Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p John Beaufort, 1st Marquess of Somerset and 1st Marquess of Dorset, later only 1st Earl of Somerset, KG (1373 – 21 April 1410) was the first of the four illegitimate children of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and his mistress Katherine Swynford, later his wife. Beaufort was born in about 1371 and his surname probably reflects his father's lordship of Beaufort in Champagne, France.The family emblem was the portcullis which is shown on the reverse of British pennies minted between 1971 and 2008. A parliament during Richard II declared the Beaufort children legitimate, as well as Pope Boniface IX in September 1396. John of Gaunt married Katherine Swynford in January 1396. Despite being the grandchildren of Edward III, and next in the line of succession after their father's legitimate children, the Lancasters, the Beauforts, including John Beaufort, were initially barred from succession to the throne.. }
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- John_Beaufort,_1st_Earl_of_Somerset abstract "John Beaufort, 1st Marquess of Somerset and 1st Marquess of Dorset, later only 1st Earl of Somerset, KG (1373 – 21 April 1410) was the first of the four illegitimate children of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and his mistress Katherine Swynford, later his wife. Beaufort was born in about 1371 and his surname probably reflects his father's lordship of Beaufort in Champagne, France.The family emblem was the portcullis which is shown on the reverse of British pennies minted between 1971 and 2008. A parliament during Richard II declared the Beaufort children legitimate, as well as Pope Boniface IX in September 1396. John of Gaunt married Katherine Swynford in January 1396. Despite being the grandchildren of Edward III, and next in the line of succession after their father's legitimate children, the Lancasters, the Beauforts, including John Beaufort, were initially barred from succession to the throne.".