# Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset — Henry VI, Part III character guide

> Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset in Henry VI, Part III by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Somerset, my Lord of Somerset, gentle Somerset

**First appearance:** 0002-act-i-scene-i

## Who they are

Lancastrian duke executed after the Battle of Tewkesbury.

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