Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford
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| Born | 22 May 1539 |
| Died | 6 April 1621 (aged 81) |
| Title | 1st Earl of Hertford |
| Spouse(s) |
Lady Catherine Grey (m.1560-1568) Frances Howard (m.1582-1598) Frances Prannell, née Howard (m.1601-1621) |
| Children |
Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp Thomas Seymour |
| Parent(s) |
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset Anne Stanhope |
"Lord Hertford" redirects here, for other persons holding that title see Marquess of Hertford
Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Baron Beauchamp, KG (22 May 1539 – 6 April 1621) of Wulfhall and Tottenham House in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset, of Netley Abbey, Hampshire, and of Hertford House, Cannon Row in Westminster, is most noted for incurring the displeasure of Queen Elizabeth by more than one clandestine marriage.
He was the eldest son of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c.1500-1552), brother of Queen Jane Seymour, uncle of King Edward VI and Lord Protector of England, by his second wife Anne Stanhope (c.1497-1587) only child of Sir Edward Stanhope (1462-1511) of Rampton in Nottinghamshire, by his wife Elizabeth Bourchier (c.1473-1557), a daughter of Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin (1445-1479), feudal baron of Bampton in Devon. Although his father had sons by his first marriage, these were postponed by special remainder to the succession of his dukedom behind the male issue of his second marriage, due to the suspected adultery of his first wife. This senior line did eventually inherit the dukedom in 1750, as the special remainder allowed, on the death of the 7th Duke of Somerset without male progeny.
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