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Predecessor Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford |
Earl of Hertford 1621-1660 |
Successor William Seymour, 3rd Duke of Somerset |
Predecessor, forfeit in 1552 Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset |
Duke of Somerset 1660 |
Successor William Seymour, 3rd Duke of Somerset |
William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset was born in 1588.2 He was also reported to have been born on 1 September 1587. He was the son of Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp and Honora Rogers. He married, firstly, Lady Arabella Stuart, daughter of Charles Stuart, 1st Earl of Lennox and Elizabeth Cavendish, on 22 June 1610 in a secret marriage.3 He married, secondly, Lady Frances Devereux, daughter of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex and Frances Walsingham, on 3 March 1616/17 at Drayton Bassett.4 He died on 24 October 1660 at Essex House, the Strand, Covent Garden, London, England. He was buried on 1 November 1660 at Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Hertford on 6 April 1621. He was created 1st Marquis of Hertford on 3 June 1641. He gained the title of 2nd Duke of Somerset in 1660.
Children of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset and Lady Frances Devereux
When the Restoration of the Monarchy came in 1660, Hertford was restored to all his former positions, and his services in the Royalist cause were further recognised by King Charles II, who in 1660 restored Hertford to his great-grandfather's Dukedom of Somerset, which had been forfeited in 1552. He thus became the 2nd Duke of Somerset.[1]
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