House of Seymour: Difference between revisions

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Cadet branch of the House of St Maur

Coat of Arms
House of Seymour
Lords of Wulfhall and Penhow
Arms before 1536
House of Seymour
Barons Seymour of Sudeley and Trowbridge
Barons Beauchamp of Hache
Earls and Marquesses of Hertford
Dukes of Somerset
House of Seymour
Augmentation granted by King Henry VIII in 1536 after his marriage to Jane Seymour, sister of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset

Cadet Branches
House Seymour of Berry Pomeroy
Lords and Baronets of Berry Pomeroy
Barons Seymour
Earls St Maur
Dukes of Somerset
Issued from Edward Seymour, 2nd son of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset from his 1st marriage
House of Percy
Baronets of Stanwick
Barons Percy, Warkworth and Lovaine
Earls of Beverley
Earls Percy
Dukes of Northumberland
Matrilineal branch issued from Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset

Personal Arms
Edward Seymour
1st Earl of Hertford
1st Baron Beauchamp of Hatch
1539–1621
Edward Seymour
Lord Beauchamp of Hatch
Son of Edward Seymour
1561–1612
Preceded his father
Charles Seymour
6th Duke of Somerset
6th Earl of Hertford
6th Baron Beauchamp of Hatch
Algernon Seymour
7th Duke of Somerset
1st Earl of Northumberland and Egremont
1st Baron Percy, Warkworth and Cockermouth

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-Seymour Berry Pomeroy.svg|[[House Seymour of Berry Pomeroy]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords and Baronets of Berry Pomeroy<br>Barons Seymour<br>Earls St Maur<br>Dukes of Somerset<br>Issued from Edward Seymour, 2nd son of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset from his 1st marriage</span><!-- This was the senior line of the family actually as the later (restored) Dukes of Somerset were issue from the 2nd son from the 2nd marriage. However they were also somewhat disinherited by their father and recieved only minor inheritance. This line however, eventually still managed to succeed to the Dukedom, the 6th Baronet succeeding his distant cousin as the 8th Duke of Somerset in 1750. The line was, along with the main inheritance, also barred from using the grant of arms (augmentation) awarded to the 1st Duke by King Henry VIII and so they used the old (ancient) arms of Seymour with the augmentation of Baronetcy -->
+Seymour Somerset.svg|[[House Seymour of Berry Pomeroy]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords and Baronets of Berry Pomeroy<br>Barons Seymour<br>Earls St Maur<br>Dukes of Somerset<br>Issued from Edward Seymour, 2nd son of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset from his 1st marriage</span><!-- This was the senior line of the family actually as the later (restored) Dukes of Somerset were issue from the 2nd son from the 2nd marriage. However they were also somewhat disinherited by their father and recieved only minor inheritance. This line however, eventually still managed to succeed to the Dukedom, the 6th Baronet succeeding his distant cousin as the 8th Duke of Somerset in 1750. The line was, along with the main inheritance, also barred from using the grant of arms (augmentation) awarded to the 1st Duke by King Henry VIII and so they used the old (ancient) arms of Seymour with the augmentation of Baronetcy -->
 Percy.svg|[[House of Smithson|House of Percy]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Baronets of Stanwick<br>Barons Percy, Warkworth and Lovaine<br>Earls of Beverley<br>Earls Percy<br>Dukes of Northumberland<br>Matrilineal branch issued from Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset</span><!--Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset died without male issue and was succeeded in the estates and Barony of Percy by his daughter Elizabeth who married Hugh Smithson. Hugh Smithson and his wife adopted by Private Act of Parliament in 1740 the name and arms of Percy family, maternal ancestors of Elizabeth  -->
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