On this day in Tudor history, 13 November 1537, England mourned its queen.



Jane Seymour, Henry VIII’s third wife and the mother of Prince Edward, was laid to rest in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.

Her death twelve days after childbirth plunged court and kingdom into grief.



Join me as I retrace Jane’s final journey from Hampton Court Palace, where she gave birth and died,

to Windsor, where her body was borne in a grand procession of torches, banners, and black-clad mourners.



Discover:

• Details on the procession and service


• Lady Mary’s role as chief mourner


• The city-wide mourning in London, with bells tolling across every parish


• And the poignant detail that Jane’s heart and entrails were buried separately.

Jane Seymour’s funeral marked the end of a brief, brilliant chapter - the queen who gave Henry VIII the son he longed for and, in death, secured her place beside him for eternity.



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