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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Edward VI

She was briefly proclaimed England’s ruler in 1553, following the death of her cousin Edward VI, who had named Jane as his heir.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

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

From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2022

Guardsman Sanderson, a former pupil at King Edward VI School in Morpeth, was supporting the front left of the casket.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2022

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 ● Oct. 24, 2020

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 "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

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