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5:15 am
November 23, 2010
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Hi guys, i was wondering if anyone could help me?
I am trying to plot out a timeline for Jane Seymours life as some back ground research for a mini novel i am going to have a go at writting.
I have done some research into Janes early life and in several places i have read that Jane was sent to the french court to finish her education in 1515, in places i have read that her birth date was 1508 (making her 29 when she died) she would only have been 7 years old when sent to france. To me this seems a bit young? Does anyone have any ideas as to when/if she was sent to france and in what year. Any other information that you think would be useful would be greatly appreciated.
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4:19 pm
August 2, 2010
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http://www.the-tudors.org.uk/t…..eymour.htm
This is a pretty good link for a timeline about Jane, key points of her life; I've used it before, and the site is also good in general. Hope this helps!
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5:25 pm
January 9, 2010
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Jane Seymour never spent time in France, Elizabeth Norton points out that that was a story that originated in the nineteenth century in her biography 'Jane Seymour – Henry Vlll's True Love.' I really recommend this book; it goes into her family background and gives a good (if not overly detailed) account of her time as queen. Hope this helps with your research and good luck with your novel!!!!!
5:52 pm
November 18, 2010
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I'd never heard of Jane being at the French court before and I must say that the few websites I've seen this theory on seem to lack any real evidence.
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7:32 am
June 7, 2010
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I've always understood Jane Seymour to have received a traditional female education of the Tudor Era, where she learned to read and write a little. However, she was not educated to the extent of Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn.
There is some evidence that Jane was a expert embroider, which was an essential part of a female's domestic education.
Unlike KOA and Anne, Jane's education would have been the norm, despite her family being aristocratic. Unfortunately, because Jane was a girl, her early life was unimportant, and factual or documented information is scarce, and often fragmented.
For more information of Jane's life, please read Six Wives: The Queen's of Henry VIII (Starkey, 2004) and Six Wives of Henry VIII (Fraser, 2002).
Has anyone read Elizabeth Norton's new biography on Jane? What's it like? Worth buying? Thanks!
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11:34 am
August 2, 2010
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I don't think the evidence of Jane going to the French Court could have been very strong; it doesn't make a lot of sense, and none of the books about her I've read have mentioned it.
She would have had a typical “noble's daughter” upraising; her family was not particularly rich or powerful, but they had enough Court standing to get her a fairly coveted place, and…well…she did well for herself [sardonically].
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