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The elder brother, Edward, emerged victorious, but Thomas continued to sulk and create difficulties, despite receiving the title of Baron Seymour, and being granted the delightful Sudeley Castle. Seymour also began to indulge in extremely inappropriate behaviour with his wife's step-daughter, the fourteen-year-old Elizabeth, later Elizabeth I.
Mar 20, 2013 · As I said, Thomas was the brother of Jane Seymour, the third wife of King Henry VIII, who died after giving birth to the king's only legitimate son, the future King Edward VI. He also had a brother named Edward, who would become the boy king's Lord Protector of the Realm - a title that Thomas would envy to the point of his own destruction.
Henry VIII’s will, drawn up towards the end of 1546 was very clear. No individual was to hold power as a regent or protector during the minority of his son, now Edward VI. Instead, a regency council of sixteen was to be formed, supported by assistant councillors. No additional members were to be appointed, even if a seat was vacated by death.
Upon the death of Henry VIII, both Edward and Thomas Seymour enjoyed positions on the 9-year-old King Edward’s Regency Council. They also enjoyed new titles to befit their status, but of course the older Edward got the lion’s share: Edward was made a Duke of Somerset while Thomas was “just” the new Baron of Sudeley.
Chapter 1: Early Life. The date of Edward’s birth is unknown, but he was either the eldest or second son of Sir John Seymour of Wolf Hall, and Margaret, or Margery, Wentworth. The Seymour family had been solid country gentry for centuries, whilst Margery was a descendant of Edward III, and niece of the Countess of Surrey.
Apr 21, 2018 · Edward Seymour (born about 1500) the eldest surviving son of Sir John Seymour and Margery Wentworth of Wolf Hall in Wiltshire was following the court trajectory of many other Tudor men in terms of patronage and a slow climb up the social ladder until his sister, Jane Seymour, caught the eye of Henry VIII at which point Thomas Cromwell moved out of his accommodation to make way for Edward and ...
EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF SOMERSET, Lord Protector of England, born about 1506, was the eldest surviving son of Sir John Seymour of Wolf Hall, Wiltshire, by his wife Margaret, eldest daughter of Sir Henry Wentworth of Nettlested, Suffolk. The Seymours claimed descent from a companion of William the Conqueror, who took his name from St Maur-sur ...
