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Somerset, Earl of Worcester

• References:
  • WORCESTER in [Complete Peerage]
  • BEAUFORT in [Burkes Peerage]
  • WORCESTER in [Cracroft's Peerage]

1st Earl of Worcester.
From here.

Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester (see here and here),
mar 1stly to Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert [descendant of Henry I],
both are bur in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle,
had issue by 1st wife:

Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester,
mar 2ndly to Elizabeth Browne [descendant of Edward III],
had issue by 2nd wife:

William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester,
mar Christian North [dau of Edward North, 1st Baron North and Alice Squire],
had issue:

Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester (see here),
mar 1571 to Elizabeth Hastings [descendant of Edward III],
had issue:

1. Sir Charles Somerset, born c. 1584,
   male-line descendant of Edward III (and hence of Henry II and the House of Plantagenet),
   had issue:
   1. Elizabeth Somerset, mar Ratcliffe Gerard and had issue.

3rd Earl of Worcester.
From here.

4th Earl of Worcester.
From here.

Said to be "Sir Charles Somerset", painted by George Gower.
Except our Sir Charles Somerset (born c. 1584) was apparently only a child when Gower died in 1596. Maybe it is of a previous generation?
From here.