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Jane Seymour

1508 - 1537

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Jane Seymour (; c. 1508 – 24 October 1537) was Queen of England as the third wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 30 May 1536 until her death the next year. She became queen following the execution of Henry's second wife, Anne Boleyn, who was accused by Henry of adultery after failing to produce a male heir. Jane, however, died of postnatal complications less than two weeks after the birth of her only child, the future King Edward VI. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jane Seymour has received more than 12,157,296 page views. Her biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Jane Seymour is the 24th most popular companion (down from 17th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 95th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Companion.

Jane Seymour is most famous for her role as the third wife of King Henry VIII, Queen Jane Seymour.

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  • 78.06

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  • 57

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Jane Seymour ranks 24 out of 784. Before her are Joseph Bonaparte, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Aspasia, Marie Leszczyńska, Bathsheba, and Ankhesenamun. After her are Livia, Roxana, Queen Silvia of Sweden, Mileva Marić, Victoria, Princess Royal, and Hortense de Beauharnais.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1508, Jane Seymour ranks 2. Before her is Andrea Palladio. After her are Humayun, Nikola IV Zrinski, Pieter Aertsen, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Primož Trubar, Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, Marin Držić, Gemma Frisius, and Nicolás Monardes. Among people deceased in 1537, Jane Seymour ranks 1. After her are Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, Charles, Duke of Vendôme, Lorenzo di Credi, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, Gerolamo Emiliani, Pedro de Mendoza, Madeleine of Valois, Jörg Breu the Elder, Lempira, and Thomas Murner.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jane Seymour ranks 102 out of 8,785. Before her are Elizabeth Taylor (1932), Paul Dirac (1902), William Harvey (1578), T. E. Lawrence (1888), David Livingstone (1813), and Edward Elgar (1857). After her are Christopher Lee (1922), Liam Neeson (1952), Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857), George V (1865), Jeremy Bentham (1748), and Roger Bacon (1220).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Jane Seymour ranks 2. Before her are Anne Boleyn (1501). After her are Victoria, Princess Royal (1840), Mary Boleyn (1499), Catherine Parr (1512), Catherine Howard (1523), Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846), Elizabeth of York (1466), Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496), Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901), Mary of Teck (1867), and Elizabeth Woodville (1437).

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