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Jane Seymour (/ ˈ s iː m ɔːr /; c. 1508 – 24 October 1537) was Queen of England as the third wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 30 May 1536 until her death the next year.
Jane Seymour, third wife of King Henry VIII of England and mother of King Edward VI. She succeeded—where Henry’s previous wives had failed—in providing a legitimate male heir to the throne. The future Edward VI was born on October 12, 1537, but Jane died 12 days later.
Apr 2, 2014 · Jane Seymour was the maid of honor for Henry VIII's first two wives—Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn—before marrying the king herself. Of King Henry's six wives, he only shared a tomb...
Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's third wife, didn't last long, but she delivered. She married Henry 11 days after Anne Boleyn’s execution, and died giving him a longed-for son. But was Jane a helpless victim or secret schemer?
Jun 13, 2024 · Jude Law as Henry VIII and Alicia Vikander as Catherine Parr in Firebrand Brouhaha ... Thomas Seymour, the dashing brother of Henry’s third wife, Jane Seymour, also sought the widow’s hand ...
Jan 11, 2021 · On 24 October 1537, Henry VIII’s third and favourite wife – Jane Seymour – died shortly after giving birth. Having given Henry the son that he had craved for so long, she was the only one of his six wives to be given a full Queen’s funeral, and was later buried beside the King.
Feb 1, 2015 · Her father was Sir John Seymour of Wolf Hall in Wiltshire; he served in the Tournai campaign of 1513 and accompanied Henry VIII to the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. He was made a knight of the body and later a gentleman of the king’s bedchamber.
Jun 3, 2021 · Jane Seymour was the third of Henry VIII's six wives, and the only one to bear him a son, the future Edward VI. She is the queen who 'died', passing away shortly after giving birth.
As the third wife of the infamous King Henry VIII, she achieved what none of his other wives could: she gave him a male heir, Edward VI. Yet, her life was cut tragically short, dying just days after childbirth, leaving a legacy that is both fascinating and enigmatic.
Sep 19, 2016 · Within 24 hours of Anne Boleyn's execution, Jane Seymour and Henry VIII were formally betrothed. On the 30th of May, they were married at Whitehall Palace. Unlike Henry's previous two Queens, Jane never had a coronation.
