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Peerage

England · House / House of Seymour. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

7Records
1536–1637Date range
3Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1536

Edward Seymour Somerset, 1st5 June 1536

House / House of Seymour

Created Viscount Beauchamp, after Jane Seymour marries Henry VIII

1537

Edward Seymour Somerset, 1st18 October 1537

House / House of Seymour

Created Earl of Herford, 1st

1547

Thomas Seymour Sudeley, 1st31 January 1547

House / House of Seymour

Created Baron Seymour of Sudeley, part of an unfulfilled gifts clause left unmentioned in Henrys will

Edward Seymour Somerset, 1st17 February 1547

House / House of Seymour

Created Duke of Somerset, 1st

1559

Edward Seymour Hertford, 2nd1559

Beauchamp · House / House of Seymour

Created Baron Beauchamp, by Elizabeth I

Edward Seymour Hertford, 2nd1559

Hertford · House / House of Seymour

Created Earl of Hertford, by Elizabeth I

1637

Edward Seymour Somerset, 1st1637

Hertford · House / House of Seymour

Created Earl of Hertford

Names involved

Edward Seymour Hertford, 2ndEdward Seymour Somerset, 1stThomas Seymour Sudeley, 1st

Provenance

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