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Mary Seymour (30 August 1548 – ?), born at her father’s country seat, Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire, was the only daughter of Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley (brother of Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII), and the dowager queen, Catherine Parr, widow of Henry VIII. Although Catherine was married four times, Mary was ...
In June 1548, Catherine and Thomas Seymour moved their household from London to Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire, the property granted to Seymour when he became Baron Seymour of Sudeley. In September 1548, Catherine gave birth to a daughter, Mary Seymour. In the following days, she became uncharacteristically hostile and delusional.
During Parr's tenure, one of her attendants was Lady Jane Grey, Thomas Seymour's ward, [18] who would be queen for nine days in 1553. [19] Tomb of Catherine Parr, added in 1863. Catherine died at Sudeley on 5 September 1548 from what was described as "childbed fever", five days after giving birth to her daughter Mary Seymour.
Katherine shortly afterward married Thomas Seymour, Lord Sudeley, Lord High Admiral of England, who was an uncle of King Edward. In September 1548, following the birth of a daughter, Mary Seymour, Katherine Parr died of puerperal fever.
Catherine gave birth to her only child, a daughter, Mary Seymour, named after Catherine's stepdaughter Mary, on 30 August 1548. Catherine died on 5 September 1548, at Sudeley Castle, from what is thought to have been "childbed fever". [8] [9] [55] This illness was common due to the lack of hygiene around childbirth. [56]
Mother of Queen Mary I. Died 7 January 1536. 2: Anne Boleyn: 28 May 1533 – 17 May 1536 (2 years, 11 months and 19 days) Annulled (2 days prior to Boleyn's execution) Mother of Queen Elizabeth I. [4] Beheaded 19 May 1536 at the Tower of London. 3: Jane Seymour: 30 May 1536 – 24 October 1537 (1 year, 4 months and 24 days) Ended with Seymour's ...
In August 1548, she gave birth to a daughter and died several days later, presumably of childbed fever. Upon her death, her widower went to London with their new baby daughter. Months later, Seymour was arrested, tried, and executed for treason. Their daughter, Mary, was left an orphan aged only seven months. [24]
Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (née Stanhope; before 1512 – 16 April 1587) was the second wife of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c. 1500–1552), who held the office of Lord Protector during the first part of the reign of their nephew King Edward VI. The Duchess was briefly the most powerful woman in England.