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Jane Seymour
(c. 1508 – 1537) was
Queen of England
from 1536 to 1537 as the third
wife
of
King Henry VIII
. She succeeded
Anne Boleyn
as
queen consort
following the latter's execution in May 1536. She died of
postnatal complications
less than two weeks after the birth of her only child, a son who became
King Edward VI
on Henry's death. She was the only one of Henry's wives to receive a queen's funeral, and his only consort to be buried beside him in
St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
.
Painting:
Hans Holbein the Younger
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