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The 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth in about 1546, by an unknown artist. Upon their marriage, Seymour moved into his wife's house, at Chelsea Manor in London, where she lived with her step-daughter, the 14-year-old Elizabeth. [6] Seymour was the uncle of Elizabeth's half-brother, and the newly-wed husband of her stepmother.
On 15 October he carried Princess Elizabeth at Edward VI's christening, [58] and 18 October was created Earl of Hertford. [18] Thomas Seymour was also made a gentleman of the privy chamber in 1536, and knighted 18 October of the same year. He was made captain of the Sweepstake in 1537. [27] Jane Seymour, Queen of England, Hans Holbein the younger
On 3 August 1537, when she was about nineteen or twenty, Elizabeth, Lady Ughtred, married Thomas Cromwell's 17-year-old son, Gregory, with whom she would have three sons and two daughters. [18] She served in the household of Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves and Catherine Howard. [5] He suggested that Elizabeth Seymour might be the subject of the ...
In May 1548, Elizabeth was sent away. Thomas Seymour nevertheless continued scheming to control the royal family and tried to have himself appointed the governor of the King's person. [27] [28] When Parr died after childbirth on 5 September 1548, he renewed his attentions towards Elizabeth, intent on marrying her. [29]
Rumours fly about Elizabeth and Thomas Seymour. Catherine gives birth to a daughter, but soon afterwards dies of childbed fever. Chelsea Manor reverts to the Crown and is assigned to Elizabeth, who moves in with her household. Thomas goes to stay with his brother Edward Seymour. Elizabeth returns to court and pledges loyalty to her brother.
Keystone/Getty; Historic Royal Palaces. Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace, London, after their wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey on Nov. 20, 1947 and one of ...
Prompted by jealousy, Thomas kisses Elizabeth, who declares her love for him. Catherine, who has noticed the closeness between her husband and Elizabeth, asks Elizabeth to make a choice, and the princess moves back to Hatfield. Soon after, Catherine sickens and dies. After months away at sea, Thomas returns and finally sees Elizabeth.
Elizabeth’s mourning clothes, waiting for her in Entebbe, were prepared for her to wear. Crowds at Ludgate Circus read the papers carrying the news of George VI ‘s death (PA)