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Jane Seymour

  • Writer: Andrew J. Bramlett
    Andrew J. Bramlett
  • Dec 27, 2022
  • 1 min read

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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