Although the Seymours arrived with the Normans, it is with Jane, Henry VIIIās third queen, and her brothers ā Edward, Duke of Somerset, and Thomas, Lord Seymour of Sudeley ā that they became prominent.Jane bore Henry his longed-for son, Edward VI, and both her brothers achieved prominence through her. Her brother Edward was central to Henryās activities in Scotland and became Lord Protector for the young king, his nephew, a hugely powerful position. Thomas married Henryās sixth wife, Catherine Parr, and after her death in 1548 aimed to marry Princess Elizabeth (the future Elizabeth I), with whom he had flirted when she was in Catherineās care, and for this he was executed for high treason. Edward fell foul of his fellow councillors and was also executed. Edwardās son was restored to the title of Lord Hertford by Elizabeth I, but was sent to the Tower when it emerged that he had secretly married Jane Greyās sister, Catherine, who was Elizabethās protestant heir. Both her marriage and pregnancy were an affront to the queen.This is the epic rise and fall of the family at the heart of the Tudor court and of Henry VIIIās own heart; he described Jane as āmy first true wifeā and left express orders to be buried next to her tomb at Windsor Castle. The family seat of Wolfhall or āWolf Hallā in Wiltshire is long gone, but it lives on as an icon of the Tudor age.
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