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EDWARD SEYMOUR

LORD EDWARD SEYMOUR
SIR EDWARD SEYMOUR
EDWARD SEYMOUR, 1ST EARL OF HERTFORD

 

Birth:  22 May 1539
Marriage:  
1.  (to Katherine Grey) - 25 Dec 1560, Canon Row, London
2. (to Frances Howard) - 1582
3. (to Frances Howard/Prannell) - May 1601
Death:  06 Apr 1621, Netley, Hampshire
Burial: Seymour Chapel, Salisbury Cathedral

LINEAGE
 

PARENTS:
edwardseymour

EDWARD SEYMOUR

1st Duke of Somerset
 

1500-1552

annestanhope

ANNE STANHOPE

Duchess of Somerset
[Seymour]

 

 bef.1512-1587

SIBLINGS:
male

EDWARD SEYMOUR

Viscount Beauchamp

of Hache

1537-1539

female

LADY MARGARET SEYMOUR

.

c.1540-?

male

LORD EDWARD SEYMOUR

.

1548-1578

anneseymour1

ANNE SEYMOUR

Countess of Warwick
[Dudley/Unton]

 

1538-1588

female

LADY JANE SEYMOUR

.

c.1541-1561

female

LADY MARY SEYMOUR

[Cosby/Rogers/Peyton]

c.1550-c.1620

male

LORD HENRY SEYMOUR

.

c.1540-?

female

LADY CATHERINE SEYMOUR

.

c.1545-1625

female

LADY ELIZABETH SEYMOUR

[Knightley]

1552-1602

(HALF-SIBLINGS FROM FATHER EDWARD SEYMOUR's FIRST MARRIAGE TO CATHERINE FILLOL d. c.1535):
male

JOHN SEYMOUR

died in Tower of London in Dec 1552
 

c.1527-1552

male

LORD EDWARD SEYMOUR

of Berry Pomeroy, Devon


 

c.1529-1593

SPOUSES:
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LADY KATHERINE GREY

Countess of Hertford
[Herbert/Seymour]

 

1540-1568

female

FRANCES HOWARD

[Seymour]
sister of Douglas Howard, Lady Sheffield

d.1598

franceshoward

FRANCES HOWARD

[Pranell/Seymour/Stewart]
later Duchess of Lennox and Richmond

1578-1639

CHILDREN:
(FROM FIRST MARRIAGE TO KATHERINE GREY d.1568):
edwardseymourbaby

EDWARD SEYMOUR

Lord Beauchamp of Hache
 

1561-1612

male

THOMAS SEYMOUR

.
 

c.1563-1600

Both children were born whilst Katherine was held prisoner at Tower of London.
Both were later deemed illegitimate, following forced annulment of parents' marriage
(due to belief this was part of a conspiracy against Elizabeth I). 

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