#OTD 6 Apr 1621
#EdwardSeymour Earl of Hertford 81 died
Buried Salisbury Cathedral
Son of Edward Duke of Somerset
Educated with Prince Edward
Impoverished by family disgrace & most famed for secret marriages:
#KatherineGrey
#FrancesHoward
#FrancesPrannell
#ElizabethI restored his titles
#History
#OTD
6th April 1621
Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford died at Netley Abbey at the age of eighty-one.
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#EdwardSeymour #EarlofHertford #DukeofSomerset #AnneStanhope #LadyKatherineGrey #Tudors #History
#OTD 6 Mar 1547
#ThomasWriothesley (call me Risley #WolfHall) incurred Regency Council wrath for alleged abuse of his authority placed under house arrest & forced to give up his Lord Chancellor's Great Seal
Or maybe it was simply because of his opposition to #EdwardSeymour as Lord Protector!
#OTD 20 Feb 1547
9yr old Edward Tudor, only legitimate son of #HenryVIII was crowned King #EdwardVI @wabbey
His reign (albeit steered by his uncle #EdwardSeymour) suffered economic & social unrest
The 1st protestant raised monarch, the Reformation progressed under his tenure
#Tudor
#History
#OTD
17th February 1547
Edward Seymour, uncle of King Edward VI, was made Duke of Somerset.
The power behind the throne during his nephew’s minority
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#EdwardSeymour #LordHertford #DukeofSomerset #LordProtector #Tudors #History
#OTD 17 Feb 1547
#EdwardSeymour was made Duke of Somerset
Seymour took full advantage of the terms of #HenryVIII's will giving himself almost regal powers as Lord Protector, 'de facto King' on behalf of his young nephew & King #EdwardVI
Never popular 5yrs later he met with the🪓
#Tudor
#History
#OTD
1st February 1547
The executors of King Henry VIII's will appointed Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, to the offices of Lord Protector of the Realm & Governor of the King's Person.
#EdwardSeymour #EarlofHertford #LordProtector #GovernoroftheKingsPerson #Tudors #History
#OTD
22nd January 1552
Between 8 o’clock and 9 o’clock in the morning, Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and former Lord Protector of England, was executed on Tower Hill.
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#EdwardSeymour #DukeofSomerset #LordProtector #KingEdwardVI #Tudors #History
#OTD 30 Dec 1546
#HenryVIII signed off on the changes he'd made to his Will a few days earlier
Confirming his Son would rule as #EdwardVI followed in line by his daughters Mary & Elizabeth
He also specified who would serve as council to the young king principally #EdwardSeymour
#Tudor
#History
#OTD 26 Dec 1546
#HenryVIII made changes to his will granting power to #EdwardVI
#EdwardSeymour was among those granted dukedoms whilst others were cancelled & crucially he added the line of his sister #MaryTudor as heirs after his own children paving the way for #LadyJaneGrey
#Tudor
#History
#OTD 24 Sep 1561
#EdwardSeymour, later Viscount Beauchamp was born at Tower Of London
His mother Lady Katherine Grey (sister to #9dayqueen #ladyJane) had been there since Aug when her secret marriage to Earl of Hertford was revealed to furious cousin #ElizabethI
#History
@janegreyinfo.bsky.social
#OTD
24th September 1561
In the confines of The Tower of London, Edward Seymour (later Viscount Beauchamp) was born.
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#EdwardSeymour #ViscountBeauchamp #LadyKatherineGrey #CountessofHertford #QueenElizabethI #Tudors #History
Attributed to #LevinaTeerlinc (1510/20-1576)
Portrait of Lady #KatherineGrey (1540-68), Countess of Hertford, who was #BornOnThisDay, with her son #EdwardSeymour, Lord Beauchamp (1561-1612)
ca. 1562
#KatherineSeymour
#Grey #Tudor #Seymour #LadyHerbert
#OTD
13th July 1612
Edward Seymour, Viscount Beauchamp, eldest son of Lady Katherine Grey and Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, died at Wick in Wiltshire.
#EdwardSeymour #ViscountBeauchamp #Seymour #EdwardSeymourEarlofHertford #LadyKatherineGrey #Tudors #Stuarts #History
Catherine married a fourth and final time to #EdwardSeymour. She unfortunately died shortly after childbirth and their daughter Mary likely passed away as an infant. We know her as ‘Catherine’ but she spelled it ‘Kateryn‘ herself. 3/3
Attributed to #HansEworth (1515-1574)
Portrait of #EdwardSeymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (1539-1621), who was #BornOnThisDay
1565
#Seymour #Tudor
#OTD 22 May 1537
#EdwardSeymour, #HenryVIII's brother-in-law was sworn in as a Privy Councillor (later Lord Protector to #EdwardVI)
Also #OTD 1539 his son Edward, 1st Earl of Hertford was born
He liked a secret marriage (or 3!) upsetting #ElizabethI
He was sent to the Tower Of London
#OTD
22nd May 1539
Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford was born.
He was the son of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and his second wife, Anne Stanhope.
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#EdwardSeymour #1stEarlofHertford #Tudors #History
#OTD
22nd May 1537
Edward Seymour, brother-in-law of King Henry VIII was sworn in as a Privy Councillor.
#EdwardSeymour #PrivyCouncillor #JaneSeymour #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History
It's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, and so I am going to be posting blogs written which feature mental illness. #Tudors
First up: Anne Seymour: "Lady Warwycks Lunacye" - regarding the illness and incapacitation of the eldest daughter of #EdwardSeymour, Duke of Somerset.
#OTD 6 Apr 1621
#EdwardSeymour Earl of Hertford 81 died
Buried Salisbury Cathedral
Son of Edward Duke of Somerset
Educated with Prince Edward
Impoverished by family disgrace & most famed for secret marriages:
#KatherineGrey
#FrancesHoward
#FrancesPrannell
#ElizabethI restored his titles
Letter from Edward Seymour, Lord Hertford to his brother-in-law, Michael Stanhope.
6th March 1544
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#Letter #Document #EdwardSeymour #EarlofHertford #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History
#OTD 6 Mar 1547
#ThomasWriothesley (call me Risley #WolfHall) incurred Regency Council wrath for alleged abuse of his authority placed under house arrest & forced to give up his Lord Chancellor's Great Seal
Or maybe because he opposed #EdwardSeymour as Lord Protector!
@wolfhall.bsky.social
#OTD 20 Feb 1547
9yr old Edward Tudor, only legitimate son of #HenryVIII was crowned King #EdwardVI @westminsterabbey.bsky.social
His reign (albeit steered by his uncle #EdwardSeymour) suffered economic & social unrest
The 1st protestant raised monarch, the Reformation progressed under his tenure
#OTD 17 Feb 1547
#EdwardSeymour was made Duke of Somerset
Seymour took full advantage of the terms of #HenryVIII's will giving himself almost regal powers as Lord Protector, 'de facto King' on behalf of his young nephew & King #EdwardVI
Never popular 5yrs later he met with the🪓
#OTD
17th February 1547
Edward Seymour, uncle of King Edward VI, was made Duke of Somerset.
www.instagram.com/p/DGKJbOkofZ...
#EdwardSeymour #LordHertford #DukeofSomerset #JaneSeymour #KingHenryVIII #KingEdwardVI #LordProtector #Tudors #History
#OTD
1st February 1547
The executors of King Henry VIII's will appointed Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, to the offices of Lord Protector of the Realm and Governor of the King's Person.
#EdwardSeymour #EarlofHertford #LordProtector #GovernoroftheKingsPerson #Tudors #History
Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset: From ruling England to losing his head on Tower Hill. What led to his dramatic fall? 🏰⚔️
Read more: bit.ly/40I3dKa
#TudorHistory #EdwardSeymour #OnThisDay"
#OTD
22nd January 1552
Between 8 o’clock & 9 o’clock in the morning, Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset & former Lord Protector of England, was executed on Tower Hill.
www.instagram.com/p/DFHMfytpQP...
#EdwardSeymour #DukeofSomerset #LordProtector #Tudors #History
#OTD 30 Dec 1546
#HenryVIII signed off on the changes he'd made to his Will a few days earlier
Confirming his Son would rule as #EdwardVI followed in line by his daughters Mary & Elizabeth
He also specified who would serve as council to the young king principally #EdwardSeymour
