ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolor, gouache and gold ink, July2007. Jane Seymour was Henry VIII third wife. She had been a lady-in-waiting to both Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn. They were married eleven days after the execution of Anne Boleyn in 1536. Jane was considered plain, but virtuous. Certainly her marriage to Henry seemed to be a successful one - partly because she wisely chose not to interfere in matters of Church and State. She became pregnant in 1537 and in October that year gave birth to the son Henry had so long craved for. The labour was long and difficult though and Jane became ill. She died twelve days later. Throughout the rest of his life Henry regarded his marriage to Jane as the happiest . A mural of the Tudor painted while he was married to Katharine Parr shows Jane Seymour seated as his wife. He was buried with her when he died in 1547.