Sir Duke Edward Seymour KG (1500-1552)

306th Knight of the Order of the Garter (from 1541) and 1st Duke of Somerset (from 1547)

Died aged c. 52

Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset KG PC (1500 – 22 January 1552) (also 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Viscount Beauchamp), also known as Edward Semel, was the eldest surviving brother of Queen Jane Seymour (d. 1537), the third wife of King Henry VIII. He was Lord Protector of England from 1547 to 1549 during the minority of his nephew King Edward VI (1547–1553). Despite his popularity with the common people, his policies often angered the gentry and he was overthrown.
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Sir John Seymour (1474-1536) Knight Bachelor mother?

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London, United Kingdom

Henry Courtenay, Earl of Devon 1538 Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, KG 1540 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey 1547 Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset 1552 Sir Thomas Wyatt 1554 Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk 1572 Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford 1641

Tower Hill, London, United Kingdom where they was executed (1552)