Edward VI

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Edward VI (1537–53) King of England (1547–53), only legitimate son of Henry VIII. Edward reigned under two regents, the Dukes of Somerset (1547–49) and Northumberland (1549–53). During his reign, the introduction of Protestant liturgy consolidated the Reformation. Clever, highly educated, but frail, Edward died at 16 after willing the crown to Northumberland's daughter-in-law, Lady Jane Grey, in an attempt to exclude his Catholic sister, Mary I.

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