Edward VI
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Renaissance
- Categories: Government and Politics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility
- Subcategories: Reformation, Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy
- Curriculum: British History, Renaissance History
Article abstract: Edward’s reign definitively established the strong Tudor monarchy and English Protestantism. Despite his youth, the king played a significant role in both.
Early Life
Edward VI’s birth to Henry VIII and his wife, Jane Seymour, secured the Tudor male succession. To this end, Henry had in the past decade discarded two wives and separated the English church from the Papacy. With both of Henry’s previous wives now dead, illegitimacy did not shadow Edward as it did his two sisters, Mary and Elizabeth. Jane Seymour died twelve days...
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