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Edward 1st Duke of Somerset Seymour 1506 – 1552 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1506

Birth Location: Wolf Hall, Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, England

Death Date: 22 Jan 1552

Death Location: EXECUTED at Tower Hill, London, England (burial in the Chapel of St Peter-ad-Vicula)

Father: John Seymour

Mother: Lady VIII

Spouse(s): Lady (Newdigate), Catherine Filliol), Anne Stanhope

Children(s): Edward Seymour, Anne (Dudley\Avent), Edward Seymour, Lord Commander, Lady Seymour, Lady Seymour, Lady Hertford, Mary Seymour, Edward Seymour, Elizabeth Seymour, John Seymour, Edward Seymour

Edward 1st Duke of Somerset Seymour was born in 1506 in Wolf Hall, Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, England, the child of John Seymour and Lady Elizabeth Margaret Margery Wentworth Lady of the Order of the Garter, Mother of Jane Seymour the 3rd wife of Henry VIII. Edward 1st Duke of Somerset Seymour married Lady Anne Seymour Stanhope (Newdigate), Catherine Fillol (or Filliol), Anne Stanhope, and had children including Edward Seymour, Anne ❤️👑Seymour (Dudley\Avent), Edward Seymour, Lord Henry Seymour, Naval Commander, Lady Margaret Seymour, Lady Jane Seymour, Lady Katherine Seymour, Countess of Hertford, Mary Seymour, Edward Seymour, Elizabeth Seymour, John Seymour, Edward Seymour. Edward 1st Duke of Somerset Seymour passed away in 1552 in EXECUTED at Tower Hill, London, England (burial in the Chapel of St Peter-ad-Vicula).

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  • Edward 1st Duke of Somerset Seymour was born in 1506 in Wolf Hall, Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, England, the child of John Seymour and Lady Elizabeth Margaret Margery Wentworth Lady of the Order of the Garter, Mother of Jane Seymour the 3rd wife of Henry VIII.
  • Edward 1st Duke of Somerset Seymour married Lady Anne Seymour Stanhope (Newdigate), Catherine Fillol (or Filliol), Anne Stanhope, and had children including Edward Seymour, Anne ❤️👑Seymour (Dudley\Avent), Edward Seymour, Lord Henry Seymour, Naval Commander, Lady Margaret Seymour, Lady Jane Seymour, Lady Katherine Seymour, Countess of Hertford, Mary Seymour, Edward Seymour, Elizabeth Seymour, John Seymour, Edward Seymour.
  • Edward 1st Duke of Somerset Seymour passed away in 1552 in EXECUTED at Tower Hill, London, England (burial in the Chapel of St Peter-ad-Vicula).

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Edward Seymour's Ancestors

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Edward Seymour
1506 – 1552
Birth Place: Wolf Hall, Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, England
Parents
John Seymour
1476 – 1536
Wiltshire, England
Lady (Elizabeth Margaret Margery Wentworth Lady of the Order of the Garter, Mother of Jane Seymour the 3rd wife of Henry) VIII
1478 – 1550
Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
John Seymour
1450 – 1491
Wiltshire, England
Elizabeth Darell
1454 – 1480
Littlecote, Wiltshire, England
Sir (Henry) Wentworth
1448 – 1501
Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
❤️Anne (Saye) (Say)
1453 – 1484
Broxbourne, Ware, Hertfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Seymour
1425 – 1463
Elizabeth Coker
1412 – 1472
Phillip Wentworth
1424 – 1464
Sir (Say)
1415 – 1478
Lady VIII's
1422 – 1473
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Seymour
1402 – 1464
Isabel Williams
1405 – 1485
Roger Wentworth
1395 – 1452
Margery Despenser
1398 – 1478

Edward Seymour's Descendants

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Edward (1st Duke of Somerset) Seymour (1506 – 22 Jan 1552) m. Lady (Anne Seymour Stanhope) (Newdigate) (1510 – 15/04/1587) m. Catherine (Fillol (or) Filliol) ( – Abt. 1535) m. Anne Stanhope (1512 – 16 Apr 1587)
  1. 1. Edward Seymour (12 October 1537 – 1539)
  2. 2. Anne (❤️👑Seymour) (Dudley\Avent) (1538 – 17 Feb 1587) m. Sir (John (Viscount Of Lisle, 2nd Earl Of Warwick, Lord Admiral, Vice Admiral)) Dudley (1522 – 1554) m. Sir (Edward Unton, Sheriff of) Berkshire (3 May 1535 – 16 Sep 1582)
    1. 1. Ambassador (Sir Henry Unton, English) Diplomat (1558 – 23 Mar 1596) m. Dorothy (Wroughton Raleigh) Unton (1552 – Jul 1634) m. Catherine (Hastings) Unton (1560 – 1638)
    2. 2. Cecily (1564-3c15) Unton (10 August 1561 – 16 Jun 1618)
    3. 3. Mary ❤️👑Unton\Upton (Abt. 1566 – 1635) m. Thomas Birch (13 Jan 1564 – 1646)
      1. 1. William (❤️👑Birch) (Byrche) (1586 – 21 Jun 1663)
        1. 1. ❤️👑William Birch (1600 – 1636) m. ❤️Ann hand (1610 – 1667) m. Susannah Williams
  3. 3. Edward Seymour (22 May 1539 – 6 April 1621)
  4. 4. Lord (Henry Seymour, Naval) Commander (1540 – 1588)
  5. 5. Lady (Margaret) Seymour (1540 – 19 March 1561)
  6. 6. Lady (Jane) Seymour (1541 – 1561)
  7. 7. Lady (Katherine Seymour, Countess of) Hertford (Abt. 1541 – 3 Aug 1593)
  8. 8. Mary Seymour (1542 – 18 January 1570)
  9. 9. Edward Seymour (1548 – 1574)
  10. 10. Elizabeth Seymour (1552 – 3 June 1602)
  11. 11. John Seymour (1527 – 19 December 1552)
  12. 12. Edward Seymour (1529 – 2 May 1593)

Edward Seymour's Timeline

4 Records

1500
June 1500
Birth of Edward 1st Duke of Somerset Seymour in Wolf Hall, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Wolf Hall, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
1506
1506
Birth of Edward 1st Duke of Somerset Seymour in Wolf Hall, Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, England
Wolf Hall, Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, England
1552
22 January 1552
Age 46
Death of Edward 1st Duke of Somerset Seymour in Tower Hill, London, London, England, United Kingdom
Tower Hill, London, London, England, United Kingdom
1552
22 Jan 1552
Age 46
Death of Edward 1st Duke of Somerset Seymour in EXECUTED at Tower Hill, London, England (burial in the Chapel of St Peter-ad-Vicula)
EXECUTED at Tower Hill, London, England (burial in the Chapel of St Peter-ad-Vicula)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: June 1500
    Event Place: Wolf Hall, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1506
    Event Place: Wolf Hall, Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 1181
    [2] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 4188335
    [3] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 January 1552
    Event Place: Tower Hill, London, London, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Jan 1552
    Event Place: EXECUTED at Tower Hill, London, England (burial in the Chapel of St Peter-ad-Vicula)
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 1181
    [2] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 4188335
    [3] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Wapping, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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