Edward VI Tudor King of England 
Edward VI Tudor King of was born on October 12th, 1537 in Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, England. Edward VI Tudor King of'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 , Princess of England. He had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named Henry 1st Baron, Mary I Tudor Queen of and Elizabeth I Tudor Queen of. He died at the age of 15 on July 6th, 1553 in Greenwich Palace, Kent, England (dsp). He was buried in Westminster Abbey, Middlesex, England.General Notes
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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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- b.~ 1365 in Penmynydd, Bangor, Anglesey, Wales
- b.1397 in Snowdon, Caernarvonshire, Wales d.2 FEB 1460/61 in Beheaded by Yorkists after Battle of Mortimer's Cross
- b.~ 1370 in Trefdraeth, Anglesey, Wales
- b.1430 in Much Hadham, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England d.03 Nov 1456 in Carmarthen, Dyfedshire, Wales
- b.03 Dec 1368 in Paris, Seine, France d.22 Oct 1422 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.27 Oct 1401 in Hotel de St Pol, Paris, Seine, France d.3 JAN 1435/36 in St Saviour's Abbey, Bermondsey, Surrey, England
- b.1371 in Ingolstadt, Oberbayern, Bavaria d.24 Sep 1435
- b.28 JAN 1456/57 in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.21 Apr 1509 in Richmond, Surrey, England
- b.~ 1370 in Chateau de Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, France d.16 MAR 1409/10 in St Catherine by the Tower Hospital, London, Middlesex, England
- b.~Apr 1404 in Westminster, Middlesex, England d.27 May 1444 in (dspm)
- b.~ 1385 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.30 Dec 1429 in St Saviours Monastery, Bermondsey, Surrey, England
- b.31 May 1443 in Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England d.29 Jun 1509 in Abbot's House, Cheyney Gates, Westminster Abbey
- b.~ 1387 in Bletsoe, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England d.~ 1412
- b.~ 1412 in Bletsoe, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England d.<20 Jul 1482 in Westminster, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1394 in Preston Plucknett, Yeovil, Somerset, England d.13 Jun 1441
- b.28 Jun 1491 in Greenwich Palace, Kent, England d.28 JAN 1546/47 in Whitehall, Westminster, Middlesex, England
- b.Sep 1375 in Conisbrough Castle, West Ride Yorkshire, England d.05 Aug 1415 in Southampton Green, Hampshire, England (beheaded)
- b.21 Sep 1411 in Conisbrough, West Ride Yorkshire, England d.30 Dec 1460 in Battle of Wakefield, Yorkshire, England (killed)
- b.27 Dec 1390 in New Forest, West Meath, Ireland d.21 Sep 1411 in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England
- b.28 Apr 1441 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.09 Apr 1483 in Westminster Palace, Middlesex, England
- b.< 1364 in Raby Castle, Durham, England d.21 Oct 1425 in Raby Castle, Durham, England
- b.03 May 1415 in Raby Castle, Durham, England d.31 May 1495 in Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, England
- b.1375 in Beaufort Castle, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou, France d.13 Nov 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England
- b.11 FEB 1464/65 in Westminster Palace, Middlesex, England d.11 FEB 1502/03 in Tower of London, Middlesex, England (in childbirth)
- b.~ 1383 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England d.~Dec 1441 in La Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England
- b.~ 1405 in La Mote, Maidstone, Kent, England d.12 Aug 1469 in Executed after Battle of Edgecot, Buckinghamshire, England
- b.~ 1385 in Knighteston, Devonshire, England d.>17 Jul 1448
- b.~ 1437 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England d.07 Jun 1492 in St Saviour's Abbey, Bermondsey, Surrey, England
- b.~ 1390 in Naples, Italy d.31 Aug 1433 in Chateau Rambures, Oisemont, France
- b.1415 in St Pol, Artois, France d.30 May 1472
- b.1394 in Andria, Apulia, Italy d.14 Nov 1469
- b.12 Oct 1537 in Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, England d.06 Jul 1553 in Greenwich Palace, Kent, England (dsp)
- b.1509 in Wolf Hall, Wiltshire, England d.24 Oct 1537 in Hampton Court Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England
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