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Biography of Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748
On 12 Aug 1662 Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 was born to Charles Seymour 2nd Baron Seymour Trowbridge 1621-1665 (41) and Eizabeth Alington 2nd Baroness Seymour Trowbridge 1635-1691 (26) .
Around 1664 Peter Lely 1618-1680 (45) . Portrait of Eizabeth Alington 2nd Baroness Seymour Trowbridge 1635-1691 (28) .
On 25 Aug 1665 Charles Seymour 2nd Baron Seymour Trowbridge 1621-1665 (44) died . His son Francis Seymour 5th Duke Somerset 1658-1678 (7) succeeded as 3rd Baron Seymour Trowbridge
Around 1672 Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 (9) educated at Harrow School, Harrow, Middlesex .
Around 1677 Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 (14) educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire .
On 20 Apr 1678 Francis Seymour 5th Duke Somerset 1658-1678 (20) was killed . He was unmarried and childless. He was shot dead by Genoese Horatio Botti whose wife Seymour was said to have insulted at Lerici. His brother Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 (15) succeeded as 6th Duke Somerset (4C 1547) , 4th Baron Seymour Trowbridge .
On 30 May 1682 Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 (19) and Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 1667-1722 (15) were married . His first marriage, her third having been widowed twice by the age of seventeen. Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 1667-1722 (15) by marriage Duchess Somerset (4C 1547) . Being the sole heiress of her father she brought considerable wealth to the marriage.
Around 1680 Mary Cradock 1633-1699 (46) . Portrait Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 1667-1722 (12) as Madonna and Child.Petworth House.
Before 22 Mar 1683 Charles Seymour 1683-1683 was born to Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 (20) and Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 1667-1722 (16)
In 1684 Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 (21) was appointed 488th Knight Garter: Charles II .
On 11 Nov 1684 Algernon Seymour 7th Duke Somerset 1684-1750 was born to Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 (22) and Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 1667-1722 (17)
Before 23 Dec 1739 John Vanderbank 1694-1739 (45) . Portrait of Algernon Seymour 7th Duke Somerset 1684-1750 (55) .
In 1685 Elizabeth Seymour Countess Thomond 1685-1734 was born to Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 (22) and Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 1667-1722 (17) .
Around 1710 . Michael Dahl 1659-1743 (51) . Portrait of Elizabeth Seymour Countess Thomond 1685-1734 (25) . Petworth House.
Around 1691 John Closterman 1660-1711 (31) . Portrait of Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 (28) wearing his Leg Garter .
Around 1691 John Closterman 1660-1711 (31) . Portrait of Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 (28) wearing his Leg Garter .
In 1691 Eizabeth Alington 2nd Baroness Seymour Trowbridge 1635-1691 (55) died .
After Mar 1691 John Closterman 1660-1711 (31) Completed a number of unfinished works of John Riley 1646-1691 bringing him to the attention of Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 (28) who then commissioned him to complete a number of paintings.
Before 16 May 1680 . John Riley 1646-1691 (34) and John Closterman 1660-1711 (20) . Portrait of William Blackett 1st Baronet 1621-1680 (59) .
Around 1680 John Closterman 1660-1711 (20) . Portrait of Margaret Tufton Baroness Coventry 1636-1729 (43) .
Around 1680 John Closterman 1660-1711 (20) . Portrait of John Poulett 1st Earl Poulett 1668-1743 (12) .
Around 1685 John Closterman 1660-1711 (25) . Portrait of Alice Sherard Baronetess Brownlow 1659-1721 (26) .
Around 1685 John Closterman 1660-1711 (25) . Portrait of William Brownlow 4th Baronet Brownlow 1665-1701 (19) .
Around 1685 John Closterman 1660-1711 (25) . Portrait of Dorothy Mason Baronetess Brownlow 1667-1700 (18) .
Around 1685 John Closterman 1660-1711 (25) . Portrait of John Brownlow 3rd Baronet Brownlow 1659-1697 (25) .
Around 1690 John Closterman 1660-1711 (30) . Portrait of Robert Constable 3rd Viscount Dunbar 1651-1714 (39) .
Around 1691 John Closterman 1660-1711 (31) . Portrait of Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 (28) wearing his Leg Garter .
In 1694 John Closterman 1660-1711 (34) . Portrait of Amabel Grey 1698-1726 (-4) .
In 1703 John Closterman 1660-1711 (43) . Portrait of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury 1671-1713 (31) and Maurice Ashley-Cooper 1675-1726 (27) .
Before 28 Oct 1708 John Closterman 1660-1711 (48) . Portrait of John Churchill 1st Duke Marlborough 1650-1722 (58) .
Before 28 Oct 1708 John Closterman 1660-1711 (48) . Portrait of George Oldenburg 1st Duke Cumberland 1653-1708 (55) .
Before 24 May 1711 John Closterman 1660-1711 (51) . Possibly school of.Portrait of Anne I Queen England, Scotland and Ireland 1665-1714 (46) .
Before 24 May 1711 John Closterman 1660-1711 (51) . Possibly school of.Portrait of Sarah Jennings Duchess Marlborough 1660-1744 (50) .
Before 24 May 1711 John Closterman 1660-1711 (51) . Portrait of Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet Dashwood 1662-1734 (48) .
Before 24 May 1711 John Closterman 1660-1711 (51) . Portrait of Edward Montagu 3rd Earl Sandwich 1670-1729 (41) .
Before 24 May 1711 John Closterman 1660-1711 (51) . Portrait of John Churchill 1st Duke Marlborough 1650-1722 (60) known as The Triumph of the John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
On 29 Jan 1663 . John Riley 1646-1691 (17) . Portrait of Robert Sanderson Bishop Lincoln 1587-1663 (75) .
Around 1670 . John Riley 1646-1691 (24) . Portrait of James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth, 1st Duke Buccleuch 1649-1685 (20) .
In 1682 . John Riley 1646-1691 (36) . Portrait of Mary Morice Baronetess Carew 1671-1698 (10) .
Around 1682 . John Riley 1646-1691 (36) . Portrait of Elias Ashmole 1617-1692 (64) .
Before 21 Jul 1683 . John Riley 1646-1691 (37) . Portrait of William Russell 1639-1683 (43) .
Before 16 Apr 1685 . John Riley 1646-1691 (39) . Portrait of Thomas Otway 1652-1685 .
Before 1685 . John Riley 1646-1691 (38) . Portrait of Francis North 1st Baron Guildford 1637-1685 (47) .
Around 1685 . John Riley 1646-1691 (39) . Portrait of Dorothy Mason Baronetess Brownlow 1667-1700 (18) .
Around 1685 . John Riley 1646-1691 (39) . Portrait of Charles Fanshawe 4th Viscount Fanshawe 1643-1710 (42) .
Around 1685 . John Riley 1646-1691 (39) . Believed to be a portrait of Frances Windebank wife of Edward Hales 3rd Baronet Hales Woodchurch and Tunstall 1645-1695 (40) .
Around 1685 . John Riley 1646-1691 (39) . Portrait of John Brownlow 3rd Baronet Brownlow 1659-1697 (25) .
Around 1685 . John Riley 1646-1691 (39) . Portrait of William Brownlow 4th Baronet Brownlow 1665-1701 (19) .
Around 1685 . John Riley 1646-1691 (39) . Portrait of Alice Sherard Baronetess Brownlow 1659-1721 (26) .
Around 1687 . John Riley 1646-1691 (41) . Portrait of Edmund Waller Poet 1606-1687 (80) .
Around 1687 . John Riley 1646-1691 (41) . Portrait of Sarah Evelyn Viscountess Fanshawe and Castleton 1642-1717 (45) .
In 1687 . John Riley 1646-1691 (41) . Portrait of Elias Ashmole 1617-1692 (69) .
In 1689 . John Riley 1646-1691 (43) . Portrait of Robert Boyle 1627-1691 (62) .
Before 1685 . John Riley 1646-1691 (38) . Portrait of Harbottle Grimston 2nd Baronet of Bradfield 1603-1685 (81) .
Before 1690 . John Riley 1646-1691 (43) . Portrait of Mary Lake 1668-1712 (21) . Frequently described as 'Mary Lake Duchess of Chandos' Mary died two years before her husband James Brydges 1st Duke Chandos 1673-1744 (16) was created Duke on 19 Oct 1714 .
Around 1690 . John Riley 1646-1691 (44) . Portrait of Barbara Belasyse -1708 .
Before 1691 . John Riley 1646-1691 (44) . Portrait of Thomas Vernon 1631-1711 (59) .
Before 1691 . John Riley 1646-1691 (44) . Portrait of Elizabeth Sherard 1679-1747 (11) .
Before 1691 . John Riley 1646-1691 (44) . Portrait of Nathaniel Crew Bishop 1633-1721 (57) .
Before 1691 . John Riley 1646-1691 (44) . Portrait of Anne Weston 1640-1702 (50) .
Before 1691 . John Riley 1646-1691 (44) . Portrait of John Sherard 1st Baronet Lobthorpe 1662-1724 (28) .
Before 1691 . John Riley 1646-1691 (44) . Portrait of John Carew 3rd Baronet Carew 1635-1692 (55) .
Before 1691 . John Riley 1646-1691 (44) . Portrait of Anne Morice Baronetess Pole 1653- .
Before 1691 . John Riley 1646-1691 (44) . Portrait of Orlando Bridgeman 1st Baronet Bridgeman 1606-1674 .
Before 1691 . John Riley 1646-1691 (44) . Portrait of Henry St John 1st Viscount St John 1652-1742 (38) .
Before 1691 . John Riley 1646-1691 (44) . Portrait of Charles II King England, Scotland and Ireland 1630-1685 .
Before 1691 . John Riley 1646-1691 (44) . Portrait of John Dryden Poet 1631-1700 (59) .
Before 1691 . John Riley 1646-1691 (44) . Portrait of Frances Cromwell Baronetess Russell 1638-1720 (52) .
Before 1691 . John Riley 1646-1691 (44) . Portrait of Catherine Vernon -1710 .
In 1693 Catherine Seymour 1693-1731 was born to Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 (30) and Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 1667-1722 (25) .
In 1709 Anne Seymour Duchess Leeds 1709-1722 was born to Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 (46) and Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 1667-1722 (41) .
On 24 Nov 1722 Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 1667-1722 (55) died .
On 04 Feb 1725 Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 (62) and Charlotte Finch Duchess Somerset 1693-1773 (32) were married . Charlotte Finch Duchess Somerset 1693-1773 (32) by marriage Duchess Somerset (4C 1547) .
On 18 Jul 1728 Frances Seymour 1728-1761 was born to Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 (65) and Charlotte Finch Duchess Somerset 1693-1773 (35) .
On 21 Sep 1730 Charlotte Seymour Countess Aylesford 1728-1761 was born to Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 (68) and Charlotte Finch Duchess Somerset 1693-1773 (37) .
On 02 Dec 1748 Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 (86) died at Petworth, Sussex . His son Algernon Seymour 7th Duke Somerset 1684-1750 (64) succeeded as 7th Duke Somerset (4C 1547) .
On 21 Jan 1773 Charlotte Finch Duchess Somerset 1693-1773 (80) died .
Before 15 Oct 1811 . Nathaniel Dance-Holland Painter 1735-1811 (76) . Portrait of Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 .
Before 15 Oct 1811 . Nathaniel Dance-Holland Painter 1735-1811 (76) . Portrait of Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 .
Frances Seymour was born to Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 and Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 1667-1722 .
Percy Seymour was born to Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 and Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 1667-1722 .
Family Trees
Paternal Family Tree: Seymour
Descent
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of Aethelwulf King Wessex -858
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Gruffudd ap Cynan King Gwynedd 1055-1137
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg, King Deheubarth 880-950
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys 1047-1132
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of Henry VII King England and Ireland 1457-1509
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland 1143-1214
Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks 1120-1180
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved, Mad" VI King France 1368-1422
Ancestry
Father:
Charles Seymour 2nd Baron Seymour Trowbridge 1621-1665
Great x 4 Grandson of Henry VII King England and Ireland 1457-1509
GrandFather:
Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour Trowbridge 1590-1664
Great x 3 Grandson of Henry VII King England and Ireland 1457-1509
Great GrandFather:
Edward Seymour 1561-1612
Great x 2 Grandson of Henry VII King England and Ireland 1457-1509
Great x 2 GrandFather:
Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford 1539-1621
Great x 5 Grandson of Edward III King England 1312-1377
Great x 3 GrandFather:
Edward Seymour 1st Duke Somerset 1500-1552
Great x 6 Grandson of Edward III King England 1312-1377
Great x 3 GrandMother:
Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset 1497-1587
Great x 4 Granddaughter of Edward III King England 1312-1377
Great x 2 GrandMother:
Catherine Grey Countess Hertford 1540-1568
Great Granddaughter of Henry VII King England and Ireland 1457-1509
Great x 3 GrandFather:
Henry Grey 1st Duke Suffolk 1517-1554
Great x 5 Grandson of Edward III King England 1312-1377
Great x 3 GrandMother: Frances Brandon Marchioness Dorset 1517-1559 Granddaughter of Henry VII King England and Ireland 1457-1509
Great GrandMother: Honora Rogers
GrandMother: Frances Prinne
Mother: Eizabeth Alington 2nd Baroness Seymour Trowbridge 1635-1691 Great x 8 Granddaughter of Edward III King England 1312-1377
GrandFather: William Alington 1st Baron Alington 1611-1648
Great GrandFather: Giles Alington 1572-1638
Great x 2 GrandFather: Giles Alington 1540-1573
Great x 3 GrandFather: Robert Alington 1520-1552
GrandMother:
Elizabeth Tollemache Baroness Alington -1671
Great x 7 Granddaughter of Edward III King England 1312-1377
Great GrandFather:
Lionel Tollemache 2nd Baronet Talmash 1591-1640
Great x 8 Grandson of Edward III King England 1312-1377
Great x 2 GrandFather:
Lionel Tollemache 1st Baronet Talmash 1562-1621
Great x 3 GrandFather:
Lionel Tollemache 1545-1575
Great x 3 GrandMother:
Susan Jermyn
Great x 2 GrandMother:
Katherine Cromwell 1562-1620
Great x 7 Granddaughter of Edward III King England 1312-1377
Great x 3 GrandFather:
Henry Cromwell 2nd Baron Cromwell Oakham 1538-1592
Great x 7 Grandson of Edward III King England 1312-1377
Great x 3 GrandMother: Mary Paulett Baroness Cromwell Oakham Great x 6 Granddaughter of Edward III King England 1312-1377
Great GrandMother:
Elizabeth Stanhope Baronetess Talmash
Great x 6 Granddaughter of Edward III King England 1312-1377
Great x 2 GrandFather:
John Stanhope 1st Baron Stanhope 1549-1621
Great x 5 Grandson of Edward III King England 1312-1377
Great x 3 GrandFather:
Michael Stanhope 1507-1552
Great x 4 Grandson of Edward III King England 1312-1377
Great x 3 GrandMother: Anne Rawson 1515-1588
Great x 2 GrandMother: Margaret Macwilliams Baroness Stanhope
Great x 3 GrandFather: Henry Macwilliams
