Catherine Fillol: Difference between revisions

She became before 1519 the first wife of [[Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset|Sir Edward Seymour]], who went on to become the first [[Duke of Somerset]] of a new creation, [[Lord Protector]] of England and the uncle of [[Edward VI of England|King Edward VI]], after his sister [[Jane Seymour|Jane]] married [[Henry VIII of England|King Henry VIII]]. There is no contemporary evidence to support the allegation that she was having an affair with her father-in-law, [[Sir John Seymour (1474–1536)|Sir John Seymour]]<ref>"''repudiata, quia pater ejus post nuptias eam congovit''" (marginal note to copy of ''Vincent's Baronage'' at [[College of Heralds]])</ref>, or that her husband had their marriage annulled. <ref> However, the lack of record evidence is not surprising considering the political consequences of the persistently rumored affair. At about this same time, Henry VIII was courting Jane Seymour, Sir John's daughter, and Edward's sister. If this scandal had surfaced it would have negated the royal wedding which occurred in 1536. <ref> The rumour that Catherine may have gone to a local convent is based on the content of her father's will. The will was challenged by Sir Edward Seymour in 1530, on the basis that his father-in-law was not of sound mind</ref>. However by 1535, Sir Edward Seymour married his second wife [[Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset|Anne Stanhope]].