William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester
The Earl of Worcester | |
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3rd Earl of Worcester | |
Tenure | 1549–1589 |
Successor | Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester |
Born | c.1526 |
Died | 21 February 1589 Hackney |
Buried | Church of St Cadoc, Raglan, Monmouthshire |
Nationality | English |
Spouse(s) | Christiana North |
Issue | Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester Elizabeth Somerset Lucy Somerset |
Parents | Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester (d. 1565) |
William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester, KG (c. 1526/7 – 21 February 1589) was an English courtier, nobleman, and politician. He was the eldest son of Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester and his second wife Elizabeth Browne.[1]
On 26 November 1549, he succeeded his father and became the 3rd Earl of Worcester. Before 19 May 1550, Worcester married . She was a daughter of Edward North, 1st Baron North and his wife Alice Squire.[2] They were parents to three children:
- Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester (d. 3 March 1628).
- Elizabeth Somerset. Married William Windsor. He was a namesake son of by his wife Margaret Sambourne.
- Lucy Somerset. Married Henry Herbert, Esquire.[2]
William Somerset married (2nd) before 1567 Theophila Newton, daughter of John Newton (otherwise Cradock), Knt., of East Harptree, Somerset, by Margaret, daughter of Anthony Poyntz, Knt. A portrait of Countess Theophila by an unknown artist of that date is mentioned by Ashelford, Visual History of Costume (1983): 72.
Worcester supported Lady Jane Grey in 1553. He was invested as Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) in 1570. William Somerset died at his house Hackney on 21 February 1589 and was buried in the Church of St Cadoc, Raglan, Monmouthshire.[3]
He was a patron of the arts, and sponsored - among others - the Elizabethan actor Edward Alleyn.
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Notes[]
- ^ "Somerset, William, third earl of Worcester". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ a b KIMBALL G. EVERINGHAM; Richardson, Douglas Scott (2004). Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families (Royal Ancestry). Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 667. ISBN 0-8063-1750-7.
- ^ Newman, John (2002). Gwent/Monmouthshire. New Haven; London: Yale University Press. p. 305. ISBN 978-0-300-09630-9.
External links[]
- Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- Knights of the Garter
- Earls of Worcester (1514)
- Barons Herbert
- 1520s births
- 1589 deaths
- Somerset family
- 16th-century English nobility
- Peerage of England earl stubs