Henry Tudor's Queens, dead in childbed

I know that there are numerous Tudor threads bouncing around, but I don't think this question has been asked yet.

What if Anne Boleyn's second miscarriage had been carried to term. However, Anne dies in childbed giving birth to Prince Henry/Edward. Henry goes ahead with his marriage to Mistress Seymour (albeit at a slightly later date), who still gives birth to Prince Edward/Henry and likewise dies in childbed.

The men beheaded with Anne would still be alive. Thomas and George Boleyn would still have their offices.
How would the Seymours fit into a world where this had happened?
And would it lead to some serious duking it out between the Boleyns and the Seymours after Henry died for the Lord Protectorship?
Would Henry feel the need to marry again with an heir and a spare.
 
The Boleyns have unquestionable control, at lest as long as they can stay out of Henry VIII's way, any ways George and Tom are family of the heir so the Seymours have to claim to the regency when Henry dies, if Thomas doesn't die like in OTL (of a broken heart over his two children and the death of his good name) I'd say he's the Lord Protector, if not it's Uncle George
 
Okay, so say Thomas dies on schedule, and George serves as protector, would the regency for Henry IX/Edward VI be the same as OTL where it was dominated by Somerset (who probably wouldnt get his title here, or would he?), or would it be different?
Stephen Gardiner would be an unlikely member of the council - since he only came in due to Henry's lukewarm return to Catholicism and the Seymours favor of the True Church over the Reformed Church IIRC, and if the Boleyns were to stay in the ascendant, then the council would be mostly evangelicals wouldnt it? Or would there still be Catholics on said council?
Or, would Henry allow the full regency to devolve on George Boleyn - unlikely since OTL he hamstrung Edward Seymour with the regency council.
I was also wondering if there might be the possibility of a Savoyard style succession war (when Duke Victor Amadeus I died, his widow, Christine de France, competed for the regency with his brothers, Cardinal Maurizio and Prince Tomasso, resulting in a civil war between her supporters madamisti and their's principisti) between the Boleyns and the realm?
And who might the two princes marry? The Seymours were pro-Imperial while the Boleyns were pro-French therefore might it not split the council (if the Seymours are on it, which is very likely, since they would be supporting their nephew, rather than Anne's son).
 
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