Jane Seymour was the third wife of Henry VIII, and the first of his wives to give birth to a male heir, Edward VI. She passed away two weeks after his birth, and Henry was buried next to her after his death ten years and three wives later.
Image: “Jane Seymour” by Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1536-1537). From the KHM-Museumsverband, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien [Museum of Art History, Vienna]
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