Talk:William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset

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I wonder if this is somebody who is so well known by a lesser title that the article should be placed there, despite his being given a higher title. For most of his life, the subject of this article was known as either "Earl of Hertford" or "Marquess of Hertford," and under that name he played a significant part in the political events of the day. He was restored to his great-grandfather's dukedom only about a month before his death. Obviously, that restoration was important, but is it important enough to call him by a name he bore for only a month or so? john k 20:40, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

New image

I've added a new image of William Seymour (right). Feel free to use it or not use it. I'm pretty sure it's not his son, since the artist did most of his work before 1660, but he is quite different-looking than in the existing image. Dcoetzee 09:35, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Where was William in the succession at the time of his secret marriage to Arbella Stuart?

This article (as well as Arbella's) states that William was 6th in line to the throne (and Arbella 4th) at the time of their secret marriage in 1610. However in 1610 the King had three children living, then Arbella was 4th in line as the only other surviving descendant of Henry VII's eldest daughter Margaret. When Henry VII's descendants through his other daughter Mary are then listed we have in 5th place William's father Edward (who didn't die till 1612), then in 6th place William's childless older brother, also Edward, (who didn't die till 1618). William is the next brother so that would make him 7th not 6th in line, meaning that either his place in the succession has been wrongly counted in this article, or William's father or brother had actually died earlier than the article says, or the genealogy is wrong to give William an older brother ( in which case it could be that either the older brother's birthdate is wrong and he was actually younger, or he doesn't belong to that branch of the family at all). Unfortunately I don't have enough knowledge to work out exactly which of these possible causes has led to the conflicting information in this article. MrDannyDoodah (talk) 06:11, 29 August 2013 (UTC)