Search results
People also ask
Who was the 8th Duke of Somerset?
What happened to the 3rd Duke of Somerset?
Who is Edward Seymour in the Prince and the Pauper?
Why was Somerset removed from Lord Protector?
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Viscount Beauchamp KG, PC (1500 [1] – 22 January 1552), also known as Edward Semel, [2] was an English nobleman and politician who served as Lord Protector of England from 1547 to 1549 during the minority of his nephew King Edward VI.
Apr 9, 2024 · Edward Seymour, 1st duke of Somerset was the Protector of England during part of the minority of King Edward VI (reigned 1547–53). While admiring Somerset’s personal qualities and motives, scholars have generally blamed his lack of political acumen for the failure of his policies.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
When his nine-year old nephew, Edward VI, ascended the throne in January 1547, Somerset had been appointed Lord Protector of England. For nearly three years he governed as king in all but name but some of his enlightened ideas on how best to rule proved unsuitable for the time in which he lived.
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c. 1500–1552), uncle to and Lord Protector of Edward VI, was deposed and executed and his titles forfeit in 1552. For the intervening generations, see Edward Seymour, Viscount Beauchamp ; Marquess of Hertford § Earls of Hertford, Third creation (1559) ; and Marquess of Hertford § Marquesses of Hertford ...
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 ...
The English statesman Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford Duke of Somerset (ca. 1506-1552), who served as lord protector, favored Protestantism, union with Scotland, and economic change. Edward Seymour was the son of Sir John Seymour of Wolf Hall, Wiltshire.
Mar 17, 2015 · In recognition of this position, Seymour was made Duke of Somerset. He was given confiscated monastic property to support his new title. Historians have a mixed view on Somerset. Some believe him to have been a man who sympathised with the plight of the poor – a classic social reformer.
