A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Seymour, Jane
SEYMOUR, JANE,
Was married to Henry the Eighth, in May, 1536, the day after Anne Boleyn was beheaded, and died, October, 1537, two days after the birth of her son, Edward the Sixth. Henry is said to have been very much attached to her during their brief union; but she seems to have been cold and insipid in her character, retaining his affections more by her yielding disposition, than by any other quality. She never interfered in state affairs. She was maid of honour to Anne Boleyn at the time that Henry fell in love with her; and witnessed Anne's fall and death without the slightest appearance of sensibility.