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Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset

1506 - 1552

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Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Viscount Beauchamp (1500 – 22 January 1552), also known as Edward Semel, was an English nobleman and politician who served as Lord Protector of England from 1547 to 1549 during the minority of his nephew King Edward VI. He was the eldest surviving brother of Queen Jane Seymour, the third wife of King Henry VIII. Seymour grew rapidly in favour with Henry VIII following Jane's marriage to the king in 1536, and was subsequently made Earl of Hertford. On Henry's death in 1547, he was appointed protector by the Regency Council on the accession of the nine-year-old Edward VI. Rewarded with the title Duke of Somerset, Seymour became the effective ruler of England. Somerset continued Henry's military campaign against the Scots and achieved a sound victory at the Battle of Pinkie, but ultimately he was unable to maintain his position in Scotland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset has received more than 1,820,510 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset is the 5,773rd most popular politician (down from 4,806th in 2019), the 1,158th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,024th in 2019) and the 196th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset ranks 5,773 out of 19,576. Before him are Şehzade Korkut, Princess Josephine of Baden, Rashad al-Alimi, Hamida Djandoubi, Luis Corvalán, and Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken. After him are Drastamat Kanayan, Ahmose, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Princess Margaret of Prussia, Peter II, Count of Savoy, and Giulio Douhet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1506, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset ranks 5. Before him are Francis Xavier, Louis II of Hungary, Hwang Jini, and Peter Faber. After him are Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Juliana of Stolberg, Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja, George Buchanan, and Rupert, Count Palatine of Veldenz. Among people deceased in 1552, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset ranks 7. Before him are Francis Xavier, Katharina von Bora, Sebastian Münster, Basil Fool for Christ, Petrus Apianus, and Paolo Giovio. After him are Olaus Petri, Guru Angad, Andreas Osiander, Antonio de Mendoza, Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg, and Pierre Attaingnant.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset ranks 1,158 out of 8,785. Before him are Oldfield Thomas (1858), Prince William, Duke of Gloucester (1689), Steven Gerrard (1980), Daniel Radcliffe (1989), Alan Watts (1915), and Robert Recorde (1512). After him are Frances Fisher (1952), Robert Fludd (1574), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1935), Bernard Lee (1908), William the Lion (1142), and Cynthia Lennon (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset ranks 196. Before him are Alexander II of Scotland (1198), Warren Hastings (1732), Domnall mac Ailpín (812), Lord Randolph Churchill (1849), Francis Walsingham (1532), and Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836). After him are Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1935), William the Lion (1142), Ed Miliband (1969), Louis Lucien Bonaparte (1813), Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341), and Rob Roy MacGregor (1671).

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