Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset,
KG, (c. 1500 – 22 January 1552) was the eldest brother of Queen
Jane Seymour (d.1537), third
wife of King
Henry VIII (1509-1547) and mother of King
Edward VI (1547-1553), the latter whom as his uncle and during his
minority he served as
Lord Protector of
England in the period between the death of King
Henry VIII in 1547 and his own indictment in 1549.