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Jane Seymour was born in 1509 and died at the 24th of October 1537 in Hampton Court Palace. | Jane Seymour was born in 1509 and died at the 24th of October 1537 in Hampton Court Palace. | ||
She was the third wife of [[Henry VIII]] and mother of [[Edward VI]]. | She was the third wife of [[Henry VIII]] and mother of [[Edward VI]]. | ||
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Yet she never became Queen and died twelve days after she gave birth to her only son. | Yet she never became Queen and died twelve days after she gave birth to her only son. | ||
Jane Seymour has been the daughter and fifth child of Sir John Seymour of Wolf Hall in Wiltshire († 1536) und Margaret Wentworths († 1550). Her father served the Tournai campaign of 1513 and conveyed Henry VIII to the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. He was made a knight of the body and later a gentleman of the king's bedchamber. This honourable positions made it possible to not only talk to the king in private but also have appoinments with Henry VIII and his family at the court. Three of his eight children gained honour and prominence through out the history: His eldest son Edward as duke of Somerset and as Lord Protector, Thomas as Lord Admiral Jane by marrying Henry VIII of England. | |||
Revision as of 16:51, 4 May 2010
Jane Seymour was born in 1509 and died at the 24th of October 1537 in Hampton Court Palace. She was the third wife of Henry VIII and mother of Edward VI. Although Henry VIII married six women, Jane Seymour was the only one who fulfilled the Queens most important duty by giving birth to the heir of the english throne: Edward the VI. Yet she never became Queen and died twelve days after she gave birth to her only son.
Jane Seymour has been the daughter and fifth child of Sir John Seymour of Wolf Hall in Wiltshire († 1536) und Margaret Wentworths († 1550). Her father served the Tournai campaign of 1513 and conveyed Henry VIII to the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. He was made a knight of the body and later a gentleman of the king's bedchamber. This honourable positions made it possible to not only talk to the king in private but also have appoinments with Henry VIII and his family at the court. Three of his eight children gained honour and prominence through out the history: His eldest son Edward as duke of Somerset and as Lord Protector, Thomas as Lord Admiral Jane by marrying Henry VIII of England.