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Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford
1539May, 22

Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford

Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (d. 1621)
Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Baron Beauchamp, KG (22 May 1539 – 6 April 1621), of Wulfhall and Totnam Lodge in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset, of Netley Abbey, Hampshire, and of Hertford House, Cannon Row in Westminster, is most noted for incurring the displeasure of Queen Elizabeth I by more than one clandestine marriage.

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