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Battle of Pinkie. Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Viscount Beauchamp KG, PC (1500 [1] – 22 January 1552), also known as Edward Semel, [2] was an English nobleman and politician who served as Lord Protector of England from 1547 to 1549 during the minority of his nephew King Edward VI.
When William Seymour 1st Marquis and 2nd Earl of Hertford, 2nd Duke of Somerset was born on 1 September 1587, in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Seymour Viscount Beauchamp, was 25 and his mother, Honora Rogers, was 25. He married Lady Arabella Stuart in 1610, in Essex, England, United Kingdom.
His eldest son by his second wife was re-created Earl of Hertford by Elizabeth I, and his great-grandson William was restored as 2nd Duke of Somerset in 1660. His children by his first wife had been disinherited owing to the jealousy of his second; but their descendants came into the titles and property when the younger line died out in 1750.
Arms: Quarterly of fourteen 1. On a pile between six fleurs de lys three lions of England (Seymour augmentation of honour) 2. Two wings conjoined in lure tips downwards (Seymour) 3. Vair (Beauchamp of Hache) 4. On a chief a label (Vivonne) 5. Three escallops (Malet) 6. Per pale a lion rampant (Marshall) 7. Three chevrons (Clare) 8.
After a dinner with Edward VI on 16th October 1551, Seymour was arrested and taken to the Tower of London. On 1st December 1551, Seymour was tried by his peers. He pleaded “not guilty”. He defended himself skilfully and was acquitted of treason but found guilty of bringing men together to riot against the king.
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, 4th Earl of Somerset, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1st Marquess of Dorset styled 1st Count of Mortain, [a] KG (1406 – 22 May 1455), was an English nobleman and an important figure during the Hundred Years' War. His rivalry with Richard, Duke of York, was a leading cause of ...
Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp (1561-1612), who married Honora Rogers and had six children, including William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset. Among his descendants are Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (née Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon), and the present Dukes of Northumberland. The Hon. Thomas Seymour (1562/3, Tower of London - 8 August 1600).
