Editing Jane Seymour (section)

== Death and funeral ==
[[File:Jane Seymour - Cast Shadow Workshop.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Jane believed to have been painted during her short queenship and attributed to the "[[Cast Shadow Workshop]]"]]
Jane's labour had been difficult, lasting two days and three nights, probably because the baby was not well positioned.{{sfn|Walsh|2009}} After the christening, it became clear that she was seriously ill.{{sfn|Norton|2009|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=FiXjKTkR0QYC&pg=PA145 145]}} She died on 24 October 1537 at [[Hampton Court Palace]]. Within a few weeks, there were conflicting accounts of the cause of her death. According to King Edward's biographer Jennifer Loach, her death may have been due to an infection from a [[retained placenta]]. According to [[Alison Weir]], she may have succumbed to [[puerperal fever]] following a bacterial infection contracted during the birth.<ref name="JANE SEYMOUR:THIRD WIFE OF HENRY VIII OF ENGLAND" /> Weir has also speculated, after medical consultation, that the cause of her death was a [[pulmonary embolism]].{{cn|date=September 2023}}

Jane was buried on 12 November 1537 in [[St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle]] after the funeral in which her stepdaughter [[Mary I of England|Mary]] acted as chief mourner. A procession of 29 mourners followed Mary, one for every year of Jane's life.{{sfn|Weir|2007|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=-UsWO_odsZAC&pg=PA372 372]}} She was the only one of Henry's wives to receive a queen's funeral.<ref name="JANE SEYMOUR:THIRD WIFE OF HENRY VIII OF ENGLAND" />

After her death, Henry wore black for the next three months. He married [[Anne of Cleves]] two years later, although marriage negotiations were tentatively begun soon after Jane's death. He put on weight during his widowerhood, becoming obese and swollen and developing [[diabetes]] and [[gout]]. Historians{{who|date=November 2021}} have speculated she was his favourite wife because she gave birth to a male heir. When he died in 1547, he was buried beside her, on his request, in the grave he had made for her.<ref name="JANE SEYMOUR:THIRD WIFE OF HENRY VIII OF ENGLAND" />