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Edward Seymour Earl of Hertford, Duke of Somerset 1506–1552 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Apr 1506

Birth Location: Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England - Wolf Hall, Wiltshire, England

Death Date: 22 Jan 1552

Death Location: London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England

Father: John Bedford"

Mother: Marjery Wentworth

Spouse(s): Anne Stanhope

Children(s): Edward Beauchamp), John Sir, Henry Seymour, Henry Seymour, Margaret Seymour, Jane Seymour, Elizabeth Seymour, Anne Seymour, Mary Seymour

Edward Seymour Earl of Hertford, Duke of Somerset was born in 1506 in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England - Wolf Hall, Wiltshire, England, the child of John Seymour Sir 1St Duke Of Somerset 1St Earl Bedford And Marjery Wentworth. Edward Seymour Earl of Hertford, Duke of Somerset married Anne Stanhope, and had children including Anne Seymour, Edward Seymour 1St Earl Of Hertford Baron Beauchamp, Elizabeth Seymour, Henry Seymour, Jane Seymour, John Seymour Sir, Margaret Seymour, Mary Seymour. Edward Seymour Earl of Hertford, Duke of Somerset passed away in 1552 in London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • Edward Seymour Earl of Hertford, Duke of Somerset was born in 1506 in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England - Wolf Hall, Wiltshire, England, the child of John Seymour Sir 1St Duke Of Somerset 1St Earl Bedford And Marjery Wentworth.
  • Edward Seymour Earl of Hertford, Duke of Somerset married Anne Stanhope, and had children including Anne Seymour, Edward Seymour 1St Earl Of Hertford Baron Beauchamp, Elizabeth Seymour, Henry Seymour, Jane Seymour, John Seymour Sir, Margaret Seymour, Mary Seymour.
  • Edward Seymour Earl of Hertford, Duke of Somerset passed away in 1552 in London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Bedford"
1474–1536
Birth Location: England
JB
Marjery Wentworth
1478–1550
Birth Location: Nettlested, Suffolk, England
MW

Spouses(s)

Anne Stanhope
1509–1587
Birth Location: Westminster, Middlesex, England
AS

Children(s)

Edward Beauchamp)
1539–1621
Birth Location: Berry Pomeroy, Devon, , England
EB
John Sir
1527–1552
Birth Location: Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, , England
JS
Henry Seymour
1532–1605
Birth Location: Wiltshire, England
HS
Henry Seymour
1540–1588
Birth Location: Northumberland, England
HS
Margaret Seymour
1527–1602
Birth Location: Of, Northumberland, England
MS
Jane Seymour
1541–1561
Birth Location: England
JS
Elizabeth Seymour
1552–1602
Birth Location: Wiltshire, England
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Anne Seymour
1538–1588
Birth Location: Northumberland, England
AS
Mary Seymour
1552–1570
Birth Location: Great Leake, Nottinghamshire, England
MS

Edward Somerset's Ancestors

Self
Edward Somerset
1506–1552
Birth Place: Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England - Wolf Hall, Wiltshire, England
Parents
John Seymour Sir "1st Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl Bedford"
1474–1536
England
Marjery Wentworth
1478–1550
Nettlested, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
John (Seymour Sir of Wolf Hall, Knight and Lord Sheriff of) Wiltshire
1450–1491
Wolfhall, Wiltshire, England
Elizabeth (Stourton Darrell) Lady
1454–1479
Littlecote, Wiltshire, England
Henry (Wentworth (Sir Henry Wentworth II Knight of the Bath; de jure 4th Lord le) Despenser)
1448–1499
Nettlested, Suffolk, England
Anne (Despencer Lady Anne de Say, Baroness) Despencer
1448–1494
Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
George Wiltshire
1419–1474
Margaret Lady
1433–1474
Philip Constable
1423–1464
Mary deSpenser
1416–1478
Sir Say
1415–1478
Elizabeth Cheney
1422–1473
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Darrell
1395–1461
Elisabeth Calston
1400–1464
John Sheriff
1400–1462
Margery Wadham
1405–1473
William Wentworth
1401–1461
Isabella Reresby
1397–1462
Sir VII
1388–1421
Elizabeth Percy
1395–1437
John Say
1500–
Laurens Cheney
1401–1430
Elizabeth Cokayne
1394–1422

Edward Somerset's Descendants

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Edward (Seymour Earl of Hertford, Duke of) Somerset (Apr 1506–22 Jan 1552) m. Anne Stanhope (1509–16 Apr 1587)
  1. 1. Edward (Seymour (1st Earl of Hertford, Baron) Beauchamp) 1539–1621 m. Catherine Grey 1540–1568
    1. 1. edward Seymour 1561–1613 m. Elizabeth Champernowne 1561–1613
      1. 1. Robert Seymour 1573–1637 m. Elizabeth Waller 1578–1630
        1. 1. Richard Seymour 1604–1655 m. Mercy Ruscoe 1610–1655
        2. 2. Elizabeth Seymour 1605–1639 m. Samuel (Nash) Lieut 1606–1682
        3. 3. Zachariah Seymour 1610–1637 m. Phebe Bennett 1612–
        4. 4. Nathaniel Seymour 1606–1655
        5. 5. John Seymour 1535–1605
      2. 2. Elizabeth Seymour 1591–1843
      3. 3. Amy (Anna) Seymour 1597–1639
      4. 4. Edward (Seymour Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd) Baronet 1580–1659 m. Dorothy (Killegrew) Lady 1580–1643
        1. 1. Henry Seymour 1612–1686
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Seymour Countess of) Devon 1601–1669 m. Francis Courtenay 1576–1638
        3. 3. Bridget Seymour 1616–1616
        4. 4. Joseph (Seymour) Lord 1618–1643 m. Bridget Anderson 1623–
        5. 5. Catherine Seymour 1606–1606
        6. 6. Anne Seymour 1609–1621
        7. 7. Thomas Seymour 1614–1688
        8. 8. Edward (Seymour Sir 3rd) Baronet 1610–1688 m. Anne Portman 1611–1694
      5. 5. Francis Seymour 1590–1664 m. Frances Prynne 1592–1626
        1. 1. Karel (Seymour Lord Seymour van) Trowbridge 1621–1665
        2. 2. Charles (Seymour 2nd Baron Seymour of) Trowbridge 1621–1665
      6. 6. Anne Seymour 1592–1592
      7. 7. Bridget Seymour 1577–1637 m. John Brune 1577–1639
        1. 1. Mary Brune 1595– m. John Webbe 1560–1631
      8. 8. William (Seymour Marquis & Earl of Hertford, 2nd Duke of) Somerset 1587–1660 m. Frances (Devereux Lady, Duchess of) Somerset 1599–1674
        1. 1. Jane (Seymour) Lady 1637–1679 m. Charles (Boyle 3rd Viscount Dungarvan\2nd Baron Clifford of) Lanesborough 1639–1694
        2. 2. Mary (Barrett) Seymour 1610–1660
        3. 3. Roger Seymour 1622–1646
        4. 4. Frances Seymour 1623–1670 m. Conyers (Darcy) Lord 1620–1692
        5. 5. Mary (Seymour) Lady 1628–1672
        6. 6. Judith (Ann) Seymour 1623–1642 m. Peter Ransom 1615–1663
        7. 7. Edward (Seymour Lord) Beauchamp 1620–1675
        8. 8. Henry (Seymour Duke of Somerset Lord) Beauchamp 1626–1654 m. Mary Capell 1630–1715
        9. 9. John (Seymour Sir 4th Duke of) Somerset 1628–1675 m. Martha Strode 1623–1668 m. Lady (Sarah "Duchess of Somerset" Alston) * 1631–1692
        10. 10. Arabella Seymour 1618–
        11. 11. William Seymore 1621–1642
    2. 2. Jane (Seymour) Lady 1560–1560
    3. 3. Katherine Seymour 1565–1565
    4. 4. Anne Seymour 1560–1560
    5. 5. William Seymour 1567–1660
    6. 6. Katherine (Maud) Seymour 1560–1602
    7. 7. William Seymour 1563–1600
  2. 2. John (Seymour) Sir 1527–1552
  3. 3. Henry Seymour 1532–1605 m. Dyzory Porter 1550–1605
  4. 4. Henry Seymour 1540–1588
  5. 5. Margaret Seymour 1527–1602 m. William Askew 1523–
  6. 6. Jane Seymour 1541–1561
  7. 7. Elizabeth Seymour 1552–1602 m. Richard (Knightley) Sir 1532–1615
    1. 1. Seymour Knightley 1580–1640 m. Dorothy Bedell 1584–1633
      1. 1. Elizabeth Knightley 1606–1637
      2. 2. Robert Knightley 1609–1657
      3. 3. Thomas Knightley 1611–1616
      4. 4. Valentine Knightley 1605–1647
    2. 2. Dudley Knightley 1582–1602
    3. 3. John Knightley 1585–1614 m. Margaret Woodlands –1741
      1. 1. William Knightley 1596–1648
    4. 4. Nathaniel Knightley 1587–1602
    5. 5. Robert Knightley 1588–1665
    6. 6. Anne Knightley 1584–1623 m. Euseby (Andrew) Sir 1579–1619
      1. 1. Seymour Andrews 1618–
      2. 2. Eusebius Andrews 1606–
    7. 7. Ferdinando (Knightley) Sir 1581–
    8. 8. Francis Knightley 1590–1619
  8. 8. Anne Seymour 1538–1588 m. Edward Unton 1535–1582
    1. 1. Cecilia Unton 1561–1618
    2. 2. Henry Unton 1557–1596
    3. 3. Anne Unton 1554–1596
    4. 4. Edward Unton 1558–1589
  9. 9. Mary Seymour 1552–1570 m. Andrew Rogers 1543–1620

Edward Somerset's Timeline

2 Records

1506
Apr 1506
Birth of Edward Seymour Earl of Hertford, Duke of Somerset in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England - Wolf Hall, Wiltshire, England
Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England - Wolf Hall, Wiltshire, England
1552
22 Jan 1552
Age 46
Death of Edward Seymour Earl of Hertford, Duke of Somerset in Tower Of London, London Hill, London, Middlesex, England
Tower Of London, London Hill, London, Middlesex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Apr 1506
    Event Place: Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England - Wolf Hall, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Jan 1552
    Event Place: Tower Of London, London Hill, London, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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