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John Beaufort was created Earl Of Somerset on February 10 , 1397 . On September 28 of that year he married Margaret Holland , daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl Of Kent ; then two days later he was created Marquess of Dorset. Also sometime that year he was made a Knight Of The Garter . His marquessate was downgraded in 1399 after the accession of Henry IV . Afterwards he was merely Earl of Somerset. In 1404 he was Constable Of England . Somerset died on 16 March 1410 in the Hospital Of St. Katherine-by-the-Tower . He was buried in St. Michael's Chapel in Canterbury Cathedral . He and his wife had six children:
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