EDWARD VI OF ENGLAND

PRINCE EDWARD OF ENGLAND

EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES
EDWARD VI, KING OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND

BIRTH: 12 Oct 1537, Hampton Court Palace
DEATH: 06 Jul 1553, Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, London
BURIAL: 09 Aug 1553, Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey

LINEAGE

PARENTS:

HENRY VIII

King of England and Ireland

1491-1547

JANE SEYMOUR

Queen of England

c.1508-1537

KATHERINE PARR

Queen of England - stepmother
later Baroness Seymour of Sudeley

1512-1547

SIBLINGS:

(FROM FATHER HENRY VIII's FIRST MARRIAGE TO CATHERINE OF ARAGON d.1536):

MARY I

Queen of England

1516-1558

(FROM FATHER HENRY VIII's SECOND MARRIAGE TO ANNE BOLEYN d.1536):

ELIZABETH I

Queen of England

1533-1603

(POSSIBLE HALF-SISTER FROM FATHER HENRY VIII's AFFAIR WITH ELIZABETH BLOUNT BUT NOT ACKNOWLEDGED):

ELIZABETH TAILBOYS

4th Baroness of Kyme
Countess of Warwick

c.1520-1563

(POSSIBLE HALF-SISTER FROM FATHER HENRY VIII'S AFFAIR WITH MARY BOLEYN BUT NOT ACKNOWLEDGED):

LADY CATHERINE CAREY

Dame Knollys
[Knollys]

c.1524-1569

Nov 127 min read

The Death and Burial of Jane Seymour

On 12 November 1537, a funeral service was held at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle for Jane Seymour, Queen of England.

Oct 243 min read

ON THIS DAY - 24 October 1537

On This Day (24 Oct) in 1537, Jane Seymour died at Hampton Court Palace, 12 days after giving birth to her only child, Prince Edward.

Oct 122 min read

ON THIS DAY - 12 October 1537

On This Day (12 Oct) in 1537, the future King Edward VI was born at Hampton Court Palace, the only child of Jane Seymour.

Oct 12 min read

ON THIS DAY - 01 October 1553

On This Day (01 Oct) 1553, Mary I was crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey; the first coronation of a queen regnant in England.

Jul 278 min read

Lady Jane Grey: Recommended Reading

Jane Grey, eldest daughter of Henry Grey, Marques of Dorset and later Duke of Suffolk and his wife Frances Brandon.

Jul 51 min read

ON THIS DAY - 06 July 1553

On This Day (06 Jul) in 1553, Edward VI died at the ‘Palace of Placentia’, Greenwich, at around 8pm.

Jun 45 min read

The Marriage of Amy Robsart and Robert Dudley - 04 Jun 1550

Amy Robsart was born on 07 Jun 1532 in Norfolk, the only child from the marriage of Sir John Robsart of Syderstone.

Jun 21 min read

ON THIS DAY - 03 June 1550

On This Day (03 Jun) in 1550, John Dudley, son and heir of his father and namesake, the then Earl of Warwick, married Anne Seymour...

Mar 205 min read

The Downfall of Thomas Seymour

Thomas Seymour was born in c.1508, a younger brother to Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford and later Duke of Somerset, and older brother to...

USEFUL LINKS

Edward VI [THE TUDOR SOCIETY]

Edward VI [TUDOR TIMES]

Edward VI [WIKIPEDIA]

Edward VI [WESTMINSTER ABBEY]

Edward VI's Devise for the Succession [INNER TEMPLE LIBRARY]

The 1553 Succession Crisis [TUDOR TIMES]

Copy of the Will of Henry VIII [SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON]