Edward VI

noun

1. 1537–53, king of England 1547–53 (son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour).

Edward VI

noun

1. Edward VI15371553MEnglishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1537–53, king of England (1547–53), son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. His uncle the Duke of Somerset was regent until 1552, when he was executed. Edward then came under the control of Dudley, Duke of Northumberland

Example Sentences

The King Edward VI grammar schools in Birmingham are among the few to have achieved radical changes, by introducing a quota of 25% of places for pupils from the lowest income families.

From BBC

His son Edward VI, crowned at nine and dead by 15, bears a rose of his own in his portrait.

From New York Times

It included coins of all rulers from King Edward VI to King Charles I.

From BBC

Something of a polymath, he was a Fellow of All Souls College in Oxford, physician to Edward VI and to Queen Mary, and sometime general surveyor of mines and money for the Crown.

From Literature

In 1537, Jane Seymour, the third wife of England’s King Henry VIII, died 12 days after giving birth to Prince Edward, later King Edward VI.

From Washington Times