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Henry Beaufort

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Henry Beaufort , 1377?-1447, English prelate and statesman. The son of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, and his mistress (later wife) Catherine Swynford, he was half brother to Henry IV. He was declared legitimate (1397) and made bishop of Lincoln (1398) by Richard II, and under Henry IV served as chancellor (1403-4) and became (1404) bishop of Winchester. On the accession of his friend Henry V , Beaufort again was chancellor (1413-17). At the Council of Constance, Beaufort swung (1417) English influence to help elect Pope Martin V , but Henry refused to let him accept the pope's reward... Read more

Beaufort, Henry
Beaufort, Henry ( c. 1375–1447), cardinal bishop...John of Gaunt and Catherine Swynford, Beaufort rose rapidly in the church, becoming...Winchester in 1404. As half-brother of Henry IV, he was rarely far from the heart...was ambivalent. He quarrelled both with Henry V, over his ... Read more

Beaufort, Henry
Beaufort, Henry ( c. 1375–1447), cardinal bishop...Winchester. The second son of John of Gaunt, Beaufort rose rapidly in the church, becoming...Winchester in 1404. As half‐brother of Henry IV, he was rarely far from the heart...was ambivalent. He quarrelled both with Henry V, ... Read more

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