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Jane Seymour © Hans Holbein the Younger – The National Portrait Gallery On the 24th of October 1537, the country of England was in a state of mourning. The beloved Queen Jane Seymour, just two weeks after giving birth to the future king of England, sadly passed away. Yet no one was in a greater state of grief than her husband, Henry VIII. It’s said that after her death, the king fled to Windsor Castle to seclude himself away. Not one to remove himself from public life, this s

Edward VI as a Child (Hans Holbein the Younger, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1538). Edward VI was born on October 12th, 1537 after Jane Seymour endured an intense two-day labour. Jane had gone into confinement at Hampton Court Palace in September to prepare for little Edward’s birth. Henry VIII and those around him had been anxiously awaiting news about Edward’s arrival; he was the heir to the Tudor dynasty.   Jane was Henry’s third wife. He had been married to K

the death of Jane Seymour as imagined by a later artist On this day, the 16th September 1537, Henry VIII’s wife and queen retired to her...

Jane Seymour © Hans Holbein the Younger – The National Portrait Gallery With most historical figures, we know these people as who they...

Jane Seymour © Hans Holbein the Younger – The National Portrait Gallery The name ‘Seymour’, to many, immediately conjures up the image of...

Mary and Elizabeth Tudor © BBC History Magazine Nothing was more important to a British monarch than ensuring the royal line of...

Jane Seymour © Hans Holbein the Younger – The National Portrait Gallery May 1536 saw a bloody and callous period of British history: the...

Jane Seym our © Hans Holbein the Younger – The National Portrait Gallery On 30th May 1536, Henry VIII and Jane Seymour were married. Jane...

Jane Seymour © Hans Holbein the Younger – The National Portrait Gallery (© Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) In the...

Jane Seymour © Hans Holbein the Younger – The National Portrait Gallery Catherine of Aragon © Unknown Artist – The National Portrait...

Jane Seymour © Hans Holbein the Younger – The National Portrait Gallery Jane Seymour, the third wife of King Henry VIII, was a...

Jane Seymour © Hans Holbein the Younger – The National Portrait Gallery At the age of twenty-seven, Jane, the daughter of Sir John...

Jane Seymour © Hans Holbein the Younger – The National Portrait Gallery Less then two weeks after Anne Boleyn was executed at the Tower...

Jane Seymour, by Hans Holbein, Kunsthistorisches Museum. Note the pendant Jane is wearing, ‘JHS’ (or IHS) is the Latin acronym for ‘Jesus...

Jane Seymour © Hans Holbein the Younger – The National Portrait Gallery Vast swathes of literature have been produced concerning the life...

Jane Seymour © Hans Holbein the Younger – The National Portrait Gallery   T he name Jane Seymour immediately conjures an image of the...

Jane Seymour © Hans Holbein the Younger – The National Portrait Gallery   Divorced, beheaded… who comes next? To say that Henry VIII...