Tag: Anne Stanhope

Anne Seymour: Wicked Woman

  Born in 1510 was the only child of Sir Edward Stanhope and his wife Elizabeth Bourchier. Through her mother, Anne was a descendant of Thomas of Woodstock, the youngest son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault.  Anne Stanhope met Edward Seymour (not yet the queen’s brother) around 1529, after the downfall of his…

Read more Anne Seymour: Wicked Woman