Jane Seymour

THE DEATH OF JANE SEYMOUR

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Jane Seymour, third wife of King Henry VIII, went into confinement in September 1537.

Nothing about her childbirth went according to plan.....

Looking back, doctors now believe that her child was in the wrong position, and needed to be turned.

However, at the time, all that Jane could do was push.....for an agonising two days and three nights.

At two o'clock in the morning, on 12th October 1537, at Hampton Court Palace, Jane finally gave birth to the coveted male heir, the future King Edward VI.

Edward was christened on 15th October 1537, without his mother in attendance, as was the custom.

Both Jane and her baby survived, and her husband got the son he had longed for, everyone was happy!

Now that the trauma of her labour was over, Jane took it easy getting back into the swing of things.

She was still in bed, but decided to get back to work, by signing letters.

The day of her son's christening, she received visitors to her chambers.

After the christening, it became clear, that something was seriously wrong......

Jane’s health had done a full 180, and she was experiencing what doctors called a “lax.”

The Queen was bleeding, and doctors didn’t know why.

All they knew was that they needed to stop it, or the Queen would die.

All of a sudden, the Queen’s health took a turn for the worse, and attendants warned the King that she was in “great danger.”

Luckily the King wasted no time in rushing to her beside, because before long, she was gone.

As the Queen took her last breath, the King’s heart broke into a million pieces.

She was the first wife who was able to give him a son, and all of a sudden, she was gone.

Jane passed away on 24th October 1537, at Hampton Court Palace.

Within a few weeks, there were conflicting accounts of the cause of her death.

More recently, various speculations have been made.

According to King Edward's biographer Jennifer Loach, her death may have been due to an infection, from a retained placenta.

According to Alison Weir, she may have succumbed to puerperal fever following a bacterial infection, contracted during the birth.

Jane was buried on 12th November 1537 in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, in which her stepdaughter Mary acted as chief mourner.

A procession of 29 mourners followed behind Mary, one for every year of Jane's life.

She was the only one of Henry's wives to receive a queen's funeral.

After her death, Henry wore black for the next three months.

He married Anne of Cleves two years later.

He put on weight during his widowerhood, becoming obese and swollen and developing diabetes and gout.

When Henry died in 1547, he was buried beside Jane, on his request, in the grave he had made for her.

Their Son succeeded as Edward VI, but died at the age of 15.

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Source~Fansided/TaylorGreene

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Death of Jane Seymour ~1847 by the French painter Eugène Devéria