Edmund Beaufort (died 1471) on the south side of Tewkesbury Abbey, under an arch. His younger brother John had been killed during the battle, and as both died unmarried, "the house of Beaufort and all the honours to which they were entitled became extinct". The execution shortly thereafter of Henry VI left Edmund's 1st cousin, Margaret Beaufort, and her son, Henry Tudor, as the senior representatives of the House of Lancaster. Attribution Edmund Beaufort (died 1471) Edmund Beaufort (c. 1438 – 6 May 1471), styled 4th Duke of Somerset, was an English nobleman, and a military commander during the Wars of the Roses, in
Jacobite line of succession to the English and Scottish thrones in 1714 the Act of Settlement are noted in "italics". James I and VI, King of England and Scotland (d. 1625) Jacobite line of succession to the English and Scottish thrones in 1714 The following is the Jacobite line of succession to the English and Scottish thrones as of the death of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, on 1 August 1714. It reflects the laws current in England and Scotland immediately before the Act of Settlement 1701, which disqualified Catholics from the throne. Queen Anne of Great Britain was the last monarch of the House of Stuart which had succeeded the House