Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset

Edmund Tudor
Duke of Somerset
Father	Henry VII of England
Mother	Elizabeth of York
Born	21 February 1499(1499-02-21) Greenwich Palace, London
Died	19 June 1500(1500-06-19) (aged &&&&&&&&&&&&04541 yr 2 mos)
Burial	Westminster Abbey, London

From Left to Right: Margaret, queen consort of Scotland, aged 10, Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset in the arms of a nanny, Mary, Queen of France aged 3, Henry VIII, King of England then Duke of York aged 8. Absent Royal child was Arthur, Prince of Wales who was at Ludlow Castle at the time of the scholar's visit

Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (21 February 1499 – 19 June 1500) was the sixth child of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York.

Edmund's elder siblings (by order of birth) were Arthur, Prince of Wales, Margaret, queen consort of Scotland, Henry VIII of England, Elizabeth and Mary, Queen consort of France. His only younger sibling was Katherine. He was bestowed at birth with the title Duke of Somerset, although never formally created. He was christened on the 24th of February. He was present with his elder siblings, Margaret, Henry and Mary when Erasmus and Thomas More visited their royal nursery in the summer of 1499, when Edmund was months old.

Death and Burial

He died at 15 months of unknown causes, and was buried at Westminster Abbey. At the young Prince's funeral his chief mourner was, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham.

References

• 'Milan: 1499', Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts in the Archives and Collections of Milan: 1385-1618 (1912), pp. 364–381.
• Steven Gunn and Linda Monckton, ed, Arthur Tudor, Pince of Wales, Boydell 2009 ISBN 9781843834809

Peerage of England
New creation	Duke of Somerset 1499–1500	Extinct