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Elizabeth Seymour (b. 1518 – 19 March 1568) was a younger daughter of Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall, Wiltshire and Margery Wentworth. Elizabeth and her sister Jane Seymour served in the household of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII.

On 30 May 1536, eleven days after Anne Boleyn's execution, Henry VIII and Jane were married .

Elizabeth was not included in her sister's household during her brief reign, although she would serve two of Henry VIII's later wives. On 24 October 1537,Jane died twelve days after giving birth to a healthy son, Edward VI.

Elizabeth lived under four Tudor monarchs and was married three times. By July 1530. She had married Sir Anthony Ughtred, Governor of Jersey, who died in 1534. She then married Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell, the son of Thomas Cromwell, chief minister to Henry VIII in 1537. She married her third and last husband, Sir John Paulet, later Lord St. John, , 1st Marquess of Winchester in 1554

  • Lady Elizabeth had 5 children.
Unnamed (2)

Queen Jane Seymour her sister and whom she served

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