His Eminence Henry (Beaufort), Cardinal Beaufort

circa 1375 - 1447  (~ 72 years)

• Name	Henry (Beaufort)  [1]
  Title	His Eminence
  Suffix	Cardinal Beaufort
  Born	circa 1375  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Education	From 1388 to 1389	Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   [1]
  Education	From 1390 to circa 1393	Queen's College, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England   [1]
  Office	April 1397  [1]
  	Chancellor of the University of Oxford
  Ordination	7 April 1397  [1]
  	Deacon
  Office	From 28 Feb. 1403 to 2 March 1405  [1]
  	Chancellor of England
  Office	From Nov. 1404 to 11 April 1447  [1]
  	Bishop of Winchester
  Will	20 Jan. 1447  [1]
  Died	11 April 1447	Wolvesey Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, England   [1]
  Buried	Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I923	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	15 June 2019

  
  

  Father	John (Plantagenet), of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster,   b. March 1340, St. Bavo's Abbey, Ghent, Belgium ,   d. 3 Feb. 1398/99, Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Mother	Katharine de Roet,   d. 10 May 1403, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
  Married	13 Jan. 1396/97	Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England   [2, 3]
  Notes	The Beaufort children were legitimated by papal bull in September 1396 and by royal patent the following February. [3]
  Family ID	F248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Heraldry

  Arms of Beaufort (Modern) (Duke of Beaufort, formerly of Somerset)

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] Oxford D.N.B., H. C. G. Matthew (ed.), (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), G. L. Harriss, "Beaufort, Henry [called the Cardinal of England] (1375?–1447), bishop of Winchester and cardinal". [S8] BP 1970, Peter Townend (ed.), (London: Burke's Peerage Ltd., 1970), page liii. [S9] Oxford D.N.B., H. C. G. Matthew (ed.), (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), Simon Walker, "Katherine [née Katherine Roelt; married name Katherine Swynford], duchess of Lancaster (1350?–1403), mistress and third wife of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster".