Eleanor Beauchamp, Duchess of Somerset

Lady Eleanor Beauchamp
Baroness de Ros Duchess of Somerset
Drawing of Eleanor from the Rous Roll, c. 1483
Born	September 1408 Wedgenock, Warwickshire, England
Died	6 March 1467 (aged 58–59) Baynard's Castle, London, England
Spouses	Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset Walter Rokesley
Issue	13, including: Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros Richard Ros Eleanor Beaufort, Countess of Ormonde Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset John Beaufort, Marquess of Dorset
Father	Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick
Mother	Elizabeth de Berkeley

Lady Eleanor Beauchamp, Baroness de Ros and Duchess of Somerset (September 1408 – 6 March 1467) was the second daughter of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and Elizabeth de Berkeley, daughter of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley.

First marriage

On 17 December 1423, Lady Eleanor was married to Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros. They were parents of the following surviving issue:

• Margaret de Ros (b. 1425 – d. 10 December 1488), married firstly (as his second wife) William de Botreaux, 3rd Baron Botreaux (d. 1462), secondly Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough.
• Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros (b. 9 September 1427 – d. 17 May 1464)
• Richard Ros (b. 8 March 1429 – after 1492)

Second marriage

Eleanor married Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset sometime between 1431 and 1433. He was the son of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Lady Margaret Holland. They had the following surviving issue:

• Eleanor Beaufort, Countess of Ormonde (b. between 1431 and 1433 - d. August 16, 1501), married firstly James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormonde and secondly Sir Robert Spencer. Her daughter from her second marriage, Margaret, later became the mother-in-law of Anne Boleyn's sister, Mary.
• Joan Beaufort (b. 1433 – d. 11 August 1518), married firstly Robert St Lawrence, 3rd Baron Howth and secondly Sir Richard Fry.
• Anne Beaufort (b. 1435 – d. 17 September 1496), who married, Sir William Paston (b. 1436 – died before 7 September 1496), a younger son of William Paston (1378–1444), Justice of the Common Pleas.
• Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (b. 26 January 1436 – d. 15 May 1464)
• Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford (b. 1437 – d. 1474), married firstly Humphrey, Earl of Stafford and secondly Sir Richard Darell.
• Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset (b. 1439 – d. 4 May 1471)
• John Beaufort, Earl of Dorset (b. 1441 – 4 May 1471)
• Thomas Beaufort (b. 1442 – d. 1517)
• Elizabeth Beaufort (b. 1443 - died before 1475), married Sir Henry FitzLewis.
• Mary Beaufort (b. between 1431 and 1455)

Third marriage

She married thirdly to Walter Rokesley. There was no known issue from this marriage.

Death

She died on 6 March 1467 at the age of 58 at Baynard's Castle, London, England.

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