Edward VI

American  

noun

1. 1537–53, king of England 1547–53 (son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour).

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Edward VI British  

noun

1. 1537–53, king of England (1547–53), son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. His uncle the Duke of Somerset was regent until 1552, when he was executed. Edward then came under the control of Dudley, Duke of Northumberland

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Example Sentences

Grammar schools now more fairly represent the local communities they serve, says Jodh Dhesi, chief executive of the King Edward VI Foundation.

From BBC

His son Edward VI, crowned at nine and dead by 15, bears a rose of his own in his portrait.

From New York Times

It included coins of all rulers from King Edward VI to King Charles I.

From BBC

Something of a polymath, he was a Fellow of All Souls College in Oxford, physician to Edward VI and to Queen Mary, and sometime general surveyor of mines and money for the Crown.

From Literature

In 1537, Jane Seymour, the third wife of England’s King Henry VIII, died 12 days after giving birth to Prince Edward, later King Edward VI.

From Washington Times