Duke of Beaufort

The title Duke of Beaufort in the Peerage of England was created by Charles II in 1682 for Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester, a descendant of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, illegitimate son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, a Lancastrian leader in the Wars of the Roses.

Earls of Worcester, Fifth Creation (1514)

• Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester (c. 1450–1526)
• Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester (c. 1495–1548)
• William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester (d. 1589)
• Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester (1553–1628)
• Henry Somerset, 5th Earl of Worcester (1577–1646) (created Marquess of Worcester in 1643)