaughan
               Married (2) Henry Johns

            6  Lady Lucy Somerset
               Died 23 February 1583
               Buried Hackney
               Married 1545
               John Nevill, 4th Lord Latimer, son of John Nevill, 3rd Lord
               Latimer and Dorothy de Vere
               Born circa 1520
               Died 22 April 1577 Snape
               Buried Well

            7  Lady Anne Somerset
               Died circa 8 September 1591 Namur
               Married 12 June 1558
               Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, son of Sir Thomas
               Percy and Eleanor Harbottle
               Born 1528
               Died 22 August 1572 York (beheaded)

            8  Lady Jane Somerset
               Married Sir Edward Mansel

      III-1 (II-1-1)
        (1) 1  Edward Somerset
               4th Earl of Worcester
               Born circa 1550
               Died 3 March 1628 Worcester House
               Married December 1571
               Lady Elizabeth Hastings, daughter of Francis Hastings, 2nd
               Earl of Huntingdon and The Hon. Catherine Pole
               Died 24 August 1621 Worcester House
               Buried Raglan
                         Children, Generation IV-1

       IV-1 (III-1-1)
            1  Lady Catherine Somerset
               Died 6 November 1654
               Buried 8 November 1654 Tardebigg
               Married before 14 January 1608
               Thomas Windsor, 6th Lord Windsor, son of Henry Windsor, 5th
               Lord Windsor and Anne Rivett
               Born 29 September 1591
               Died 6 December 1642
               Buried 23 December 1642 Tardebigg

            2  Lady Catherine Somerset
               Born circa 1575
               Died 30 October 1624 West Horndon
               Buried Ingatestone
               Married 8 November 1596 Essex House
               William Petre, 2nd Lord Petre, son of Sir John Petre, 1st
               Baron Petre and Mary Waldegrave
               Born 24 June 1575 West Horndon
               Died 5 May 1637 West Horndon
               Buried Ingatestone

            3  William Somerset
               Lord Herbert
               Born 1576
               Died before 21 January 1598

            4  Henry Somerset
               5th Earl & 1st Marquess of Worcester
               Born 1577
               Died 18 December 1646 Covent Garden (in prison)
               Buried Windsor, St.George's
               Married 16 June 1600 Ludgate, St.Martin's
               Anne Russell, daughter of John Russell, Lord Russell and
               Elizabeth Cooke
               Died 8 April 1639 Worcester House
                         Children, Generation V-1

            5  Thomas Somerset
               Viscount Somerset of Cashel
               Born 1579
               Died 13 May 1649 / 24 June 1649
               Buried Raglan
               Married Hon. Helen Barry, daughter of David FitzJames
               Barry, Viscount Buttevant and Ellen Roche
                         S.P.

            6  Lady Blanche Somerset
               Born circa 1583
               Died 28 October 1649 Winchester
               Buried Tisbury
               Married 11 May 1607 *
               Thomas Arundell, 2nd Lord Arundell of Wardour, son of
               Thomas Arundell "The Valiant", 1st Baron Arundell of
               Wardour and Lady Maria Wriothesley
               Born circa 1586
               Died 19 May 1643 Oxford
               Buried Tisbury

        V-1 (IV-1-4)
            1  Edward Somerset
               2nd Marquess of Worcester
               Born before 9 March 1603 Raglan Castle
               Died 3 April 1667 Worcester House
               Buried Raglan
               Married (1) circa 1628
               Elizabeth Dormer, daughter of Sir William Dormer and Alice
               Molyneux
               Died 31 May 1635 Worcester House
               Buried Raglan
               Married (2) August 1639
               Lady Margaret O'Brien, daughter of Henry O'Brien, 5th Earl
               of Thomond and Mary Brereton
               Died circa 26 July 1681
                         Children, Generation VI-1

            2  Sir John Somerset
               Died 1630
               Married Mary Arundell, daughter of Thomas Arundell "The
               Valiant", 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour and Ann Philipson
                         Children, Generation VI-2

            3  Lady Elizabeth Somerset
               Died before 9 May 1684
               Married 6 July 1637 * London
               Francis Browne, 3rd Viscount Montagu, son of Anthony Maria
               Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu and Lady Jane Sackville
               Born 2 July 1610
               Died October 1682
               Buried 2 November 1682 Midhurst

       VI-1 (V-1-1)
        (1) 1  Henry Somerset
               1st Duke of Beaufort, 3rd Marquess of Worcester
               Born 1629
               Died 21 January 1700 Badminton
               Buried Windsor, St.George's
               Married 17 August 1657 Clerkenwell
               The Hon. Mary Capell, daughter of Arthur Capell, 1st Baron
               Capell and Elizabeth Morrison
               baptised 16 December 1630 Hadham Parva, Herts
               Died 7 January 1715 Chelsea
               Buried Badminton
                         Children, Generation VII-1

            2  Lady Anne Somerset
               Born October 1631 Raglan Castle
               Died 1662
               Married before 21 October 1652
               Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk, son of Henry Frederick
               Howard, Earl of Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk and Lady
               Elizabeth Stuart
               Born 12 July 1628 London
               Died 13 January 1684 London, Arundel House

            3  Lady Elizabeth Somerset
               Born circa 1634
               Died 11 May 1691 St.Germain-en-Laye
               Buried St.Germain-en-Laye
               Married July 1654 London
               William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis, son of Percy
               Herbert, 2nd Lord Powis and Elizabeth Craven
               Born circa 1626
               Died 2 July 1696 St.Germain-en-Laye

       VI-2 (V-1-2)
            1  Henry Somerset, of Pently Court
               Married Anne Ashton
                         Children, Generation VII-2

            2  Thomas Somerset

            3  Sir Charles Somerset, of Ross
               Married (1) NN
               Married (2) Catherine Baskerville, daughter of Walter
               Baskerville and Judith Vaughan
               Married (3) NN
                         Children, Generation VII-3

      VII-1 (VI-1-1)
            1  Henry Somerset
               Lord Herbert
               Died young
               Buried Beaufort Chapel, Windsor

            2  Charles Somerset
               Marquess of Worcester
               Born December 1660 St.Martin's-in-the-Fields
               Died 13 July 1698 in Wales (coach accident)
               Married 5 June 1682 Wanstead, Essex
               Rebecca Child, daughter of Sir Josiah Child, of Wanstead,
               Essex, 1st Baronet and Mary Atwood
               baptised May 1670 St.Botolph's, London
               Died 17 July 1712
                         Children, Generation VIII-1

            3  Lord Arthur Somerset
               Married Mary Russell
                         Children, Generation VIII-2

            4  Lady Mary Somerset
               Born circa 1665
               Died 19 November 1733
               Buried Westminster Abbey
               Married 3 August 1685 Badminton
               James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, son of Thomas Butler,
               Earl of Ossory, 'Gallant Ossory' and Emilia van Nassau
               Born 29 April 1665 Dublin Castle
               Died 16 November 1745 Avignon
               Buried Westminster Abbey

            5  Lady Henrietta Somerset
               Born 1669
               Died 2 August 1715 Audley End
               Buried Walden
               Married (1) 24 June 1686 Badminton
               Henry Horatio O'Brien, Lord Ibrackan, son of Henry O'Brien,
               7th Earl of Thomond and Sarah Russell
               Born 1670
               Died 10 July 1690 Chelsea
               Married (2) April 1705
               Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk, 1st Earl of Bindon, son
               of Henry Howard, 5th Earl of Suffolk and Hon. Mary Stewart
               Born 1670 Duke Str., St.James's
               Died 19 September 1718 Gunnersbury
               Buried Walden

            6  Lady Anne Somerset
               Born 22 July 1673
               Died 14 February 1763 Snitterfield
               Married 4 May 1691
               Thomas Coventry, 2nd Earl of Coventry, son of Thomas
               Coventry, 1st Earl of Coventry and Winifred Edgcumbe
               Born circa 1662
               Died August 1710

      VII-2 (VI-2-1)
            1  Edward-Maria Somerset
               Died 1711
               Married (1) Clare Calvert, daughter of Charles Calvert, 3rd
               Lord Baltimore, Governor of Maryland
               Married (2) Anne Calvert, daughter of Charles Calvert, 3rd
               Lord Baltimore, Governor of Maryland
 

      VII-3 (VI-2-3)
        (2) 1  Charles Somerset

            2  Henry Somerset

            3  Elizabeth Somerset

            4  Maria Joanna Somerset
               Died 1698 Calvert County
               Married (1) NN Lowther
               Married (2) 1695 in Maryland
               Richard Smith Jr., son of Richard Smith
               Died 1714

     VIII-1 (VII-1-2)
            1  Henry Somerset 
               2nd Duke of Beaufort 
               Born 2 April 1684 Castle of Monmouth 
               Died 24 May 1714 Badminton 
               Married (1) 7 July 1702 Knole, Kent 
               Lady Mary Sackville, daughter of Charles Sackville, 6th 
               Earl of Dorset and Lady Mary Compton 
               Born in Copthall, Essex 
               Died 18 June 1705 
               Married (2) 26 February 1706 Chapel Royal, St.James's 
               Lady Rachel Noel, daughter of Wriothesley Baptist Noel, 2nd 
               Earl of Gainsborough and Hon. Catherine Greville 
               Died 13 September 1709 
               Buried Badminton 
               Married (3) 14 September 1711 Wimbledon, Surrey 
               Lady Mary Osborne, daughter of Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke 
               of Leeds and Bridget Hyde 
               Born 14 August 1688 
               Died circa 4 February 1722 
                         Children, Generation IX-1 

            2  Lady Harriet Beaufort Somerset 
               Born 27 August 1690 
               Died 9 August 1726 London 
               Married 30 April 1713 Chelsea 
               Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, 3rd Earl of 
               Arlington, son of Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Grafton and 
               Lady Isabella Bennet, 2nd Countess of Arlington 
               Born 25 October 1683 Arlington House 
               Died 6 May 1757 Euston 

     VIII-2 (VII-1-3) 
            1  Hon. Mary Somerset 
               Married Hon. Algernon Greville, MP for Warwick 1699-1705, 
               son of Fulke Greville, 5th Lord Brooke and Sarah Dashwood 

            2  Hon. Elizabeth Somerset 

            3  Hon. Anne Somerset 
               Married Uvedale Price 

       IX-1 (VIII-1-1) 
        (2) 1  Henry Somerset 
               3rd Duke of Beaufort 
               Born 26 March 1707 
               Died 24 February 1745 Bath 
               Married 28 June 1729 Holland House Div.1743/4 
               Lady Frances Scudamore, daughter of James Scudamore, 3rd 
               Viscount Scudamore and Hon. Frances Digby 
               Born 14 August 1711 
                         S.P. 

            2  Charles Noel Somerset 
               4th Duke of Beaufort 
               Born 12 September 1709 
               Died 28 October 1756 
               Buried Badminton 
               Married 1 May 1740 St.George's, Hanover Sq 
               Elizabeth Berkeley, daughter of John Symes Berkeley, of 
               Stoke Gifford and Elizabeth Norborne 
               Born 1719 
               Died 8 April 1799 London, Hanover Sq. 
                         Children, Generation X-1 

        X-1 (IX-1-2) 
            1  Lady Anne Somerset 
               Born 11 March 1741 
               Died 18 May 1763 Naples or Venice 
               Buried Compton 
               Married 13 September 1759 Audley Chapel St.George's Han. 
               Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton, son of Hon. 
               Charles Compton and Mary Lucy 
               Born 22 July 1737 
               Died 18 October 1763 Lyons, France 
               Buried Compton 

            2  Henry Somerset 
               5th Duke of Beaufort 
               Born 16 October 1744 Brook Str., London 
               Died 11 October 1803 
               Buried Badminton 
               Married 2 April 1766 London 
               Elizabeth Boscawen, daughter of The Hon. Edward Boscawen 
               and Frances Glanville 
               Born 28 May 1747 
               Died 15 June 1828 Stoke nr Bristol 
                         Children, Generation XI-1 

            3  Lady Elizabeth Somerset 

            4  Lady Rachel Somerset 
               Died in infancy 

            5  Lady Henrietta Somerset 
               Died 24 July 1770 Kensington 
               Married 6 April 1769 
               Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, son of Sir Watkin 
               Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet and Frances Shakerley 
               Born 1749 
               Died 24 July 1789 
               Buried Rhuabon 
                         S.P. 

            6  Lady Mary Isabella Somerset 
               Born 1 August 1756 
               Died 2 September 1831 London 
               Buried Belvoir 
               Married 26 December 1775 St.George's, Hanover Square
               Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland, son of John Manners, 
               Marquess of Granby and Lady Frances Seymour 
               Born 15 March 1754 
               Died 24 October 1787 Dublin, Phoenix Lodge 
               Buried Bottesford 

       XI-1 (X-1-2) 
            1  Henry Charles Somerset 
               6th Duke of Beaufort 
               Born 22 December 1766 
               Died 23 November 1835 Badminton 
               Buried Badminton 
               Married 16 May 1791 Lambeth Church 
               Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower, daughter of Granville 
               Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford and Lady Susannah 
               Stewart 
               Born 11 January 1771 
               Died 12 August 1854 Westbrook Hall, Berkhampstead 
                         Children, Generation XII-1 

            2  Lord Charles Henry Somerset 
               Born 12 December 1767 
               Died 20 February 1831 
               Married (1) 7 June 1788 
               Hon. Elizabeth Courtenay, daughter of William Courtenay, 
               2nd Viscount Courtenay and Frances Clack 
               Born 2 September 1766 
               Died 11 September 1815 
               Married (2) 9 August 1821 
               Lady Mary Poulett, daughter of John Poulett, 4th Earl 
               Poulett and Sophia Pocock 
               Born 24 February 1788 
               Died 11 June 1860 
                         Children, Generation XII-2 

            3  Lady Elizabeth Somerset 
               Died 1836 
               Married 1796 
               Very Rev. Charles Talbot, Dean of Salisbury, son of Hon. 
               Rev. George Talbot, Vicar of Guilting and Hon. Anne 
               Bouverie 
               Born 1769 
               Died 28 February 1823 

            4  Lord Norborne Berkeley Henry Somerset 
               Born 4 May 1771 
               Died 1 December 1838 

            5  Lady Frances Elizabeth Somerset 
               Died 27 May 1841 

            6  Lord Robert Edward Henry Somerset 
               General 
               Born 19 December 1776 
               Died 1 September 1842 
               Married 17 October 1805 
               Hon. Louise Augusta Courtenay, daughter of William 
               Courtenay, 2nd Viscount Courtenay and Frances Clack 
               Born 25 December 1781 
               Died 9 February 1823 
                         Children, Generation XII-3 

            7  Lady Harriet Isabella Somerset 
               Died 1 June 1855 
               Married 1804 
               Col. Henry Hugh Mitchell 

            8  Lord Arthur John Henry Somerset 
               Born 12 February 1780 
               Died 18 April 1816 
               Married 23 June 1808 
               The Hon. Elizabeth Boscawen, daughter of George Evelyn 
               Boscawen, 3rd Viscount Falmouth and Elizabeth Anne Crewe 
               Born 10 October 1784 
               Died 2 March 1872 
                         Children, Generation XII-4 

            9  Rev. Lord William George Henry Somerset 
               Born 2 September 1784 
               Died 14 January 1851 
               Married (1) 29 June 1813 
               Elizabeth Molyneux, daughter of Sir Thomas Molyneux, 5th 
               Baronet and Elizabeth Perrin 
               Born 26 April 1790 
               Died 1843 
               Married (2) 1844 
               Frances Brady, daughter of Henry Brady 
               Died 31 August 1854 
                         Children, Generation XII-5 

            10 Lord John Thomas Henry Somerset 
               Born 30 August 1787 
               Died 3 October 1846 Weston-Super-Mare 
               Married 4 October 1814 
               Lady Catherine Annesley, daughter of Arthur Annesley, 1st
               Earl of Mountnorris and Sarah Cavendish 
               Born 18 July 1790 
               Died 25 June 1865 Paris 
                         Children, Generation XII-6 

            11 Lord Fitzroy James Henry Somerset 
               1st Baron Raglan of Raglan 
               Born 30 September 1788 Badminton 
               Died 28 June 1855 Sebastopol, Crimea 
               Buried Badminton 
               Married 6 August 1814 London 
               Lady Emily Harriet Wellesley, daughter of William 
               Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington and Katharine 
               Elizabeth Forbes 
               Born 13 March 1792 
               Died 6 March 1881 London 
               Buried Badminton 
                         Children, Generation XII-7

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