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king (1547-1553), England. House / Dynasty: House of Tudor. Notable Family Members: father Henry VIII. mother Jane Seymour. Edward VI (born October 12, 1537, London, England—died July 6, 1553, London) was the king of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553.
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Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was crowned on 20 February 1547 at the age of nine. [a] The only surviving son of Henry VIII by his third wife, Jane Seymour, Edward was the first English monarch to be raised as a Protestant. [2]
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Henry VIII married Jane Seymour in shocking haste and, when she died less than two years later, he sought another wife immediately afterwards. This evident dislike of bachelorhood was a cornerstone of Henrys adult life. But it shouldnt imply that he didnt grieve for Jane. Indeed, unlike his other wives, she was the only one he always spoke of with ...
It is indicative of Henrys contradictory character that, ten years and three wives after her death, he still held Jane in such sentimental regard. Though he is notorious for his six marriages, one could easily argue that only his union with Jane Seymour brief though it was completely satisfied him, as man and king. Unlike her immediate predecess...
But Janes quiet, pliant nature should not be mistaken for shyness or ignorance. Indeed, she was intelligent enough to manage Henry Tudor, a feat at which even great men like Wolsey, Cromwell, and More struggled. She also managed to capture and maintain a kings interest while he was married to another woman. Certainly Henry was increasingly weary of...
The exact date she met the king is not known. But before he dallied with her, he had made another of Anne Boleyns ladies-in-waiting his mistress. This was Margaret (or Madge) Shelton, Anne Boleyns first cousin, a girl very gentle of countenance and soft of speech. She was governess to Princess Elizabeth and her husband was captain of the childs gua...
Before this, Chapuys and other enemies commented that she was growing old, her dark good looks were fading; she was in her mid-thirties, no longer young and leaving her safest reproductive years behind. She still could manage Henry though she lacked Jane Seymours delicate touch. But she would have been a fool to think her position was completely se...
The Seymours had old antecedents though their claim of Norman ancestry was dubious. Their name was originally St Maur and a Sir Wido de Saint Maur was supposed to have come over with the conquest. Prosperous marriages enriched the family and extended their holdings. Janes father was born in 1474 and knighted in the field by Henry VII at a battle ca...
Janes family was joined by supporters who had been slighted by the Boleyn faction. In other words, anyone who had not prospered under Annes rule wanted to support Jane. On 18 April 1536, Cromwell (Henrys chief minister and confidante) threw in his lot with the Seymours. He vacated his apartments at Greenwich Palace so the Seymours could move in. Th...
Once queen, Jane chose a phoenix rising from a castle filled with Tudor roses and the panther for her heraldry. It was easy enough to alter Annes leopards and falcons, after all. On their first procession through London as husband and wife, they passed the Tower where the late queens body lay stuffed in an arrow chest, the head tucked beneath the a...
Meanwhile, Jane displayed good common sense by ordering her ladies-in-waiting to dress conservatively. She wanted no one to tempt the king even as she had done. She also became mother to two motherless princesses. Both Mary and Elizabeth benefited from Janes kindness. Mary was of marriageable age (seven years younger than Jane) and could be used as...
Her labor was as arduous as any could be in the sixteenth century. It lasted three days; after the first two, a procession was mounted in London to pray for the Queen. On 12 October, the eve of the Feast of St Edward, the child was born. Jane was well enough after the birth to receive guests, most touchingly her husband. Henry wept when he took thi...
Who was this young man, the product of his fathers long and desperate search for an heir? He died at the age of sixteen, never more than a puppet king who had to beg his uncle for pocket money and was beaten by his tutors. Edward VI was just a child when crowned at Westminster. His father knew the dangers of leaving a child as heir and did his best...
However, Somersets authority was not fully secure; the councils nomination of him as Protector was just a verbal agreement. Without letters patent authenticated by the Great Seal, he had a title but no legal basis for control. But the Great Seal was in the hands of the lord chancellor, a conservative named Wriothesley who had been created earl of S...
Edward was not completely cold, however. He was always affectionate to his stepmother, Katharine Parr, whose benevolent influence eased his lonely childhood. He also spent time with his half-sister Elizabeth; the two children were just four years apart in age and Elizabeth was a Protestant. He was never particularly close to his other half-sister, ...
Edwards education was always strict. His earliest tutors were female and he was guarded under the strictest regulations for example, nobody less than a knight was allowed to visit him. At the age of six, his two principal tutors were appointed Ricahrd Cox, a committed but moderate reformer, and John Cheke, the most distinguished humanist in the l...
Edward left behind a reputation for bigoted, extreme Protestantism which he does not deserve. There were many pro-Protestant laws enacted during his reign, with his approval, but at the instigation of his guardians. He was a devout Protestant, the product of the new religion which even his father had not understood. Still, he was by no means as sel...
Edwards ministers demonstrated passionate self-interest in this religious climate. These Protestant lords had profitted economically from the dissolution of the monasteries and no one lord or commoner wanted to reinstate papal taxation. They were determined to keep their land grants, gold plate, and other treasures. In doing so, they appealed to ...
Meanwhile, Elizabeths governess Mrs Ashley, another victim of Seymours charm, was encouraging her young charge to think kindly of Seymour. But Elizabeth was cautious and less than thrilled; she retired to the country and stayed far away from London. But others had heard of Seymours plans and one of these was Lord Russell, the keeper of the Privy Se...
He also planned to kidnap Edward, with John Fowlers help. Fowler provided keys to Edwards room and forged a stamp of Edwards signature. But at the end of 1548, everyone knew of his plans. The council openly discussed charges against him. His aristocratic friends cautioned that their support would not be forthcoming after all. Soon enough, someone h...
He still had the forged keys to Edwards apartment at Hampton Court and, in the middle of the night, decided to risk everything on kidnapping the king. He entered through the privy garden but, in the room outside Edwards bedroom, slept the kings pet spaniel. The dog woke up, barking, and Seymour shot him. A Yeoman of the Guard appeared, demanding a...
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Apr 29, 2020 · Definition. Edward VI of England reigned as king from 1547 to 1553 CE. Succeeding his father Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE), Edward was only nine years old at the time and so the kingdom was ruled by a council of nobles, foremost among whom was Edward's maternal uncle, Edward Seymour (l. c. 1500-1552 CE) until he was replaced by John ...
- Mark Cartwright
Feb 5, 2012 · Died: 6 July 1553. Greenwich. Buried: 8 August 1553. Westminster Abbey. died in 1547, secure in the knowledge that he had left behind the male heir to the throne that he had longed for. Unfortunately, the boy was young, not even 10 years old, when he became king. His uncle, became Lord Protector, and through Edward, sought to control England.
October 12, 1537. Died. July 6, 1553. Edward VI (October 12, 1537 – July 6, 1553) became King of England and Ireland on January 28, 1547, at just ten years of age. Edward, the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, was the third monarch of the Tudor dynasty and England's first ruler who was Protestant at the time of his ascension to the throne.
Aug 8, 2022 · Tudor. Edward VI: why the forgotten Tudor king had the makings of a monster. The son Henry VIII always wanted is often maligned as a sickly child – but does he deserve this reputation? The real Edward VI, writes historian Tracy Borman, was a hearty lad who could have been as terrible as his father had he not met his untimely death in 1553 (aged 15)
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