William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset: Difference between revisions

Seymour was the son of [[Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp of Hache]] (who predeceased his own father) by his wife Honora Rogers. He was the grandson of [[Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford]] by his wife Lady [[CatherineKatherine Grey]], a sister of Lady [[Jane Grey]], "The Nine Days Queen", which thus gave him a distant claim to the throne through CatherineKatherine's descent from [[Mary Tudor, Queen of France|Mary Tudor]], younger sister of King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]. He was the great-grandson of [[Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset]] (c. 1500-1552), the uncle of King Edward VI and [[Lord Protector]] of England.

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