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Edward VI. 12 October 1537 –. 6 July 1553. King Edward VI was born Edward, Duke of Cornwall at Hampton Court Palace on the 12th October 1537. He was the only child of Jane Seymour, the third wife of Edward’s father King Henry VIII . She subsequently died twelve days later of postnatal complications. The Kingdom rejoiced at his birth and ...
Mother. Jane Seymour. Edward VI of England, at the age of six. Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland, from 28 January 1547, until his death on 6 July 1553. Edward was the son of Henry VIII of England and Jane Seymour. His mother died 12 days after his birth. He became king at the age of 9 when his father died.
After Henry's death in 1547, Seymour was appointed Lord Protector of the Realm and Governor of the King's Person. He retained great influence over the boy king Edward VI, in whose name he ruled the country, and was created Duke of Somerset in 1547, early in King Edward's reign. However, he fell from power and was executed for treason in 1552.
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , Edward, nicknamed "Bertie", was related to royalty throughout Europe.
Edward VI. Edward was born at Hampton Court Palace on 12th October 1537, the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. He was a well-educated but sickly child. An important event during his reign was the introduction of the first English Prayer Book when English replaced Latin in church services.
Heir to the Throne. Edward’s birth at Hampton Court on 12th October 1537 marked the end of twenty-six years of waiting since Henry VIII’s first legitimate son had been born and died within a few weeks. Henry had turned the English world upside down for the chance of a son and from the beginning of his life there was enormous pressure on ...
Edward VI (r. 1547-53) The only legitimate son of Henry VIII. Was nine when he became king; the Duke of Somerset and, later, the Duke of Northumberland established themselves as Protector to rule on Edward's behalf. Shortly before his death he approved a new line of Protestant succession, declaring Mary, his eldest step-sister, illegitimate ...
