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6 unusual facts about Jane Seymour


Common Quail

In 1537 Queen Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, pregnant with the future King Edward VI, developed an insatiable craving for quail, and courtiers and diplomats abroad were ordered to find sufficient supplies for the Queen.

Elisa Orlandi

She is best remembered today for portraying the role of Giovanna Seymour (Jane Seymour) in the world premiere of Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena in 1830.

French hood

Its use was thus subsequently rejected by Anne's successor, Jane Seymour, but returned to fashion after Jane's death.

Love, Wedding, Marriage

Ava (Mandy Moore) and Charlie (Kellan Lutz) are newlyweds that have been inspired by the 30-year marriage of Ava's parents, Bradley (James Brolin) and Betty (Jane Seymour) when Ava decides to throw them a surprise anniversary party.

Love, Wedding, Marriage is a 2011 American romantic comedy film directed by Dermot Mulroney and starring Mandy Moore, Kellan Lutz, James Brolin, Jane Seymour and Christopher Lloyd.

Queen Jane

Jane Seymour (1507/8–1537), the third wife and the third Queen Consort of King Henry VIII of England


Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle

Yet the Crown did not hesitate to employ him on routine errands: in 1537 Queen Jane Seymour during her pregnancy developed a passion for quail, and since quail were abundant in the marshes around Calais, Lisle devoted much time to supplying them to the Queen.

Bill Erwin

He would later co-star alongside Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour in the 1980 romantic fantasy Somewhere in Time – as Arthur Biehl, the Grand Hotel's venerable bellman – and attend annual reunions of cast, crew, and fans of the film at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan.

Blind Dating

Danny's family, his eccentric psychotherapist Dr. Evans (Jane Seymour) and eye doctor Dr. Perkins (Stephen Tobolowsky) advise him to continue because it is his only chance of seeing, and soon Danny is successfully operated on.

Blind Dating (also known as Blind Guy Driving) is a 2006 romantic comedy film directed by James Keach and starring Chris Pine, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Anjali Jay, Jane Seymour, and Jayma Mays.

Fanny Kemble

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble (1999), fictionalised made-for-TV movie adapted from her Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838–1839, starring Jane Seymour and Keith Carradine.

Henry, Duke of Cornwall

This theme has also been explored in some alternative history science fiction, such as Kingsley Amis' The Alteration (1976), in which another alternative history English Reformation is depicted, even without the succession crisis caused by the absence of a male heir until the birth of Edward VI to Henry and Jane Seymour.

Memories of Midnight

The book was adapted for television as a two part mini-series starring Omar Sharif as Constantin Demiris and Jane Seymour as Catherine Alexander.

Nancy Noel

Her paintings hang in the homes of many people, including Oprah Winfrey, Mikhail Gorbachev, Robert Redford and Jane Seymour.

White Hart

The White Hart in Llangybi was first built in the early 16th century and was to become the property of Henry VIII as part of Jane Seymour's wedding dowry, while a century later Oliver Cromwell is reputed to have used it as his headquarters in Monmouthshire during the English Civil War.


see also

Margaret Seymour

Margery Wentworth, married name Margery or Margaret Seymour, mother of Queen Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII and muse of the poet John Skelton

Wulfhall

Henry VIII had stayed at Wulfhall during his progress of 1535, which may have been when he first noticed Jane Seymour and began the process of throwing over his second wife, Anne Boleyn.