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Young Bess is a 1953 Technicolor biographical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer about the early life of Elizabeth I, from her turbulent childhood to the eve of her accession to the throne of England. It stars Jean Simmons as Elizabeth and Stewart Granger as Thomas Seymour , with Charles Laughton as Elizabeth's father, Henry VIII , a part he had ...
Elizabeth Seymour (c. 1518 [5] – 19 March 1568 [3]) was a younger daughter of Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall, Wiltshire and Margery Wentworth. [6] Elizabeth and her sister Jane served in the household of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII. [7] [8] [9] The Seymours rose to prominence after the king's attention turned to Jane. [10]
Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, KG, PC (c. 1508 – 20 March 1549) was a brother of Jane Seymour, the third wife of King Henry VIII. [1] With his brother, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector of England, he vied for control of their nephew, the young King Edward VI (r. 1547–1553).
Elizabeth or Bessie Blount, mother of his illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy, to whom Henry VIII gave the dukedoms of Somerset and Richmond. Fitzroy, which means son of the king was acknowledged by Henry and there was talk in the 1530s that the King, who then had no male heir, would legitimise Fitzroy. [1] Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne Boleyn.
Next, Edward Seymour proposes to Elizabeth that she marry a royal man such as Eric XIV of Sweden or Otto Henry, Elector Palatine to, moreover, establish a foreign alliance. In retaliation, Thomas Seymour makes a failed attempt to kidnap the king. Thomas is detained, while Elizabeth is implicated and presented with a warrant for her arrest.
Queen Elizabeth rose to the throne at the young of 25 when her father died unexpectedly in 1952 and went on to reign for a record 70 years until her death in 2022.
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A younger branch of the great house of Seymour is said to have settled in Ireland in the reign of Elizabeth, from which Sir Michael Seymour, 1st Baronet (1768–1834) claimed descent. Sir Michael, like so many of his name, was an officer in the navy, in which he rendered much distinguished service in the last decade of the 18th century.