![]() ![]() Then in October 1537 Jane performed the great miracle, and bore Henry a son, who lived and flourished. They married at the end of May 1536, and she became pregnant at about the end of the year, a condition which advanced normally, but which caused the king acute anxiety as the summer of 1537 advanced. She was no great beauty, but came of a good breeding stock, and therein lay his hope. He was forty-four and desperate for the male heir who had so far eluded him, but which Jane's placid disposition and sexual availability seemed to promise. ![]() ![]() She had served both Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn as a Lady of the Privy Chamber, and her failure to find a suitable marriage is something of a mystery. She was twenty-seven when he married her, and came of a solid gentry family with good court connections. Summary: Jane was Henry VIII's third queen, and she was described by him as 'his first true wife', both his first two marriages having been annulled. Publication details: United Kingdom Amberley Publishing 2014 Description: 190 Pages Paperback ISBN: Jane Seymour : Henry VIII's Favourite Wife By: ![]()
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