#but also he must have had some relationship with them bcus edward seymour was his master of the horse

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If Elizabeth had been old enough to understand how Jane had usurped her mother's place and hastened her downfall, she would have resented her bitterly. As it was, at just under four years old, it is unlikely that she realized the full implications of Jane's rise to power.

Elizabeth’s Women, Tracy Borman

#tracy borman #it's a shame no one's tackled an AU where jane survives; this would be one of the most interesting aspects #what her relationships with her stepchildren would have turned out to be #unfortunately fitzroy died in july so we don't really have a case example outside of mary and elizabeth about which we know #too little to make a judgement because it's before jane has her own child...... #i do actually wonder a lot about what the seymour-fitzroy relationship would have shaped out to be had both jane and fitzroy survived? #since he was married to a howard for one #but also he must have had some relationship with them bcus edward seymour was his master of the horse #and i believe anne seymour's stepfather had been a member of his household as well? #henrician