English King Edward VI
Compiled by D. A. Sharpe
Edward VI is my 20th cousin, 13 times removed. The
ancestors in common with us are Eystein Glumra Ivarsson and his wife, Aseda Rognvaldsdatter.
Eystein and Aseda were 9th Century Vikings of Norway, being Elizabeth's 19th
great grandparents and my 32nd great grandparents. Expressed another way,
Edward is the fourth
cousin, four times removed of Edward Carlton, the husband of Ellen Newton,
the stepdaughter of Danette Abney, my sixth great grand uncle.
"Henry VIII had just one legitimate son, Prince Edward.
Born in October 1537, Edward was the fulfillment of his father's tangled
marital history. Henry had ended his marriages to Katharine of Aragon and
Anne Boleyn when they failed at the most important queenly duty, each woman
bearing a healthy princess, but no surviving prince. Jane Seymour, the
king's third wife, was luckier.
"She ensured the king's lasting affection when she gave
birth to Edward, but she died soon afterwards of puerperal sepsis. The
infant prince was the only male Tudor heir of his generation; he had two
sisters, and Henry VIII's sisters Mary and Margaret had several daughters.
If Edward died, the throne would pass to a woman and the Tudor dynasty would
end. Accordingly, King Henry did all he could to protect his son's
health; the infant prince lived in safe seclusion until his father wed
Katharine Parr.
"Henry's last wife became a beloved mother to Edward,
and he adopted the zealous Protestantism she championed. He also grew
close to his half-sister Elizabeth, with whom he shared a household for some
years. His older half-sister, Mary, was an equally zealous Catholic; her
religion and the vast difference in their ages prevented a close relationship.
Edward became king at the age of 10, but he was a mere figurehead. He was
crowned King of England on February 20, 1547 at Westminster Abbey.
Although Edward VI's practical influence on government was
limited, his intense Protestantism made a reforming administration obligatory.
The man Edward trust most was Thomas lCranmer, the
Archbishop of Canterbury, who introduced a series of religious reforms that
revolutionized the English church, rejecting papal supremacy.
Church reform was therefore as much a
political as a religious policy under Edward VI. By the end
of his reign, the church had been financially ruined, with much of the property
of the bishops transferred into lay hands
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VI_of_England
"His Seymour uncles battled with and ultimately lost
the Protectorship to the ambitious John Dudley, duke
of Northumberland. During his brief reign, Edward demonstrated impressive
piety and intelligence. But his potential would never be realized. He
died an agonizing death at age15, possibly from a combination of tuberculosis
and the measles. Northumberland had persuaded him to leave the throne to
his Protestant cousin, Lady Jane Grey. This decision begat one of the
most tragic tales of Tudor England."
Source:http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/edward6.html
Edward died of multiple diseases on July 6, 1553 at
Greenwich Palace in England. His burial was August 8, 1553 at Westminster
Abbey.
Compiled by:
Dwight Albert (D. A.) Sharpe
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