STEWART, Arabella 1
User ID: P423. Arabella married William SEYMOUR 2nd Duke of Somerset in July 1610.1 (William SEYMOUR 2nd Duke of Somerset was born on 1 September 1587 and died on 24 October 1660 1.) Marriage Notes: "Arabella (Stewart), who as the ' Lady Arabella Stuart,' near heir to the throne, was the centre of intrigues in the latter years of Elizabeth and the early part of the reign of James I. She was born about 1577 in England. In July 1610 she privately married William Seymour, grandson of Edward Seymour, first Earl of Hertford, and a possible heir to the English throne, a marriage which gave great offence to King James. She was imprisoned, escaped in 1611, but was taken prisoner at sea, and placed in the Tower, where she died on 25, and was buried in Westminster Abbey 27, September 1615. Her husband became in 1660 Duke of Somerset, and died 24 October in the same year." |