Queen Jane Seymour dies of complications from childbirth, aggravated by syphilis given to her by her husband Henry VIII (a Catholic, until 1534; an Anglican afterward; r. 1509 – 1547).
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References:
Antonia Fraser, The Wives of Henry VIII, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf,/1994), 200.