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Divorce, beheaded, died. Divorce, beheaded, survived.

Or is it paint witch, mommy, sister, party, and lucky?

The end.

Welcome to the show.

And we continue on in our Tutor series.

Last time we talked about Catherine of Aragon and Ann Bolin.

And this time we're going to discuss the final four wives, the final four, you know.

So let's start with number three, Jane Seymour.

So Jane Seymour was the daughter of Sir John Seymour and Marjorie Wentworth, who were courteers of long service.

Whole histories of families who basically have lived at court through multiple generations.

And that is where they live, that is their home.

And these are some of those.

Although, you know, they'll have country houses, but their main residents would be wherever the king is.

Jane was one of 10 children.

And in those days, family fertility equals your fertility, as far as anyone knew.

So she was good wife material for a king.

She was not brought up with an education like Catherine of Aragon and Ann Bolin.

By no means was she an intellectual.

But she was regarded as a woman of good sense and intelligence, which don't always go together.

By the way.

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