Edward VI of England

Edward VI of England was King of England from 1547-1553. Edward VI was born on October 12, 1537, at Hampton Court Palace. His mother, Jane Seymour, died from complications of childbirth.http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/300316/Jane-Seymour He succeeded his father Henry VIII when Henry died on January 28, 1547.http://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-Ca-Fi/Catharine-Parr-Queen-Consort-of-Henry-VIII-King.html Edward was quite close with Henry’s sixth wife, Katherine Parr, who assumed a maternal role and supervised his education when Edward was young.http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/katherineparr.htm

Edward was named King of England upon Henry's death on January 28, 1547. His coronation was on February 20, 1547 at Westminster Abbey.http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/royals/burials/edward-vi As a fundamentalist Protestant, he changed the Third Act of Succession drafted by his father in 1543, naming Lady Jane Grey as his successor instead of his devoutly Catholic half-sister Mary.http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon42.htmlhttp://www.constitution.org/sech/sech_074.htm Edward died on July 6, 1553, after a long bout with the measles and tuberculosis.http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJM200107053450111http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Edward_VI.aspx

Edward’s mother, Jane Seymour, was Henry’s third wife, after Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn.http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon41.html He had two half-sisters from Henry’s previous Queens, Mary (daughter of Catherine of Aragon) and Elizabeth (daughter of Anne Boleyn). http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon41.html The Third Act of Succession drafted in 1543 by Henry VIII named Edward as next in the line for England’s throne, followed by Mary and Elizabeth. http://www.constitution.org/sech/sech_074.htm Katherine Parr mothered Edward from a young age, and possibly even exerted quite a bit of Protestant influence over the child.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA9eOjiBKAg&feature=player_embedded Katherine herself was a devout Protestant, even writing two books on the subject.http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781444317213.ch18/summary;jsessionid=D9054ED009FA36C788CE719CDDEC3E60.d02t01?systemMessage=Due+to+scheduled+maintenance+access+to+the+Wiley+Online+Library+may+be+disrupted+as+follows%3A+Saturday%2C+2+October+-+New+York+0500+EDT+to+0700+EDT%3B+London+1000+BST+to+1200+BST%3B+Singapore+1700+SGT+to+1900+SGT.http://www.channel4.com/programmes/henry-viii-the-mind-of-a-tyrant/articles/katherine-parr-1512-1548 Edward grew to be a pious young man, although he was sick from a very young age and wasn't expected to live a long life.http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/kingedward.htm When Henry VIII died, Edward was declared King of England. Edward never married, although Sir Thomas Seymour did push for a marriage between his ward Lady Jane Grey and the young King.http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/thomasseymour.htm

John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, knew the King was ailing considerably in 1553 and conspired to place another Protestant on the throne, preferably one who could be easily manipulated.http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Edward_VI Lady Jane Grey had royal lineage in her bloodline, as she was Henry VII's great-granddaughter and Henry VIII’s grandniece.http://www.britainexpress.com/History/tudor/grey.htmhttp://encyclopedia.stateuniversity.com/pages/13092/Lady-Jane-Grey.html In 1553, the Duke of Northumberland convinced Edward to override his father’s will and declare Lady Jane Grey as his successor, ousting his half-sister Mary from the line of succession.http://www.britannia.com/history/ladyjane/janefram.html There were fears that Mary would restore the Roman Catholic Church to England and punish those who refused to worship accordingly.http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/paul-delaroche-the-execution-of-lady-jane-grey On July 6, 1553, Edward died, after a long battle with the measles and tuberculosis. He was interred at Henry VII's Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey on August 8, 1553.http://www.westminster-abbey.org/visit-us/highlights/the-lady-chapelhttp://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/royals/burials/edward-vi

• 1537: Born at Hampton Court Palace on October 6
• 1547: Henry VIII dies on January 28, Edward named King of England
• 1547: Coronation takes place on February 20
• 1553: Names Lady Jane Grey as successor
• 1553: Dies on July 6
• 1553: Interred at Henry VII's Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey on August 8