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Edward VI, king of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553. He was King Henry VIII’s only legitimate son; his mother, Henry’s third wife, Jane Seymour, died 12 days after his birth.
- Henry VIII
Henry was the second son of Henry VII, first of the Tudor...
- Mary I
After the death of Edward VI, Henry’s only surviving male...
- Lady Jane Grey
Lady Jane Grey was a cousin of Edward VI, king of England...
- Tuberculosis
tuberculosis (TB), infectious disease that is caused by the...
- Roger Ascham
Roger Ascham (born 1515?, Kirby Wiske, near York, Eng.—died...
- Henry VIII
Coat of arms of King Edward VI. The nine-year-old Edward wrote to his father and stepmother on 10 January 1547 from Hertford thanking them for his new year's gift of their portraits from life. By 28 January, Henry VIII was dead.
- Henry VIII’s Successor
- Changes Under King Edward Vi
- Edward Vi’S Illness of 1553
- The Device For The Succession and Lady Jane Grey
- Conspiracy Theories Surrounding Edward Vi’S Death
- The Best Guess Is That Tuberculosis Killed Edward VI.
Edward VIwas the son of King Henry VIII and his third wife, Jane Seymour. Unfortunately, shortly after Prince Edward’s birth Jane Seymour took ill and died of “childbed fever.” Henry VIII was said to be devastated at the loss of young Prince Edward’s mother. There is little on record to suggest that Prince Edward was a sickly child. There are the o...
A Regency Council controlled Edward’s minority as he was just nine years of age when he became King. However, just hours after the death of Edward’s father, Henry VIII, the young King’s uncle, Edward Seymour, usurped the provisions for the regency and made himself Lord Protector of England. It is amazing how Henry VIIIwas so feared in life, but for...
King Edward VI’s illness began in early 1553 with a fever and cough that gradually worsened. However, he was beginning to show a slight improvement by April, and the court moved to Greenwich. He sat at his window in early May and watched the ships pass up and down the Thames. However, by the 11th of June, it was being reported by a member of the Ki...
It seems that Edward himself understood that he was dying from early 1553. He produced one of the most extraordinary documents in English history, his “device for the succession.”. Edward wrote it in his own hand, and, as we will see, he made corrections to it over several weeks and months. This document overwrote the will of his father, Henry the ...
Was Edward VI poisoned?
These same rumours circulated around Edward’s half-brother, the illegitimate Henry Fitzroywhen he died. It would seem that a gradual unexplained illness in Tudor, England, especially in someone prominent, was often put down to a slow-acting poison administered over time. However, it was, it was not clear who would have been responsible for this. You would assume the direct beneficiaries of Edward’s death. Technically, that would have been his half-sister, Mary, who ultimately managed to wrest...
Did John Dudley use mercury to try to cure the king?
There’s an additional poisoning theory that the Duke of Northumberland tried everything to cure Edward. “Everything”included a treatment involving mercury to help prolong Edward’s reign. It has been suggested that this happened to buy time to ensure that Dudley’s plan to put Lady Jane Greyon the throne took place. Dudley was (rightly) concerned that he would lose his position, power, and possibly his head if Mary took over. If mercury had been administered, it would likely have done nothing t...
Tuberculosis seems to be the most obvious cause of death. The disease was rife during the Tudor period. Edward’s symptoms over a prolonged period of time. Of course, when Edward died there would have been no post-mortem or examination of the body. It is believed that it was the same disease that killed Edward’s grandfather, Henry VII, and his half-...
Jul 6, 2015 · Between 8 and 9pm on 6th July 1553 King Edward VI lay dying at Greenwich Palace. He prayed: “Lord God, deliver me out of this miserable and wretched life, and take me among thy chosen: howbeit not my will, but thy will be done.
Aug 8, 2022 · When did he die? 6 July 1553 (aged 15) Who succeeded him? Lady Jane Grey, the 'nine days queen', ruled briefly following the death of Edward VI until she was usurped by the former king's sister, Mary I.
Jun 5, 2015 · […] the funeral for her half-brother King Edward VI. Edward died on July 6, 1553 at Greenwich after a long and painful illness. His death was kept secret for three days while some noblemen and councilors put into motion a plan […]
Apr 13, 2022 · After staying on the throne for about six years, King Edward VI died at the age of 15 of a severe illness on July 6, 1553 at Greenwich Palace. He suffered from a bad case of coughing and fever. He also had difficulty breathing.
