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Sir Edward Somerset Seymour 1496–1552 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1496

Birth Location: Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 22 January 1552

Death Location: Beheaded on Tower Hill, London, London, England, United Kingdom

Father: John Hall

Mother: Margaretha Wentworth

Spouse(s): Lady Stanhope, Catharina Fillot

Children(s): Edward Hertford, Elizabeth Knightley, Lady Grey, Anne Seymour, Anne Seymour, Henry Seymour, Lady Seymour, Lady Seymour, Maragaret Seymour, Sir Seymour, Anne Unton

The story of Sir Edward Somerset Seymour began in 1496 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. Sir Edward Somerset Seymour married Catharina Fillot, Lady Janet Jane Stanhope, and had children including Anne Seymour, Anne Unton, Edward Seymour, Edward Seymour Earl Of Hertford, Elizabeth Knightley, Henry Lord Seymour, Lady Jane Seymour, Lady Katherin Seymour Catherine Grey, Lady Mary Seymour, Maragaret Seymour, Sir Edward Seymour. Sir Edward Somerset Seymour passed away in 1552 in Beheaded on Tower Hill, London, London, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Edward Somerset Seymour began in 1496 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
  • Sir Edward Somerset Seymour married Catharina Fillot, Lady Janet Jane Stanhope, and had children including Anne Seymour, Anne Unton, Edward Seymour, Edward Seymour Earl Of Hertford, Elizabeth Knightley, Henry Lord Seymour, Lady Jane Seymour, Lady Katherin Seymour Catherine Grey, Lady Mary Seymour, Maragaret Seymour, Sir Edward Seymour.
  • Sir Edward Somerset Seymour passed away in 1552 in Beheaded on Tower Hill, London, London, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Sir Seymour's Ancestors

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Sir Seymour
1496–1552
Birth Place: Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
John Sir Seymour van Wolf Hall
1475–1536
Wolf Hall, Savenake, Wiltshire
Margaretha Wentworth
1485–1550
Nettlestead, Suffolk
Grandparents
John Seymour
1450–
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Seymour's Descendants

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Sir (Edward Somerset) Seymour (1496–22 January 1552) m. Lady (Janet \ Jane) Stanhope (1505–16 Apr 1587) m. Catharina Fillot (1513–1530)
  1. 1. Edward (Seymour Earl of) Hertford 1539–1621
  2. 2. Elizabeth Knightley 1547–1602
  3. 3. Lady (Katherin Seymour Catherine) Grey 1540–1593
  4. 4. Anne Seymour 1538–1588 m. Sir (John II Duke of Northumberland Avent) Dudley 1522–1554
    1. 1. Joan ((Johanna)) Advant 1560–1614
    2. 2. Francis Unton 1557–1577
    3. 3. Ambassador (Sir Henry) Unton 1557–1596
    4. 4. Cecilia Unton 1561–1618
    5. 5. Margaret (Anne) Dudley 1552–
    6. 6. Edward Unton 1558–1589
    7. 7. Anne Unton 1556–1596
  5. 5. Anne Seymour 1540–1588
  6. 6. Henry (Lord) Seymour 1532–1588
  7. 7. Lady (Jane) Seymour 1512–1593
  8. 8. Lady (Mary) Seymour 1512–1570
  9. 9. Maragaret Seymour 1527–
  10. 10. Sir (Edward) Seymour 1537–1621
  11. 11. Anne Unton 1538–1588

Sir Seymour's Timeline

2 Records

1496
1496
Birth of Sir Edward Somerset Seymour in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
1552
22 January 1552
Age 56
Death of Sir Edward Somerset Seymour in Beheaded on Tower Hill, London, London, England, United Kingdom
Beheaded on Tower Hill, London, London, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1496
    Event Place: Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 January 1552
    Event Place: Beheaded on Tower Hill, London, London, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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