Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset

Anne Seymour
Duchess of Somerset
Bornc. 1510
Died16 April 1587
Hanworth Palace, Middlesex
BuriedWestminster Abbey, London
Spouse(s)Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
Francis Newdigate
IssueEdward Seymour
Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford
Anne Dudley, Countess of Warwick
Lady Jane Seymour
Mary Seymour
Elizabeth Seymour
Lord Henry Seymour
FatherSir Edward Stanhope
MotherElizabeth Bourchier
Arms of Stanhope: Quarterly ermine and gules

Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (née Stanhope; before 1512 – 16 April 1587) was the second wife of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c. 1500–1552), who held the office of Lord Protector during the first part of the reign of their nephew King Edward VI. The Duchess was briefly the most powerful woman in England. During her husband's regency she unsuccessfully claimed precedence over the queen dowager, Catherine Parr.