Jane Seymour^[1]

Abt 1505 - 1537  (~ 32 years)

• Name	Jane Seymour
  Birth	Abt 1505	Wolf Hall, Savernake, Wilts
  Gender	Female
  Death	24 Oct 1537	Hampton Court Palace, Richmond, England
  	Cause: died in childbirth
  Burial	12 Nov 1537	St.George's Chapel, Windor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Notes	Some say married 30 May, others say 20th day after Anne was executed some say died 14th oct. She died in childbirth. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal00851 See her Biography http://tudorhistory.org/seymour/index.html http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/seymour.html «b»Henry VIII had six wives but only one gave him a son. Jane Seymour fulfilled her most important duty as queen, but she was never crowned and died just twelve days after the long and arduous birth. She was Henry's third wife and seems never to have made much of an impression upon anyone except the king. Her meek and circumspect manner was in distinct contrast to Henry's second wife, the sharp-tongued Anne Boleyn. Jane had served as lady-in-waiting to Anne and she supplanted her in much the same way Anne had replaced Katharine of Aragon in Henry's affections. We will never know if Jane sought the king's favor or was a frightened pawn of her family and the king's desire. But we do know that she bravely sought pardons for those involved in the Pilgrimage of Grace revolt in 1536. Rebuked by the king, and mindful of the fates of his first two wives, she retired into a quiet and decorous role. The triumphant birth of her son Edward allowed her two ambitious brothers into the king's inner circle; however, both would be executed during Edward's reign.«/b»
  Person ID	I13221	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2009

  
  

  Father	Sir John Seymour,   b. Abt 1474, probably Wolf Hall, Wiltshire, England d. 21 Dec 1536 (Age ~ 62 years)
  Mother	Margery Wentworth,   b. Abt 1478   d. Oct 1550 (Age ~ 72 years)
  Family ID	F6188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry VIII Tudor, King of England,   b. 28 Jun 1491, Greenwich Palace, Kent, England d. 28 Jan 1547, Whitehall Palace, London, England (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	20 May 1536	York Place, England
  Children	1. Edward VI Tudor, King of England,   b. 12 Oct 1537, Hampton Court Palace, Richmond, England d. 6 Jul 1553, Greenwich Palace, Kent, England (Age 15 years)
  Family ID	F6190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Jane Seymour Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum-A painting of Queen Jane by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) Oil on wood
  		'Jane the Quene' Jane Seymour's signature Various documents
  		The Badge of Jane Seymour Weidenfeld and Nicolson Archive
  		Jane Seymour A sketch of Jane by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) The Royal Library at Windsor
  		HenryVIIIfamily1.jpg The Dynasty Portrait or The Whitehall Mural The original by Hans Holbein was destroyed in the fire at Whitehall This copy was made by Remigius van Leemput for Charles II in 1698 Left to right: Henry VIII, Henry VII, Elizabeth of York and Jane Seymour Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
  		HenryVIIIfamily.jpg The Dynasty Portrait or The Whitehall Mural The original by Hans Holbein was destroyed in the fire at Whitehall This copy was made by Remigius van Leemput for Charles II in 1698 Left to right: Henry VIII, Henry VII, Elizabeth of York and Jane Seymour Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
  		seymourhorenbout1.jpg miniature portrait of Jane Seymour by Lucas Horenbout

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).