Edward VI King Of ENGLAND

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• Fact: 28 Jan 1547, Acceded
• Fact 1: 20 Feb 1547, Crowned

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Edward VI ascended the throne a the age of nine in 1547, but because he was a minor the government was managed by two Protectors throughout his six-year reign- firstly the Duke of Somerset and later the Duke of Northumberland. In late 1552, Edward caught tuberculosis, and he died the following year.

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In the Early years of his reign, Henry was content to leave governing in the hands of his Chancellor, Cardinal Wolsey. However, Wolsey fell from power when he failed to secure a divorce for Henry from Catherine of Aragon. The King became increasingly autocratic and by his death he was much hated.

As a young man, Henry was tall and handsome. However, when older he became grossly overweight and was riddled with disease.

Although well-educated, Henry at first had no enthusiasm for statecraft or personal rule, preferring hunting, the tourney, games, mistresses, and music to governing the country. During the first two decades of his reign, Henry entrusted the business of government to his great minister, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. born in 1475, Wolsey was the son of an Ipswich butcher. He entered the church and became Archbishop of York in 1514. A year later he received his cardinal's hat and became the Chancellor of England. Cardinal Wolsey looked after England's affairs at home and abroad with great skill, presiding over a period of growing prosperity. However, Wolsey fell from grace in 1529 when he failed to secure Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. he died that year before he could be brought to trial for treason.

After Henry VIII's break with Rome, Thomas Cromwell set up a commission to examine the state of every monastery and convent in England, with a view to possible closure and appropriation of its wealth by the Crown. Many were found to be racked with corruption. Henry, who urgently needed money to finance his extravagant lifestyle, ordered their dissolution. In 1537, the smaller monasteries were closed and their property confiscated. the remainder were similarly dealt with in 1539.

Henry married Jane SEYMOUR in 1536. Jane (daughter of John SEYMOUR, Knt. and Margery WENTWORTH) was born in 1509; died in 1537. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jane caught Henry's eye while she was a lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn. She married the King in 1536, and bore him a son (the future Edward VI), but died of childbirth complications.