Now, I’ve actually read a biography on Jane Seymour before, by Elizabeth Norton. Her son became King Edward VI after Henry’s death in 1547, but he would reign for only six years due to his early death. She received a Queen’s burial and currently rests with Henry VIII in St. We don’t know exactly what caused her death, but it might have been puerperal fever due to a bacterial infection. Jane gave birth to the future Edward VI in October 1537 after a labour of three days and two nights. She became pregnant by the end of 1536 and developed a craving for quail, which was ordered for her from Calais. She came from a large family (she was one of ten children), and that possibly drew Henry to her. She was, for the time, quite old to be married for the first time and we do not know why marriage had not occurred before. She was reportedly not very beautiful and had a demure personality. She was a maid of honour to both of her predecessors and married Henry a mere 11 days after Anne’s execution. Jane Seymour was Henry VIII’s third wife, after Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn.
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