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Edward VI

Type Figure Region England Time 1537–1553 Also known as Edward VI, King of England

Edward VI was Tudor King of England (reigned 1547–1553), son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, acceding at age nine;…

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  1. 1541–1547London · EnglandEstablished as Henry VIII's only son and heir in the 1540s, he received a humanist and Protestant-leaning education at court; after his father's death in January 1547, he was proclaimed king at the age of nine.
  2. 1547–1550London · EnglandFrom 1547 to 1550, Lord Protector Edward Seymour (Duke of Somerset) directed government, promoting iconoclasm, revising the prayer book, and expanding Protestant influence; social unrest including Kett's Rebellion broke out in 1549, and in 1550 Somerset was replaced by John Dudley.

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