Unlike Henry’s other wives, she seemed to take a somewhat motherly approach to him, which was successful. She reconciled Henry to his children (inasmuch as they were restored to the succession) and acted as mother to Mary, Elizabeth, and even Jane Grey. After Henry’s death she married her old flame, Thomas Seymour, who eventually pursued Elizabeth, ingratiated himself with the young King Edward VI, and attempted to seize power for himself. He was executed for treason. Katherine was a champion of the “new learning” and the Protestant faith, but wisely kept her opinions cloaked when around Henry.1