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

The idea that Harry and Meghan’s baby will have its work cut out for it in the way that Edward VI did is certainly intriguing.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 18, 2018

Geoff Barton, head teacher of King Edward VI comprehensive school in Bury St Edmunds, blamed a "high stakes" accountability system including results and league tables for influencing schools' use of the measure.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2017

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