Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (born 1497)

Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset

English noblewoman and courtier (before 1512–1587)

Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset was the second wife of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, 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…