Hey friends, welcome to the Renaissance English History podcast.

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listening. And you can also, like I said, go over and join me on YouTube history and copy and

search for Heather. And there I am. So let's get right into it. All right. So today, like I said,

we're talking about an event, a massive event that happened in the autumn of 1537. It was related

to the birth of Edward, Prince Edward, but it was not the birth of Prince Edward. It was the death of Jane

Seymour, his mother, and her funeral. Let's get into it. In the birth of Prince Edward. It was the death of Jane Seymour, his mother,

and her funeral. Let's get into it. In the autumn of 1537, the halls of Hampton Court Palace

echoed with the triumphant news that had been long awaited in England, Queen Jane Seymour

had given birth to a healthy male heir, the future King Edward the 6th, was a moment of unparalleled joy

for Henry the 8th, fulfilling his fervent desire for a legitimate male successor. However, the joy

was ephemeral, overshadowed by the impending tragedy. As the days passed, it became clear that Jane

after her very difficult labor, was not

recovering as expected. Though I have to say, there are a lot of theories about this. So people

say she died of childbed fever. The thing that's very interesting was that she had seemed to

recover. She was actually up writing letters announcing the birth. It wasn't like sometimes in movies they show it.

It was like this really hard labor and then she just never recovered.

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