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9 de jun. de 2022 · As Edward VI’s uncle, Thomas Seymour was, at the time, “the most eligible bachelor in England,” apart from the young king himself, who was not yet of marriageable age, says Norton.
7 de abr. de 2024 · Jane Seymour, third wife of King Henry VIII of England and mother of King Edward VI. She succeeded—where Henry’s previous wives had failed—in providing a legitimate male heir to the throne. The future Edward VI was born on October 12, 1537, but Jane died 12 days later.
Boleyn was later convicted of adultery and treason and executed in 1536, and Henry married Jane Seymour soon after. Suddenly, Thomas and Edward Seymour had a king for a brother-in-law.
Anne's relatives included the Howards, one of the preeminent families in England; and Anne's ancestors included King Edward I of England. According to Eric Ives, she was certainly of more noble birth than Jane Seymour and Catherine Parr, Henry VIII's other English wives. The spelling of the Boleyn name was variable, as common at the time.
30 de mar. de 2017 · At Henry VIII’s death, Dudley was a Privy Councillor, and still a close associate of Edward Seymour, a friendship which was now his most valuable possession. Seymour was uncle to the new king, Edward VI, and, although Henry had envisaged a Regency Council of equals, Seymour, re-titled Duke of Somerset, swiftly took the mantle of Lord Protector.
13 de feb. de 2017 · On February 12, 1554, 18-year-old Lady Jane Grey was beheaded after a nine-day reign as Queen of England. To explain why, we first have to offer an all-too-brief primer on the political background of Tudor England up to this point. Jane Grey’s grandmother was Mary Tudor, Queen of France and younger sister of England’s King Henry VIII.
23 de may. de 2018 · Seymour, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron (1508–49). Seymour played for high stakes and lost. He was the brother of Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's third wife, and the younger brother of Somerset, protector to the young Edward VI. His spectacular rise began with his sister's marriage in May 1536. He was made a gentleman of the bedchamber and employed on ...
