Biography of Francis Seymour 5th Duke Somerset 1658-1678

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Family Trees

Descent

Ancestry

On 17 Jan 1658 Francis Seymour 5th Duke Somerset 1658-1678 was born to Charles Seymour 2nd Baron Seymour Trowbridge 1621-1665 (37) and Eizabeth Alington 2nd Baroness Seymour Trowbridge 1635-1691 (22)

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

On 29 Apr 1675 John Seymour 4th Duke Somerset 1645-1675 (29) died . He was buried at Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire . His first-cousin once-removed Francis Seymour 5th Duke Somerset 1658-1678 (17) succeeded as 5th Duke Somerset (4C 1547)

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 .

Around 1691 John Closterman 1660-1711 (31) . Portrait of Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 (28) wearing his Leg Garter .

Before 15 Oct 1811 . Nathaniel Dance-Holland Painter 1735-1811 (76) . Portrait of Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 1662-1748 .

In 1691 Eizabeth Alington 2nd Baroness Seymour Trowbridge 1635-1691 (55) died .

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