Edward VI ___ 1537-1553 ___ British ___ sovereign

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Edward IV, the boy king, was the only legitimate son of Henry VIII. His mother Jane Seymour died 12 days after his birth in 1537. Edward became king when he was nine years old, and he ruled until his death of tuberculosis in 1553. He was a precocious child, and, while king, kept a brief and fairly dull 'Chronicle' of events. Among other things, it demonstrate his interest in bear baiting and his objections to the Catholic faith of his sister Mary. Despite Henry VIII's decree that at a council of regency should control the government, Edward Seymour, the Duke of Northumberland, Edward's father-in-law was the effective power behind the throne, and it was he who persuaded Edward to pass his crown on to Northumberland's daughter-in-law, Lady Jane Grey. But it only took nine days before Mary took the throne, and she went on to restore the country to Catholicism.
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The Diary Review - Edward VI - the boy king
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DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1549-1552 ___ religious family royalty historyeye people childhood

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SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Literary Remains of King Edward Sixth
England's Boy King: The diary of Edward VI, 1547-1553
 

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