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ANNE SEYMOUR

LADY ANNE SEYMOUR
ANNE DUDLEY, COUNTESS OF WARWICK

LADY ANNE UNTON

LADY ANNE, COUNTESS OF WARWICK

 

BIRTH:  1538
MARRIAGE: 
1.  (John Dudley) 03 Jun 1550, Richmond Palace/'Sheen'
2. (Edward Unton) 29 Apr 1555, Hatford, Berkshire

DEATH:  Feb 1588, Wadley Manor, Faringdon, Berkshire
BURIAL: 17 Feb 1588, All Saints' Church, Faringdon, Berkshire

LINEAGE
 

PARENTS:
edwardseymour

EDWARD SEYMOUR

1st Duke of Somerset
 

1500-1552

annestanhope

ANNE STANHOPE

Duchess of Somerset
[Seymour]

 

 bef.1512-1587

SIBLINGS:
male

EDWARD SEYMOUR

Viscount Beauchamp

of Hache

1537-1539

female

LADY MARGARET SEYMOUR

.

c.1540-?

male

LORD EDWARD SEYMOUR

.

1548-1578

edwardseymourjr

EDWARD SEYMOUR

1st Earl of Hertford


 

1539-1621

female

LADY JANE SEYMOUR

.

c.1541-1561

female

LADY MARY SEYMOUR

[Cosby/Rogers/Peyton]

c.1550-c.1620

male

LORD HENRY SEYMOUR

.

c.1540-?

female

LADY CATHERINE SEYMOUR

.

c.1545-1625

female

LADY ELIZABETH SEYMOUR

[Knightley]

1552-1602

(HALF-SIBLINGS FROM FATHER EDWARD SEYMOUR'S FIRST MARRIAGE TO CATHERINE FILLOL d. c.1535):
male

JOHN SEYMOUR

died in Tower of London in Dec 1552
 

c.1527-1552

male

LORD EDWARD SEYMOUR

of Berry Pomeroy, Devon


 

c.1529-1593

SPOUSES:
johndudleyjr

JOHN DUDLEY

2nd Earl of Warwick
 

 

c.1527-1554

male

SIR EDWARD UNTON

of Wadley House, Faringdon, Berks.
 

1534-1582

CHILDREN:
(FROM SECOND MARRIAGE TO EDWARD UNTON d.1582):
male

EDWARD UNTON

.
 

c.1556-1589

female

CECILY UNTON

[Wentworth]
 

1561-1618

henryunton

SIR HENRY UNTON

of Faringdon, Berks.
 

1557-1596

female

ANNE UNTON

[Knightley]
 

c.1560-1596

KEY EVENTS

c.1538 - Birth of ANNE SEYMOUR, eldest daughter of EDWARD SEYMOUR and ANNE STANHOPE.

Mar 1550 - Publication of 'Hecatodistochon' - volume of poetry comprised of 104 distichs/couplets, dedicated to the recently deceased Marguerite of Navarre - written by ANNE SEYMOUR and sisters JANE and MARGARET, and published in Paris by their former tutor Nicholas Denisot.

03 Jun 1550 - Marriage of ANNE SEYMOUR and JOHN DUDLEY (son of JOHN DUDLEY and JANE GUILDFORD) at Richmond Palace; EDWARD VI known to have attended.

Jul 1553 - Husband JOHN DUDLEY held in Tower of London after attempted coup to make JANE GREY Queen of England; ANNE SEYMOUR known to have been able to visit him.

21 Oct 1554 - Death of husband JOHN DUDLEY at Penshurst Place, 10 days following release from Tower of London.

29 Apr 1555 - Marriage of ANNE SEYMOUR to Edward Unton, at Hatford, Berkshire. 

c.1556 - Birth of son Edward Unton, at Wadley House, Faringdon.

1557 - Birth of son Henry Unton, at Wadley House, Faringdon.

c.1560 - Birth of daughter Anne Unton, at Wadley House, Faringdon.

1561 - Birth of daughter Cecily Unton, at Wadley House, Faringdon.

1566 - ANNE SEYMOUR documented as suffering from "bouts of madness...a lunatic enjoying lucid intervals".

16 Sep 1582 - Death of husband EDWARD UNTON; highlights care of ANNE SEYMOUR to son Edward in his will.

1582 - ANNE SEYMOUR is declared "a lunatic"; former brother-in-law ROBERT DUDLEY intervenes re: lands property etc, including Cornbury Park (his future place of death) which had been pledged to son Henry Unton in his father's will..

Feb 1588 - Death of ANNE SEYMOUR at Wadley House, Faringdon.

17 Feb 1588 - Burial of ANNE SEYMOUR at All Saints' Church, Faringdon; burial is attended by daughter-in-law Dorothy, to whom eulogy is addressed.

1596 - Death of son Sir Henry Unton; widow Dorothy Unton commissions portrait 'Sir Henry unton', which portrays ANNE SEYMOUR in role as his mother, as well as highlighting her Seymour ancestry.

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