Jane Seymour

Jane Seymour

Jane was Henry VIII’s third queen and was described by him as ‘his first true wife’, because both his first two marriages had been annulled. She was twenty-seven and had been around the court for some time, so what caused the king to notice her in the early months of 1536 is not known. He so wanted to annoy his existing queen, Anne Boleyn, he had her beheaded but they found out that she was pregnant again but it was still born. On the day of Anne’s execution they were getting betrothed. Her father died which caused her Coronation to be postponed then she got pregnant with Edward which caused further postponement. Edward’s birth was quickly followed by the death of his mother Jane Seymour. Then Henry’s happy life turned from joy to grief. Jane Seymour’s story really came to a bad end. Jane came to enter Queen Catherine’s service in 1529. She was about twenty years old.