Queen Jane Dies in Childbirth

1537

Henry VIII's third queen, Jane Seymour, delivered the longed-for male heir Edward at Hampton Court and died twelve days later of puerperal fever. Henry mourned her more genuinely than any other wife, and she would be the only queen buried beside him in Saint George's Chapel at Windsor. The birth of the long-desired Edward VI came at the cost of Jane Seymour's life, and Henry mourned her more genuinely than any other wife.