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- Edward succeeded his father Henry III of England (r. 1216-1272 CE) and was known as 'Longshanks' for his impressive height and as 'the Hammer of the Scots' for his repeated attacks on Scotland.
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Mother. Eleanor of Provence. Edward I [a] (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306 he ruled Gascony as Duke of Aquitaine in his capacity as a vassal of the French king.
- Henry VIII & The Succession
- The Regency & Church Reform
- A Manipulated King?
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- Dudley, Earl of Warwick
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Henry VIII married six times but it was his first three marriages that each produced a future monarch. With Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536 CE), Henry had a daughter, Mary (b. Feb. 1516 CE). With Anne Boleyn (c. 1501-1536 CE), there was another daughter, Elizabeth (b. Sep. 1533 CE). With wife number three, Jane Seymour, who was a lady-in-waiting at ...
As Edward was only nine when he became king, England was effectively ruled by a council of nobles, chief amongst these was the Lord Protector, Edward Seymour, the young king's uncle. Henry VIII had stipulated that the regency council not be dominated by any single individual but this proved to be a difficult principle to maintain in practice. The a...
Edward, meanwhile, had never displayed a particularly strong constitution as a young child, despite the careful efforts to preserve the health of what his father had called 'his most precious jewel.' The prince and then king continued his education in Latin, Greek, theology, philosophy, and the classics. Edward also practised many sports such as ho...
England's familiar enemies in war were France and Scotland, the 'Auld Alliance.' There was a plan in 1543 CE for Edward, the Prince of Wales, to marry Mary, Queen of Scots(r. 1542-1567 CE) but neither nation was keen to forgo any of their independence. The English persisted with the scheme with the so-called 'Rough Wooing' of 1544-5 CE when the Sco...
Dudley, Earl of Warwick gained the confidence of Edward and made himself the Earl of Northumberland in 1551 CE. He moved quickly to remove any rivals and even the discredited Edward Seymour was executed on 22 January 1552 CE. Edward kept a diary and his descriptions are surprisingly unemotional, even when they touch on the death of his uncle: "The ...
The king's successor had been appointed by his father if Edward had no children: Mary, his elder half-sister, but she was an ardent Catholic and so would very likely reverse the Reformation when she became queen (and also end Dudley's career). Dudley, therefore, persuaded Edward, who was himself a keen Reformist, to nominate instead his cousin Lady...
- Mark Cartwright
Edward I 'Longshanks' (r. 1272-1307) Born in June 1239 at Westminster, Edward was named by his father Henry III after the last Anglo Saxon king (and his father's favourite saint), Edward the Confessor. Edward's parents were renowned for their patronage of the arts (his mother, Eleanor of Provence, encouraged Henry III to spend money on the arts ...
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]
Jan 9, 2020 · Edward I of England reigned as king from 1272 to 1307 CE. Edward succeeded his father Henry III of England (r. 1216-1272 CE) and was known as 'Longshanks' for his impressive height and as 'the Hammer of the Scots' for his repeated attacks on Scotland.
- Mark Cartwright
Aug 8, 2022 · Was Edward VI a zealot? Edward became king in January 1547, at the age of nine. By that time, he was fired with an evangelising zeal. “In the court there is no bishop, and no man of learning so ready to argue in support of the new doctrine as the King,” reported the Imperial ambassador.
Jan 28, 2021 · Edward in the meantime was deteriorating rapidly, summoning his sister Mary before he died. Nevertheless, Mary, sensing that this was a trap, chose to travel to her estates in East Anglia. On 6th July 1553, at the age of fifteen King Edward VI died, leaving Lady Jane as his successor, a fate that would see her reign last for just nine days.
