WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Jane Seymour, Henry VIII’s third wife, didn’t last long, but she delivered. She married Henry 11 days after Anne Boleyn’s execution, and died giving him a longed-for son. But was Jane a helpless victim or secret schemer?

Detailed explanation-2: -Astrologers and soothsayers all claimed Jane would give birth to a boy. Their predictions proved correct: on October 12, 1537 after days of painful labor, Jane gave birth to a boy, Edward. The king was ecstatic–he finally had his longed-for son. But just days later, Henry would mourn the death of his queen.

Detailed explanation-3: -Edward VI, born 12 October 1537, was Henry VIII’s first surviving and only legitimate son and the heir to the throne. Henry VIII described him as ‘his most noble and most precious jewel. ‘ His mother Jane Seymour, Henry VIII’s third wife, died shortly after his birth from postnatal complications.

Detailed explanation-4: -Edward VI, (born October 12, 1537, London, England-died July 6, 1553, London), king of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553. Edward was King Henry VIII’s only legitimate son; his mother, Henry’s third wife, Jane Seymour, died 12 days after his birth.

Detailed explanation-5: -Therefore, the most likely mode of Jane Seymour’s delivery was vaginal rather than cesarean.