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40 Facts About the Tudor Era’s Awful Courtier, Thomas Seymour

Khalid Elhassan March 22, 2019 24 min

30. Sibling Rivalry and Envy Turns to Enmity

The coat of arms of Edward Seymour, Thomas Seymour’s older brother. Wikimedia

Thomas’ envy of his older brother – he was made a mere baron while Edward became a duke – increased when Edward became the regency council’s chief, with the title of Protector, and became known as Lord Protector of England. As a consolation prize, Thomas had been made Lord High Admiral, but the power and prestige of that paled in comparison to what his brother had secured for himself. Jealousy gnawed at Thomas, and his lifelong resentment of Edward soon blossomed into hatred.

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Khalid Elhassan

A lifelong history buff, I developed a particular passion for WW2 history as a child, when I spent hours listening to my grandfather, enraptured, as he recounted his wartime experiences in the British East African Campaign and with the British 8th Army in North Africa.

I graduated with a history BA from George Mason University, then went on to get a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. After lawyering for a decade, I moved to sunny Rio de Janeiro and a less demanding career, opening a tourism agency in Copacabana.

A big chunk of my free time is spent blogging (you can follow me on Quora https://www.quora.com/profile/Khalid-Elhassan ) or freelance writing, mostly about my favorite subject, history.