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During this time, Henry V began a policy of creating Norman titles for his aristocrats, with Beaufort being made Count of Harcourt in 1418. In 1420, Beaufort helped negotiate the treaty of Troyes. The next year he was captured at the Battle of Baugé, where his nephew, Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, was killed. Beaufort was one of ...
During this time, Henry V had a policy of creating Norman titles for his aristocrats, thus Beaufort was created Count of Harcourt in 1418. In 1420, Beaufort helped negotiate the treaty of Troyes. The next year he was captured at the Battle of Baugé, where his nephew Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, was killed. Beaufort was one of the ...
Oct 22, 2017 · In mid-July, King Henry dispatched his uncle Thomas Beaufort to seek the city’s surrender, accompanied by ‘a fayre manye of men of arms and archers’. The duke of Exeter had spent the first few months of the year in England but on 3 March received a summons from his nephew requesting his services once again in France.
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After the accession of his half-brother Henry IV, Beaufort was made a Knight of the Garter. In the following years he held various military posts: constable of Ludlow (1402), appointed Admiral of the North (1403), appointed captain of Calais (1407), and Admiral of the North and West(1408-1413) he retained the title for life. His most notable action...
On the accession of Henry V, Beaufort was appointed Lieutenant of Aquitaine (1413) and then captain of Harfleur (1415). He spent the next years in Normandyas Lieutenant of Normandy (1416). He was created Duke of Exeter for life in 1416. Beaufort was back in England in 1417, while the king was in Normandy, but had to deal with problems in Scotland. ...
As a legitimated grandson of the sovereign, Beaufort bore the arms of the kingdom, differenced by a bordure gobony azure and ermine.
During this time, Henry V had a policy of creating Norman titles for his aristocrats, thus Beaufort was created Count of Harcourt in 1418. In 1420, Beaufort helped negotiate the treaty of Troyes. The next year he was captured at the Battle of Baugé, where his nephew Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, was killed. Beaufort was one of the ...
Beaufort was allowed to resign 5 Jan. 1412 , 7 and, taking part a few months later in the French expedition under the Duke of Clarence, 8 was created Earl of Dorset 5 July 1412. On the accession of Henry V (1413) he was made Lieutenant of Aquitaine, 9 and was associated in the embassy to France in 1414.
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House of Harcourt. 1329–1346 : John IV (d. 1346), Count of Harcourt in 1338, son of John III. married Isabeau de Parthenay, dame de Vibraye, de Montfort-le-Rotrou, d'Aspremont and de Bonnétable. 1346–1356 : John V (d. 5 April 1356, Rouen), son of John IV. married Blanche de Ponthieu, Countess of Aumale, sister of Joan of Ponthieu, Dame of ...
