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

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

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

Sandwiched between her cousin Edward VI and her other cousin Mary I, she was given the crown of England and Ireland when Edward VI died because she was a Protestant like him.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2017

The funeral bier that had been pushed through the streets by boys wearing tragedy and comedy masks from Shakespeare’s alma mater, King Edward VI School, was parked up on the road.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 23, 2016

In sharp contrast, take ‘If ye love me’, composed by Thomas Tallis for the Chapel Royal of Edward VI when Protestant reforms were in the ascendancy.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall