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2 days ago · 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] .
1 day ago · United Kingdom - Edward VI (1547–53): Henry was succeeded by his nine-year-old son, Edward VI, but real power passed to his brother-in-law, Edward Seymour, earl of Hertford, who became duke of Somerset and lord protector shortly after the new reign began.
2 days ago · Edward and Mary. When Henry VIII’s young son Edward VI came to the throne, his protectors, council, and Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer introduced a more thoroughgoing religious Reformation, distinctly more Calvinist in doctrine and worship.
5 days ago · Two of Elizabeth’s half-siblings sat on the throne after Henry’s death in 1547: Edward VI, who acceded at the age of nine and died six years later; and Mary I, who operated under the belief that Elizabeth was trying to seize power from her for the entirety of her own five-year reign.
19 hours ago · 1553 - King Edward VI died at Greenwich Palace, leaving his throne to Lady Jane Grey. See video below. 1560 – Signing of Treaty of Edinburgh (Treaty of Leith) between representatives of Elizabeth I and Francis II of France, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots.
3 days ago · Yet, years after his son became Edward VI, the boy king died and left the throne of England wide open. That's where Jane Grey came in. As a cousin to Edward VI, there was no denying that Jane had royal blood.
4 days ago · Inquisition taken at the Guildhall the last day of February, 5 Edward VI [1551], before Andrew Judde, knight, Mayor and escheator, to enquire into the lunacy of John Leylonde, junior, of the parish of St. Michael in the Querne within the Ward of Farringdon Within, clerk, by the oath of Benedict Burton, Thomas Jorden, Robert Mouldinge ...
