Why did Catherine Parr's daughter have the last name Seymour?

Question

her name was mary seymour. why was that?

Answer 1

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Catherine Parr, Queen of England, was married 4 times. Her 4th husband was Thomas SEYMOUR (1° B. Seymour of Sudeley) 4 Apr 1547. Their daughter, Mary SEYMOUR (Born: 29 Aug 1548; Died: 5 Sep 1548

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Catherine Parr, born 1512 (?), was married Henry VIII of England on July 12, 1543-- his sixth wife. She was widowed January 28, 1547 and died September 5 or September 7, 1548.

    When Henry VIII of England noticed the widowed Catherine Parr, he had just had his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, executed for deceiving him. He divorced his fourth queen, Anne of Cleves, because he was not attracted to her.

   He'd lost his third wife, Jane Seymour, after she gave birth to his only legitimate son. Henry put aside his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and split with the Church of Rome in order to divorce her, so that he could marry his second wife, Anne Boleyn, only to have Anne executed for treason for betraying him.

      Knowing that history, and apparently already engaged to Jane Seymour's brother, Thomas Seymour, Catherine Parr was both reluctant to marry Henry, and aware that refusing could have serious consequences for herself and her family.

     So Catherine Parr married Henry VIII of England on July 12, 1543, and by all accounts was a patient, loving, and pious wife to him in his last years of illness, disillusion, and pain.

     Catherine was first married to Edward Borough until he died in 1529, and then to John Neville, Lord Latimer, who died in 1542.  Catherine Parr served as Henry's regent in 1544 when he was in France, but when Henry died in 1547, Catherine was not made regent for Edward. Catherine and her former lover, Thomas Seymour -- he was Edward's uncle -- did have some influence with Edward, including obtaining his permission to marry, which they did on April 4, 1547.

     Catherine gave birth to her only child, a daughter, in August, 1548, and died a few days later of puerperal fever. There have been suspicions that her husband poisoned her in order to marry the Princess Elizabeth. Lady Jane Grey was a ward of Thomas Seymour until his execution for treason in 1549.

Answer 2

Catherine Parr, the widow of Henry VIII, remarried after his death. Her fourth husband (she had been widowed twice before marrying Henry) was Thomas Seymour, the brother of one of Henry's earlier wives, Jane Seymour. Mary was the child of this fourth marriage. Catherine died when Mary was about a week old. Thomas Seymour I believe was executed, for treason, when Mary was seven or eight months old.

Answer 3

Because Mary's father's surname was Seymour.

Catherine Parr married Thomas Seymour after the death of Henry VIII and he was the father of her only child.

Answer 4

ALL genealogy records will refer to a woman, using her maiden name.  Standard procedure.  You will find death records (in later times) UNDER a married name.. but genealogists always use the maiden name in their files.

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in most situations, you will find the parents marriage.. but don't forget, THAT is not 100%.