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Anne Seymour | |
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| Duchess of Somerset | |
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| Born | c. 1510 |
| Died | 16 April 1587 Hanworth Palace, Middlesex |
| Buried | Westminster Abbey, London |
| Spouse(s) | Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset Francis Newdigate |
| Issue | Edward Seymour Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford Anne Dudley, Countess of Warwick Lady Jane Seymour Mary Seymour Elizabeth Seymour Lord Henry Seymour |
| Father | Sir Edward Stanhope |
| Mother | Elizabeth Bourchier |
Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (née Stanhope; before 1512 – 16 April 1587) was the second wife of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c. 1500–1552), who held the office of Lord Protector during the first part of the reign of their nephew King Edward VI. The Duchess was briefly the most powerful woman in England. During her husband's regency she unsuccessfully claimed precedence over the queen dowager, Catherine Parr.