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Henry Somerset
Earl of Worcester
Arms of Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester.svg
Born c. 1496
Died 26 November 1549 (aged 52–53)
Noble family Beaufort
Spouse(s) Margaret Courtenay, Baroness Herbert
Elizabeth Browne
Issue William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester
Francis Somerset
Charles Somerset
Thomas Somerset
Anne Somerset
Lucy Somerset
Eleanor Somerset
Joan Somerset
Father Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester
Mother Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert

Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester (c. 1496 – 26 November 1549) was an English nobleman. He was the son of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert. On his father's death on 15 April 1526, he succeeded as the second Earl of Worcester. From his mother, he inherited the title of Baron Herbert.

He was invested as a Knight on 1 November 1523 in Roye, France, by the Duke of Suffolk.

Somerset obtained Tintern Abbey after the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

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He married twice:

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