Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English noble (1662–1748)
Date of Birth: 13-Aug-1662
Place of Birth: Preshute, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 02-Dec-1748
Profession: politician, courtier, art collector, Geheimrat, patron of the arts
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset
- Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset (13 August 1662 – 2 December 1748), known by the epithet "The Proud Duke", was a British peer.
- He rebuilt Petworth House in Sussex, the ancient Percy seat inherited from his wife, in the palatial form which survives today.
- According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, he was a remarkably handsome man, and inordinately fond of taking a conspicuous part in court ceremonial; his vanity, which earned him the sobriquet of "the proud duke", was a byword among his contemporaries and was the subject of numerous anecdotes; Macaulay described him as "a man in whom the pride of birth and rank amounted almost to a disease".
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| Alternative names | Gottfried Kneller, Birth name: Gottfried Kniller | ||
| Description | German painter, draughtsman, engraver and miniaturist | ||
| Date of birth/death | 8 August 1646 | 7 November 1723 | |
| Location of birth/death | Lübeck | London | |
| Work period | between circa 1660 and circa 1723 | ||
| Work location | Leiden (circa 1660–1665), Rome, Venice (1672–1675), Nuremberg, Hamburg (1674–1676), London (1676–1723), France (1684–1685) | ||
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