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Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c. 1506 – 22 January, 1552) was Lord Protector
Lord Protector

Lord Protector is a particular British title for Heads of State, with two meanings at different periods of history.Feudal royal regent ...
 of England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 in the period between the death of Henry VIII
Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was also Lordship of Ireland and claimant to the Early Modern France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII of England....
 in 1547 and his own indictment in 1549.

our was born in about 1506, to Sir John Seymour and Margery Wentworth
Margery Wentworth

Margery Wentworth was the wife of Sir John Seymour and is notable as the mother of Queen Jane Seymour, the Wives of Henry VIII of Henry VIII of England and the grandmother of King Edward VI of England....
, a celebrated beauty, immortalised in the works of John Skelton
John Skelton

John Skelton, also known as John Shelton , possibly born in Diss Norfolk, was an England poet....
. Edward's first marriage, to Catharine Fillol, was annulled when it was discovered she was having an affair with his father.






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Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c. 1506 – 22 January, 1552) was Lord Protector
Lord Protector

Lord Protector is a particular British title for Heads of State, with two meanings at different periods of history.Feudal royal regent ...
 of England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 in the period between the death of Henry VIII
Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was also Lordship of Ireland and claimant to the Early Modern France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII of England....
 in 1547 and his own indictment in 1549.

Background

Seymour was born in about 1506, to Sir John Seymour and Margery Wentworth
Margery Wentworth

Margery Wentworth was the wife of Sir John Seymour and is notable as the mother of Queen Jane Seymour, the Wives of Henry VIII of Henry VIII of England and the grandmother of King Edward VI of England....
, a celebrated beauty, immortalised in the works of John Skelton
John Skelton

John Skelton, also known as John Shelton , possibly born in Diss Norfolk, was an England poet....
. Edward's first marriage, to Catharine Fillol, was annulled when it was discovered she was having an affair with his father. His second marriage was to Anne Stanhope
Anne Stanhope

Anne Stanhope , was the daughter of Sir Edward Stanhope and Elizabeth Bourchier....
.

Edward was the eldest brother of Jane Seymour
Jane Seymour

Jane Seymour was List of English consorts as the third Wives of Henry VIII of Henry VIII of England. She succeeded Anne Boleyn as queen consort following the latter's execution in 1536....
, who would become Henry VIII's third queen consort
Queen consort

A queen consort is the title given to the wife of a reigning Monarch. Queens consort usually share their husbands' Royal and noble ranks and hold the feminine equivalent of their husbands' monarchical titles....
. When Jane married the King in 1536, Seymour was created Viscount Beauchamp 5 June, and on 15 October 1537 Earl of Hertford. He became Warden of the Scottish Marches and continued in favour after his sister's death in 1537. Their brother, Thomas
Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley

Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley , was a British politician....
, also gained power through their sister's advancement and married Henry VIII's sixth wife, Dowager Queen Catherine Parr
Catherine Parr

Catherine Parr , also known as Catherine or Catharine Parr, was the last of Wives of Henry VIII of Henry VIII of England. She was Queen Consort of England during 1543?1547, then Dowager Queen of England....
, shortly after the death of the King. Seymour's nephew became Edward VI on the death of Henry VIII. Edward Seymour retained great influence over the boy king, Edward VI
Edward VI of England

Edward VI became List of English monarchs and King of Ireland on 28 January 1547 and was crowned on 20 February at the age of nine. The son of Henry VIII of England and Jane Seymour, Edward was the third monarch of the Tudor dynasty and England's first Protestantism ruler....
, in whose name he ruled the country, and was created Duke of Somerset
Duke of Somerset

The Duke of Somerset is a title in the peerage of England that has been created several times. Derived from Somerset, it is particularly associated with two families; the Beauforts who held the title from the creation of 1448 and the Seymours, from the creation of 1547 and in whose name the title is still held....
 on 15 February 1547, early in King Edward's reign.

Following his victory over the Scots at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh
Battle of Pinkie Cleugh

The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, along the banks of the River Esk, Lothian near Musselburgh, Scotland on 10 September 1547, was part of the War of the Rough Wooing....
, his position appeared unassailable. However, the Seymour brothers had accumulated enemies and grudges during their time in royal favour, and, shortly after his brother Thomas
Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley

Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley , was a British politician....
's downfall in 1548, Edward, too, fell from power. His position, although not his office of Protector, was taken by John Dudley, 1st Earl of Warwick
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland

John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland was a Tudor dynasty general, admiral and politician, who de facto ruled England in the latter half of Edward VI of England's reign....
, later 1st Duke of Northumberland; his properties (such as Somerset House
Somerset House

Somerset House is a large building situated on the south side of the Strand, London in central London, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge....
, Sleaford Castle
Sleaford Castle

Sleaford Castle is a medieval castle in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England....
 and Berry Pomeroy Castle
Berry Pomeroy Castle

Berry Pomeroy Castle consists of a Tudor period mansion within the walls of an earlier castle. It is located about a mile north-east of the village of Berry Pomeroy, near Totnes, Devon, England ....
) were confiscated by the crown; and he was executed for treason at Tower Hill on January 22, 1552.

Descendants

The earldom was later temporarily regained by Somerset's son, Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford
Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford

Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford was the son of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, by his second wife Anne Stanhope.Following Somerset's disgrace and execution, his son regained the lost Earl of Hertford in 1559, from Elizabeth I of England, but lost it again shortly afterwards, for secretly marrying Lady Catherine Grey, sister of L...
.

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