Edward VI Tudor King of England 
Edward VI Tudor was born on October 12th, 1537 in Hampton Court Palace, England.1 Edward VI Tudor's father was Henry VIII Tudor King of England and his mother was Jane Seymour. His paternal grandparents were Henry VII Tudor KIng of England and Elizabeth Plantagenet; his maternal grandparents were John Seymour and Margery Wentworth. He had three half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Henry, Henry, Henry Fitzroy, Mary I Tudor and Elizabeth I Tudor. He died at the age of 15 on July 6th, 1553 in Greenwich Palace, London, England.1 General Notes
Acceded 1547-1553.
Edward VI, Jane Grey
Edward VI (reigned 1547-53) was intellectually precocious (fluent in Greek and Latin, he kept a full journal of his reign) but not physically robust. His short reign was dominated by nobles using the Regency to strengthen their own positions. The King's Council, previously dominated by Henry, succumbed to existing factionalism. On Henry's death, Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford and soon to be Duke of Somerset, the new King's eldest uncle, became Protector. Seymour was an able soldier; he led a punitive expedition against the Scots, for their failure to fulfil their promise to betroth Mary, Queen of Scots to Edward, which led to Seymour's victory at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh in 1547 - although he failed to follow this up with satisfactory peace terms.
During Edward's reign, the Church of England became more explicitly Protestant - Edward himself was fiercely Protestant. The Book of Common Prayer was introduced in 1549, aspects of Roman Catholic practices (including statues and stained glass) were eradicated and the marriage of clergy allowed. The imposition of the Prayer Book (which replaced Latin services with English) led to rebellions in Cornwall and Devon. Despite his military ability, Seymour was too liberal to deal effectively with Kett's rebellion against land enclosures in Norfolk. Seymour was left isolated in the Council and the Duke of Northumberland subsequently overthrew him in 1551. Seymour was executed in 1552, an event which was briefly mentioned by Edward in his diary: 'Today, the Duke of Somerset had his head cut off on Tower Hill.'
Northumberland took greater trouble to charm and influence Edward; his powerful position as Lord President of the Council was based on his personal ascendancy over the King. However, the young King was ailing. Northumberland hurriedly married his son Lord Guilford Dudley to Lady Jane Grey, one of Henry VIII's great-nieces and a claimant to the throne. Edward accepted Jane as his heir and, on his death from tuberculosis in 1553, Jane assumed the throne. Despite the Council recognising her claim, the country rallied to Mary, Catherine of Aragon's daughter and a devout Roman Catholic. Jane reigned for only nine days and was later executed (as was her husband) in 1554.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- d.1461 in England
- b.1430
- b.1368 in France d.1422 in Paris, France
- b.1401 in Paris, France d.1438 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.1371 in Bavaria d.1435
- b.28 JAN 1456/57 in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, England d.21 Apr 1509 in Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England
- b.1373 in Pottersgate, England d.16 MAR 1409/10 in London, England
- b.<25 Mar 1404 in England d.27 May 1444 in Dorset, England
- b.1385 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.30 Dec 1439 in St. Saviours Abbey, Bermondsey, London, Middlesex, England
- b.31 May 1443 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England d.29 Jun 1509 in Westminster Abbey, London, England
- b.1381 in Bedfordshire, England d.1412 in England
- b.1410 in England d.03 Jun 1482 in England
- b.1394 in England d.1441 in England
- b.28 Jun 1491 in Greenwich Palace, England d.28 JAN 1546/47 in Whitehall Palace, London, Middlesex, England
- b.~Sep 1376 in England d.05 Aug 1415 in Beheaded in England
- b.21 Sep 1411 in , Yorkshire, England d.30 Dec 1460 in Battle of Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
- b.27 Dec 1390 in England d.Sep 1411
- b.28 Apr 1442 in Rouen, England d.09 Apr 1483 in Westminster Castle
- b.1364 in Castle Raby, Raby, Durham, England d.21 Oct 1426 in Castle Raby, Raby, Durham, England
- b.1415 in England d.31 May 1495 in Berkhamstead Castle
- b.~ 1379 in Chateau de Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, France d.13 Nov 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England
- b.11 FEB 1465/66 in Westminster Palace, London, England d.11 FEB 1502/03 in Tower of London, London, England
- b.~ 1437 in England d.08 Jun 1492 in Bermondsey Abbey
- b.12 Oct 1537 in Hampton Court Palace, England d.06 Jul 1553 in Greenwich Palace, London, England
- b.~ 1505 in Wolf Hall, Savernake, Wiltshsire, England d.24 Oct 1537 in Hampton Court Palace, London, England
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