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Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Viscount Beauchamp KG, PC (1500 – 22 January 1552), also known as Edward Semel, 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.
19 de ene. de 2017 · Despite uncertainty amongst his trial judges, Somerset was found guilty and sentenced to death. Imprisoned in the Tower of London, on the day before his execution he wrote his final religious devotions in a tiny book, an almanac just three inches square and covered in red velvet.
10 de abr. de 2017 · On 22 January 1552 Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, was beheaded on Tower Hill. As his body and head were bundled into a coffin and carried into the Tower of London, spectators at the execution rushed forward to dip their hands and their handkerchiefs into his blood.
- Elinor Evans
22 de ene. de 2015 · On 22 January 1552, between 8 and 9am, Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and former Lord Protector, was executed on Tower Hill.
9 de abr. de 2024 · Edward Seymour, 1st duke of Somerset (born c. 1500/06—died Jan. 22, 1552, London) was the Protector of England during part of the minority of King Edward VI (reigned 1547–53).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Published 31st January 2021. Chapter 18 : Trial and Execution. Juries were summoned, and Northampton was appointed High Steward (that is, presiding judge). Twenty-two lords, as well as the council were appointed as commissioners to try the case – Shrewsbury declined, protesting ill-health.
3 de ago. de 2021 · With Henry VIII dead and his son, Edward VI, a mere boy, Edward Seymour assumed power, seeking to govern England as a radical autocrat. But, writes Derek Wilson, when two rebellions erupted, Seymour vacillated – and that was to cost him his life...
