When the time came, his education was overseen by Henry's sixth queen, Catherine Parr, and he seems not to have had much of the Seymours in his make-up. The king's son, Prince Edward, was carefully nurtured, and probably did not miss the mother he had never known. Her obsequies were elaborate and prolonged, and Henry stayed in mourning for many weeks.

Tragically she died of puerperal fever a few days later, leaving the court in mourning and the king devastated. Then in October 1537 Jane performed the great miracle, and bore Henry a son, who lived and flourished. They married at the end of May 1536, and she became pregnant at about the end of the year, a condition which advanced normally, but which caused the king acute anxiety as the summer of 1537 advanced. She was no great beauty, but came of a good breeding stock, and therein lay his hope. Jane Seymour Loades, David Published by Amberley Publishing(2013) ISBN 10: 1445611570ISBN 13: 9781445611570 NewHardcoverQuantity: 1 Seller: Byrd Books (Austin, TX, U.S.A.) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Hardcover. He was forty-four and desperate for the male heir who had so far eluded him, but which Jane's placid disposition and sexual availability seemed to promise. She had served both Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn as a Lady of the Privy Chamber, and her failure to find a suitable marriage is something of a mystery. She was twenty-seven when he married her, and came of a solid gentry family with good court connections. Jane Seymour: Henry VIIIs true love by Elizabeth Norton Jane Seymour by David Loades The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser The Six Wives and the. She was reportedly not very beautiful and had a demure personality. She was a maid of honour to both of her predecessors and married Henry a mere 11 days after Anne’s execution. Jane Seymour was Henry VIII’s third wife, after Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn. Jane was Henry VIII's third queen, and she was described by him as 'his first true wife', both his first two marriages having been annulled. Jane Seymour by David Loades Book Review.