reated 1st Marquess of Dorset in 1442; 1st
Duke of Somerset in 1448 and was Earl of Somerset and Count
Mortain in Normandy. Regent of France. Slain in the battle of St.
Albans fighting for King Henry. {Burke’s Peerage} [GADD.GED]reated 1st Marquess of Dorset in 1442; 1st
Duke of Somerset in 1448 and was Earl of Somerset and Count
Mortain in Normandy. Regent of France. Slain in the battle of St.
Albans fighting for King Henry. {Burke’s Peerage} [GADD.GED]
Lost Normandy to the French with the exception of Caen, along with Harfleur & Cherbourg these were England's last toeholds there. Great wrath was stirred up in England against Somerset because of this. After the battle of Formigny he was also forced to surrender Caen and returned to England in ignominy. He was also involved in the loss of Guienne, but Henry VI still retained him as his minister, thus laying the seeds of the rebellion to come - "The Wars of the Roses." All England now retained was Calais and the Channel Islands. [THELMA.GED]
