Biography of William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset 1588-1660
Paternal Family Tree: Seymour
On 22 Jan 1552 Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (age 52) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. He was buried at St Peter ad Vincula Church, Tower of London [Map]. Duke Somerset, Earl Hertford, Viscount Beauchamp forfeit. His great-grandson William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset was restored to the titles in 1660.
In 1588 William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset was born to Edward Seymour (age 26) and Honora Rogers. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 22 Jun 1610 William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset (age 22) and Arabella Stewart (age 35) were married in secret at Palace of Placentia, Greenwich [Map]. For having married without permission King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 44) had Arabella Stewart imprisoned in Sir Thomas Perry's House, Lambeth and he in the Tower of London [Map]. She the daughter of Charles Stewart 5th Earl Lennox and Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Lennox. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 21 Jul 1612 [his father] Edward Seymour (age 50) died.
On 25 Sep 1615 [his wife] Arabella Stewart (age 40) died at Tower of London [Map] from illnesses exacerbated by her refusal to eat.
On 03 Mar 1617 William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset (age 29) and Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset (age 17) were married at Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire [Map]. She the daughter of Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex and Frances Walsingham Countess Essex (age 50). They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
In 1618 [his daughter] Frances Seymour Countess Southampton was born to William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset (age 30) and [his wife] Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset (age 18).
Diary of Anne Clifford 1619. 28 Apr 1619. The 28th my Lord (age 30) and I, my Coz. Sackville and Lady Windsor went to the Tower to see my Lady Somerset (age 28), where we saw her little child (age 3)1. My Lord went to see Earl of Northumberland (age 55)2 and I and the Lady Windsor went to see Lady Shrewsbury (age 63)3, and after supper my Lord and I went by water to Channel Row to see my [his grandfather] Lord of Hertford (age 79)4 and his Lady (age 40) where we found my Lady Beauchamp5, my [his brother-in-law] Lord Essex’s (age 28) Sister, then I went to Arundel House and talked with her about Lords being made Knights of the Garter.
Note 1. "Her little Child," Anne Carr, afterwards married to William 5th Earl and 1st Duke of Bedford (age 2).
Note 2. Henry, 6th Earl, a Prisoner since the time of the Gunpowder Plot.
Note 3. Mary Cavendish, wife of Gilbert 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, was sent to the Tower in June 1611, at the same time with her niece the [his former wife] Lady Arabella Stuart first cousin of King James. Lady Arabella died, in the Tower, in 1615.
Note 4. Earl of Hertford son of Protector Somerset, and his 3rd wife Frances, d. of Thomas Viscount Howard of Bindon, widow of Henry Pranell, Esq., and married, 3rdly to Ludovick Stuart Duke of Lenox and Richmond (age 44).
Note 5. [his wife] Lady Frances Devereux (age 19), and wife of William Lord Beauchamp (age 31), afterwards Marquis of Hertford; daughter of Queen Elizabeth’s favourite, and sister of the Parliament’s General.
In 1621 [his son] William Seymour was born to William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset (age 33) and [his wife] Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset (age 21).
In 1622 [his son] Robert Seymour was born to William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset (age 34) and [his wife] Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset (age 22).
In 1622 [his brother-in-law] Ulick Burke 1st Marquess Clanricarde (age 18) and Anne Compton Lady Rushout were married. She the daughter of William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth Spencer Countess Northampton. He the son of Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans (age 50) and [his mother-in-law] Frances Walsingham Countess Essex (age 55).
In 1626 [his son] Henry Seymour was born to William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset (age 38) and [his wife] Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset (age 26).
On 11 Mar 1630 [his brother-in-law] Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex (age 39) and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Essex were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. He the son of Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex and [his mother-in-law] Frances Walsingham Countess Essex (age 63). They were fourth cousins.
On 12 Nov 1635 Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans (age 63) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Ulick Burke 1st Marquess Clanricarde (age 31) succeeded 5th Earl Clanricarde, 2nd Earl St Albans. Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford (age 42) was blamed for his death making an enemy of Ulick Burke 1st Marquess Clanricarde and his half-brother (they shared the same mother [his mother-in-law] Frances Walsingham Countess Essex) [his brother-in-law] Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex (age 44).
In 1637 [his daughter] Jane Seymour Baroness Clifford was born to William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset (age 49) and [his wife] Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset (age 37).
In 1637 [his daughter] Mary Seymour Countess Winchelsea was born to William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset (age 49) and [his wife] Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset (age 37).
Around 1637 [his son-in-law] Richard Molyneux 2nd Viscount Molyneux (age 18) and [his daughter] Frances Seymour Countess Southampton (age 19) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Molyneux. She the daughter of William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset (age 49) and [his wife] Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset (age 37). She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
In 1641 William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset (age 53) was created 1st Marquess Hertford.
On 20 Sep 1643 the First Battle of Newbury was fought at Newbury, Berkshire [Map] with King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 42) commanding the Royalist army and [his brother-in-law] Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex (age 52) commanding the victorious Parliamentary army. For King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland John Byron 1st Baron Byron (age 44) fought with distinction.
Henry Bertie was killed.
Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon (age 33) was killed. His son Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon (age 10) succeeded 2nd Earl Carnarvon, 3rd Baron Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire, 3rd Baronet Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire.
William Villiers 2nd Viscount Grandison (age 29) was killed. His brother John Villiers 3rd Viscount Grandison succeeded 3rd Viscount Grandison.
Edward Villiers (age 23) fought.
Lucius Carey 2nd Viscount Falkland (age 33) was killed. His son Lucius Carey 3rd Viscount Falkland (age 11) succeeded 3rd Viscount Falkland.
Richard Neville (age 28) served under the Earl Carnarvon. Carnarvon was killed and Neville took up the command as a Colonel of Horse.
Major General Charles Fleetwood (age 25) was wounded.
In or before 1645 [his son] John Seymour 4th Duke of Somerset was born to William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset (age 56) and [his wife] Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset (age 45).
On 14 Sep 1646 [his brother-in-law] Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex (age 55) died. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Earl Essex extinct. His half first cousin twice removed Walter Devereux 5th Viscount Hereford (age 71) succeeded 5th Viscount Hereford. Baron Ferrers of Chartley, Baron Bourchier abeyant.
On 28 Jun 1648 [his son] Henry Seymour (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort (age 17) were married at Little Hadham, Hertfordshire [Map]. He the son of William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset (age 60) and [his wife] Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset (age 48). They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Around 1650 [his son-in-law] Heneage Finch 3rd Earl Winchilsea (age 22) and [his daughter] Mary Seymour Countess Winchelsea (age 13) were married. She by marriage Countess Winchilsea. She the daughter of William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset (age 62) and [his wife] Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset (age 50). He the son of Thomas Finch 2nd Earl Winchilsea and Cecily Wentworth Countess Winchelsea. They were third cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
In 1650 William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset (age 62) was appointed 447th Knight of the Garter by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 19).
In 1656 [his son] John Seymour 4th Duke of Somerset (age 11) and [his daughter-in-law] Sarah Alston Duchess Somerset (age 14) were married. He the son of William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset (age 68) and [his wife] Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset (age 56). He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
In Jul 1657 [his brother-in-law] Ulick Burke 1st Marquess Clanricarde (age 53) died. His first cousin Richard Burke 6th Earl Clanricarde succeeded 6th Earl Clanricarde. Earl St Albans extinct.
On 07 May 1659 [his son-in-law] Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester (age 52) and [his daughter] Frances Seymour Countess Southampton (age 41) were married. She by marriage Countess of Southampton. She the daughter of William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset (age 71) and [his wife] Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset (age 59). He the son of Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton and Elizabeth Vernon Countess Southampton. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Before 24 Oct 1660 William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset (age 72) was restored 2nd Duke Somerset, 2nd Earl Hertford, 2nd Baron Beauchamp of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset. [his wife] Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset (age 61) by marriage Duchess Somerset.
On 24 Oct 1660 William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset (age 72) died. His grandson [his grandson] William Seymour 3rd Duke of Somerset (age 6) succeeded 3rd Duke Somerset, 2nd Marquess Hertford, 3rd Earl Hertford, 3rd Baron Beauchamp of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset.
On 23 Apr 1674 [his former wife] Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset (age 74) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 6 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Seymour 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Seymour 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Coker
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Seymour 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Darell of Littlecote
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Stourtron 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Wentworth 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Wentworth 4th Baron Despencer 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Clifford Baroness Despencer 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Wentworth 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Saye 
8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Saye Baroness Despencer 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
GrandFather: Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stanhope 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Stanhope
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Stanhope
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Jerningham 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret or Mary Jerningham
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Clifton 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bourchier Baron Fitzwarin 
Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk Bourchier 10th Baron Fitzwarin 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Thomasine Hankford 9th Baroness Fitzwarin 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bourchier 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: Edward Seymour 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bonville 6th Baron Harington 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Wotton 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Wotton of Boughton Malherbe
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset
GrandMother: Catherine Grey Countess Hertford Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brandon 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Brandon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wingfield 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Bruyn aka Darcy 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bruyn
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darcy 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry VII of England and Ireland 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Tudor Queen Consort France Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward IV of England 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth York Queen Consort England Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Mother: Honora Rogers