SEYMOUR, William 2nd Duke of Somerset ^{1 2}

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William married Arabella STEWART, daughter of Charles STEWART 6th (or 1st) Earl of Lennox ([c1571] 3rd creation) and Elizabeth CAVENDISH, in July 1610.¹ (Arabella STEWART was born in 1577 in England,¹ died on 25 September 1615 in Tower of London, England ¹ and was buried on 27 September 1516 in Westminster Abbey, London, England 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."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) ¹