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Sandringham
Sandringham , village, Norfolk, E England, near the Wash River. Sandringham House, with its large estate, was purchased in 1861 by Edward VII, then prince of Wales. It has been used as a royal residence by Queen Alexandra, King George V, King George VI, and Queen Elizabeth II. ... Read more
Tudor
Tudor royal family that ruled England from 1485 to 1603. Its founder was Owen Tudor, of a Welsh family of great antiquity, who was a squire at the court of Henry V and who married that king's widow, Catherine of Valois. Their eldest son, Edmund, was created (1453) earl of Richmond, married Margaret... Read more
Bridewell
Bridewell , area in London, England, between Fleet St. and the Thames River. The Bridewell house of correction, demolished in 1863, was on the site of a palace built under Henry VIII and given by Edward VI to the City of London in 1553 for use as a training school for homeless apprentices. The build... Read more
Mary Tudor
Mary Tudor (1516–58), Queen of England from 1553. The daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, she was excluded from the succession on the birth of Elizabeth, but in 1544 she was given second place after Edward VI. When she became Queen she at first showed leniency to her Protestant su... Read more
Stuart
Stuart or Stewart, royal family that ruled Scotland and England. The Stuart lineage began in a family of hereditary stewards of Scotland, the earliest of whom was Walter (d. 1177), grandson of a Norman adventurer. Several early Stuarts were regents of Scotland, and after Robert, seventh in the ... Read more
Edward VI
Edward VI 1537-53, king of England (1547-53), son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. Edward succeeded his father to the throne at the age of nine. Henry had made arrangements for a council of regents, but the council immediately appointed Edward's uncle, Edward Seymour, earl of Hertford (later duke ... Read more
Richard Woodville Rivers, 1st Earl
Richard Woodville Rivers, 1st Earl d. 1469, English nobleman. He was knighted (1426) by Henry VI and acquired wealth and power by marrying (c.1436) Jacquetta of Luxemburg, widow of John of Lancaster, duke of Bedford. He served in the wars in France and helped suppress the rebellion (1450) of Jack C... Read more
Margaret of Anjou
Margaret of Anjou , 1430?-1482, queen consort of King Henry VI of England, daughter of René of Anjou. Her marriage, which took place in 1445, was negotiated by William de la Pole, 4th earl (later 1st duke) of Suffolk (see under Pole , family). Margaret soon asserted influence at the Englis... Read more
Hundred Years War
Hundred Years War 1337-1453, conflict between England and France. Causes Its basic cause was a dynastic quarrel that originated when the conquest of England by William of Normandy created a state lying on both sides of the English Channel. In the 14th cent. the English kings held the duch... Read more
Catherine of Valois
Catherine of Valois , 1401-37, queen consort of Henry V of England, daughter of Charles VI of France. Married in 1420, she bore Henry the son who was to become Henry VI. Some years after Henry V's death (1422), Catherine married the Welshman Owen Tudor ; from them the Tudor kings of England were de... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Edward VI of England"

Edward VI (England) (1537–1553; Ruled 1547–1553)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World EDWARD VI (ENGLAND) (1537 – 1553; ruled 1547 – 1553) EDWARD VI (ENGLAND) (1537 – 1553; ruled 1547 – 1553), king of...
Edward VI
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Edward VI Edward VI (1537-1553) was king of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553. His short reign witnessed the introduction of the English Prayer Book and the Forty-two Articles, and thus this period was important in the development of...
Philip VI
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...succession. Edward III of England claimed the...herself. Philip VI based his...throne, Philip VI was faced...Scotland, and England King Edward III of England was not only...France; and as Edward's overlord, Philip VI claimed certain...
Edward Seymour Somerset, duke of
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Edward Seymour Somerset, duke of 1506?-1552, protector of England. He served on various military...custody of the young heir, Edward VI (who was Seymour's nephew...Henry VIII between the young Edward VI and Mary Queen of Scots...
Rulers of England and Great Britain
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...1413-22 Henry VI, son of Henry V...71 House of York Edward IV, great grandson...Henry VII, 1509-47 Edward VI, son of Henry VIII...Edward VII, 1910-36 Edward VIII, son of George V, 1936 George VI, 2d son of George...
Tudor Dynasty (England)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...throne peacefully to her chosen successor, James VI of Scotland, who became James I of England in 1603. See also Church of England ; Edward VI (England) ; Elizabeth I (England) ; England ; Henry VII (England) ; Henry VIII (England...
Kings and Queens of England and Britain
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Kings and Queens of England and Britain Years Monarch...restored April 1471 7 Edward was forced to name Lady...42 Kings and Queens of England West Saxon Kings (House...28 899–924 Edward (the Elder) 55 25 924...34 9 14 8 -61 Henry VI 5 49 39 House of York...
Mary I (England) (1516–1558; Ruled 1553–1558)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...x2013; 1547) and heir to England's crown, involving...of her half-brother Edward VI (1547 – 1553...Habsburg territories. Edward's privy council tried...legal problems delayed England's reconciliation with...
Church of England
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...on earth of the Church of England." Thus the Reformation in England under Henry was at first a...of Thomas Cromwell . Under Edward VI changes came rapidly, and...had separated the Church of England from Rome were reversed...
Elizabeth I (England) (1533–1603; Ruled 1558–1603)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ELIZABETH I (ENGLAND) (1533 – 1603...1603) ELIZABETH I (ENGLAND) (1533 – 1603...x2013; 1603), queen of England and Ireland. The daughter...as her half-brother, Edward VI. In her father's will...

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Edward VI
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Edward VI (1537–53), king of England (1547–53). Since Edward was 9 years old when he succeeded Henry...approval. A series of measures during Edward's reign pushed England into the protestant camp. Catholic bishops...
Somerset, Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford and Duke of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Somerset, Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford and Duke of ( c. 1500–52) Protector of England and effective ruler of England on behalf of EDWARD VI (1547–49). On the death of HENRY VIII...
Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales after the Reformation
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales after the Reformation...Reformation of the Church of England under Henry VIII and Edward VI . Catholicism began to be restored...were appointed in 1688 and England was divided into four districts...
Church of England
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...increasing criticism in England; there was, for instance...earth of the Church of England, and a series of laws...administrative bonds between England and Rome. The monasteries were dissolved. Under Edward VI , Abp. T. Cranmer produced...
Edward IV
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...gained the throne of England in March 1461 when he...During his first reign Edward was never fully secure...When Warwick invaded England, Edward fled precipitately to...Lancaster dead, and Henry VI promptly murdered on royal...
Edward, prince of Wales
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Edward, prince of Wales (1453...The heir of Henry VI and in exile in France, Edward's prospects were transformed...later, he returned to England only to find that Henry VI had been deposed once more by Edward IV. The prince's army...
Scrotes, Guillim
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...1545 he was working in England for Henry VIII, who paid...appointment continued under Edward VI. Only a handful of paintings, all done in England, can be confidently attributed...full-length portrait of Edward VI in the Royal Collection...
Mary I
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...58), queen of England (1553–...x2010;brother Edward in October 1537...From 1547 Edward VI's reign brought...means certain. Edward had declared Lady...repealing most of Edward VI's religious...marriage forbade England going to war to...
coins and currency
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...heinous crime. In 1350 Edward III declared counterfeiting...circulating in southern England. They were largely imitations...names and images. In England, gold thrymsas and silver...great increase in trade. Edward I carried out a grand...x2013;7); Edward VI's silver shilling...
Caius (Pronounced and Sometimes Written Keys), John
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...of medical education in England, Caius sought to prevent...this basic science in England. About the beginning...physician, successively, to Edward VI, Mary, and Elizabeth...its fifth outbreak in England. The result was his Boke...

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Edward VI: The Lost King of England.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 9/22/2007; 513 words ; Edward VI: The Lost King of England. Chris Skidmore. Weidenfeld...what there is new to say about Edward VI. To Mr Skidmore, England's 'lost' king had a 'brilliant...Skidmore makes great use of Edward VI's diary and letters to contrast...
England's Boy King: The Diary of Edward VI, 1547-1553.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2006; 462 words ; 190504304X England's boy king; the diary of Edward VI, 1547-1553. Ed. by Jonathan North. Ravenhall Books 2005 191 pages $29.95 Hardcover DA345 Edward started what he called a chronicle in March 1550, when he...
Edward VI. (reassessment of his life)
Magazine article from: History Review; 3/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...give much time to Edward VI. The legendary...492 page book, England Under the Tudors...After all, Edward was a sickly child...Grey. Edward VI may well have...by cataloguing Edward's virtues: the realm of England was, indeed...
The Boy King: Edward VI and the Protestant Reformation. (book review)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 9/22/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...viewed the reign of Edward VI (1547-1553) with a jaundiced...viewpoint and saw the reign of Edward VI as the time when a truly Protestant England was born. The revisionism...s reign. The Boy King: Edward VI and the Protestant Reformation...
Edward VI: a new look at the King & his Reign.
Magazine article from: History Review; 12/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...pious sickly child, Edward VI was very much his father...nine-year-old son, Edward. Able and intelligent...declared: `Then shall England, committed to your guard...sincere holiness.' England under Edward was thus constantly portrayed...
Kingship and Politics in the Reign of Edward VI.(Book Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 3/22/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...in the Reign of Edward VI begins a history of historical...primary characteristic of Edward VI's kingship was his minority...adulthood; in the meantime England needed governing, and...was given to his uncle Edward Seymour as lord protector...
Review - Books: Edward VI's third way Edward took the religious revolution started by his father Henry VIII and transformed it, says Blair Worden
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 1/23/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...urged to think of Edward as King Josiah...The Church of England", he argues, "is the Church of Edward VI more than it likes...differences between Edward's Reformation and...contrast concerned England's relations with...
The Boy King: Edward VI and the Protestant Reformation.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Church and State; 3/22/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...most Protestant monarch England ever produced; and...The Later Reformation in England 1547-1603, and Henry...ever been erected for Edward VI. His tomb in Westminster...and Political Papers of Edward VI in 1966. Afterwards...
Kingship and Politics in the Reign of Edward VI.(Reviews of Books)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Albion; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...of the Reformation in the reign of Edward VI (2002) compliments Alford's inquiry...experiences. For evangelical theorists, Edward VI and those who counseled him bore...pope, and all popish practices in England by exploiting to the full the powers...
The boy who would be king: court revels of King Edward VI, 1547-1553.
Magazine article from: Comparative Drama; 9/22/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...relationships. (3) But Edward's narratives and icons...study" I choose King Edward VI for a variety of obvious...acceded to the throne of England as a nine-year-old...It seems to me that Edward is unique, and that his...