27. Thomas Seymour Also Proposed to Elizabeth’s Sister, Princess Mary
Thomas Seymour was clearly not interested in princess Elizabeth because of who she was as a person, but because of what she was – the king’s sister, and a potential heir to the throne if the frequently ailing Edward VI kicked the bucket. What Seymour wanted was a princess – any princess – and so to hedge his bets, even as he was trying to get the 13 year old Elizabeth to marry him, he also proposed to her older sister, princess Mary. Like her kid sister, princess Mary rejected Seymour’s proposal.