Frances Seymour, Duchess of Somerset
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Frances Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (née Devereux; 30 September 1599
Early life
Lady Frances Devereux was born on 30 September 1599 at Walsingham House,
At the time of Frances's birth, her father, who was a former favourite of Queen Elizabeth and
Marriage
On 3 March 1616, Frances married at Drayton Bassett
William and Frances together had eight children:
- William Seymour (1621 – 16 June 1646)
- Robert Seymour (1622–1646)
- Lady Judith Seymour (1623–1645), married Peter Ransone, by whom she had issue.
- Mary Capel, by whom he had issue.
- Lady Mary Seymour (1636 – 10 April 1673, married Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchelsea, by whom she had issue.
- Lady Jane Seymour (6 July 1637 – 23 November 1679), married Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan, by whom she had issue.
- Lady Frances Seymour (1642–?)
- John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset (born before 1646 – 29 April 1675), married Sarah Alston.
Death
She died on 24 April 1674 at the age of 74, and was buried in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire. In 1706 a marble memorial topped with a bust was placed in St Mary's Church, Great Bedwyn,[3] at the expense of Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth, who had married her granddaughter Frances Finch.
Notes
- ^ Du Maurier, p. 230
- ^ Du Maurier, pp. 269–70.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary the Virgin (1365492)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
References
- Du Maurier, Daphne. Golden Lads: Sir Francis Bacon, Anthony Bacon, and Their Friends. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1975.
- thepeerage.com. Retrieved 27 May 2008
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