His father served as a soldier to both Henry VII and his son Henry VIII. In 1561, Edward Seymour (son of the King Edward VI's Lord Protector) and Katherine Grey (sister of the tragic Lady Jane, the 'Nine Days Queen') were locked up in the Tower of London for marrying behind Queen Elizabeth's back. Seymour was the eldest son of Sir John Seymour and brother to Jane Seymour, the third wife of Henry VIII. Edward was most likely born in 1506 at the Wolf Hall mansion in Wiltshire. in the creation of those dignities) heir apparent to his father's Dukedom and Earldom, … Origins and early career. With such a connection, it was guaranteed that Edward Seymour would rise in the household of the king. At around 2am on 12 October 1537, Jane Seymour, the third wife of King Henry VIII, was delivered of a healthy son – “the most beautiful boy that ever was seen”. 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 … Their two sons, Edward and Thomas, were born in prison, and the marriage was annulled by the … Correspondence of Edward Seymour, son of the Protector, Earl of Hertford (cr. Edward Seymour (born about 1500) the eldest surviving son of Sir John Seymour and Margery Wentworth of Wolf Hall in Wiltshire was following the court trajectory of many other Tudor men in terms of patronage and a slow climb up the social ladder until his sister, Jane Seymour, caught the eye of Henry VIII at which point Thomas Cromwell moved out of his accommodation to make way for Edward … He was styled Lord Seymour until 1863 when his father was created Earl St Maur, of Berry Pomeroy, and he adopted his father's new creation as a courtesy title.He was commonly known as Ferdy. Background. This was the defining moment of Henry’s reign: he had waited more than 20 long years for a healthy son and heir. 1559); 1559-1607. Edward VI, king of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553. Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd son of Edward, Duke of Somerset and Earl of Hertford, being 1st son by his 2nd wife, Anne, daughter of Sir Edward Stanhope, was born (the same day as King Edward VI) 12 Oct 1537, and, being (under the spec. In 1514, aged about 14, he received an … Edward was traditionally viewed as a frail child, but recent authorities have maintained that he was actually a robust youth. rem. Seymour family, English aristocrats. Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c. 1500–1552), Lord Protector of England, 1547-49, during the minority of his nephew, Edward VI of England; Lord Edward Seymour (died 1593) (c. 1528–1593), Sheriff of Devon, second son of the above Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (1539–1621), fourth son … Edward Seymour was born c. 1500, the son of Sir John Seymour (1474–1536), feudal baron of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset, by his wife Margery Wentworth, eldest daughter of Sir Henry Wentworth of Nettlestead, Suffolk, and descended from Edward III. He was King Henry VIII’s only legitimate son; his mother, Henry’s third wife, Jane Seymour, died 12 days after his birth. Followed (f.197) by correspondence of James Kirton his … Edward was the eldest surviving son of Sir John Seymour and Margery Wentworth. Edward Seymour is thought to have been born in 1505. Seymour was the eldest son of Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset, and Georgiana Sheridan.