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

Upon Henry’s death, his son Edward VI, whose mother Jane Seymour had been Henry’s third wife, became king.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

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

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