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Learn about the fascinating life of Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, nephew of Jane Seymour and husband of Catherine Grey.
The English statesman Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford Duke of Somerset (ca. 1506-1552), who served as lord protector, favored Protestantism, union with Scotland, and economic change. Edward Seymour was the son of Sir John Seymour of Wolf Hall, Wiltshire. The flowering of Henry VIII 's passion for Jane Seymour, Edward's younger sister ...
Quick Reference. ( c. 1500–52). The foundation of Somerset's career was that he was elder brother of Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's third wife, and therefore uncle to Edward VI. His progress was by no means spectacular until his sister's marriage in May 1536. A week later he was made Viscount Beauchamp and the following year earl of Hertford.
3rd Duke of Somerset, 1st Marquess of Hertford, 2nd Earl of Hertford: Francis Seymour c. 1590 –1664 1st Lord Seymour of Trowbridge: Robert Carr c. 1587 –1645 Earl of Somerset: Henry Somerset 1577–1646 1st Marquess of Worcester, 5th Earl of Worcester, 7th Baron Herbert: Thomas Somerset 1579–1651 Viscount Somerset: Robert Sidney 1595–1677
Full Heraldic Description: 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.
Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Baron Beauchamp, KG (22 May 1539 – 6 April 1621), of Wulfhall and Totnam Lodge in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset, of Netley Abbey, Hampshire, and of Hertford House, Cannon Row in Westminster, is most noted for incurring the displeasure of Queen Elizabeth I by taking part in more than one clandestine marriage.
When Edward Earl of Hertford Seymour I was born on 22 May 1539, in Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, Sir Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset, was 33 and his mother, Anne Stanhope, was 30. He married Catherine Grey Countess Of Hertford in December 1560, in London, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons.
