
Jane Seymour
Born in:
1509
Deceased on:
24. December 1537 (from puerperal fever)
Father:
Sir John Seymour (around 1474-1536)
Mother:
Margery († 1550), daughter of Sir John Wentworth
Siblings:
Jane had nine brothers and sisters, four of whom died as children: three brothers, John, Anthony and John II., and one sister, Margery. The following reached adulthood:
- her brother Edward, Duke of Somerset, Lord-Protector of England, born around 1504 or 1505, deceased on 22. January 1552 (executed); in his first marriage married to Katherine Filliol, two sons – the marriage was dissolved in 1535; in his second marriage married to Anne Stanhope (1497-1587), four sons and six daughters
- her brother Henry, married to Barbara Wolfe
- her brother Thomas, Baron of Sudeley, Lord High Admiral, born in 1507, deceased on 20. March 1549 (decapitated because of alleged high treason), since May 1547 married to Katherine Parr († 1548); regarding his mouth and his eyes, he bore a close resemblance to his sister Jane
- her sister Elizabeth († 1563), whose second husband Gregory, Marquis of Winchester, was a son of Sir Thomas Cromwell († 1540)
- her sister Dorothy, married to Sir Clement Smith
Spouse:
Henry VIII. (1491-1547), King of England from 1509 until 1547; marriage on 30. May 1536
Children:
Edward VI., born on 12. December 1537, deceased on 6. July 1553; King of England from 1547 until 1553
More Images:
Reading Suggestion:
- Maike Vogt-Luerssen: Jane Seymour (in German)




