King Edward VI biography.?

Question

I am doing a project on King Edward VI and I need as much information as possible. I am making a poster telling about his life and i have to have lots of illustrations. What sort of things can I put on my poster. ( Its all about his life, by the way)

please help me out.

I'm in grade 10 btw, so its not like its a big university assignment. thanks a lot :)

ps. PLEASE give me ideas about what i should put on my poster, what sort of things would describe him. (stuff like that)

thanks again :)

Answer 1

http://www.royal.gov/uk for ideas.

"EDWARD VI (r. 1547-1553)

Edward VI became king at the age of nine upon the death of his father, Henry VIII, and a Regency was created. Although he was intellectually precocious (fluent in Greek and Latin, he kept a full journal of his reign), he was not, however, physically robust.

His short reign was dominated by nobles using the Regency to strengthen their own positions. The King's Council, previously dominated by Henry, succumbed to existing factionalism. On Henry's death, Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford and soon to be Duke of Somerset, the new King's eldest uncle, became Protector.

Seymour was an able soldier; he led a punitive expedition against the Scots, for their failure to fulfil their promise to betroth Mary, Queen of Scots to Edward, which led to Seymour's victory at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh in 1547 - although he failed to follow this up with satisfactory peace terms.

During Edward's reign, the Church of England became more explicitly Protestant - Edward himself was fiercely so. The Book of Common Prayer was introduced in 1549, aspects of Roman Catholic practices (including statues and stained glass) were eradicated and the marriage of clergy allowed. The imposition of the Prayer Book (which replaced Latin services with English) led to rebellions in Cornwall and Devon.

Despite his military ability, Seymour was too liberal to deal effectively with Kett's rebellion against land enclosures in Norfolk. Seymour was left isolated in the Council and the Duke of Northumberland subsequently overthrew him in 1551. Seymour was executed in 1552, an event which was only briefly mentioned by Edward in his diary: 'Today, the Duke of Somerset had his head cut off on Tower Hill.'



Northumberland took greater trouble to charm and influence Edward; his powerful position as Lord President of the Council was based on his personal ascendancy over the King. However, the young king was ailing. Northumberland hurriedly married his son Lord Guilford Dudley to Lady Jane Grey, one of Henry VIII's great-nieces and a claimant to the throne.

Edward accepted Jane as his heir and, on his death from tuberculosis in 1553, Jane assumed the throne."

How about a picture of the Book of Common Prayer,a picture of his father, Henry VIII, a picture of the Duke of Northumberland...pictures of books on Latin and Greek , a featherpen and bottle of ink,and a diary,since he was more intellectual than physically robust...

Answer 2

Well the sad part of Edward' life is that he died young and being underage he was in the power of regents.

Answer 3

Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) became King of England, King of France and Edward I of Ireland on 28 January 1547, and was crowned on 20 February, at nine years of age. Edward, the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, was the third monarch of the Tudor dynasty and England's first Protestant ruler. Edward's entire rule was mediated through a council of regency as he never reached maturity.

Edward was born at Hampton Court Palace to the west of London. He was the son of King Henry VIII by his third wife, Jane Seymour, who died twelve days afterwards from puerperal fever. Henry was deeply upset at Jane's death. He described Jane as his only ‘True Wife’ as she was the only one that provided him with the son he so desperately wanted.

Edward automatically became Duke of Cornwall upon his birth; a few days later he was created Prince of Wales. His early care was guided by his father, who specified nurses for him, foremost among them was the "Lady Mistress," Lady Bryan.

Edward's supposed physical difficulties did not impede his education; on the contrary, the young prince was a very bright child, already able to read and speak Greek and Latin at the age of seven. He later learned to speak French and Greek, and, by the age of thirteen, he was writing essays in the latter language. He was quite fond of his stepmother Catherine Parr, and wrote three letters to her, one each in French, English and Latin. The rest of the letters he wrote were in Latin to his older sisters, Mary and Elizabeth, whom he addressed as his "Sweet Sister Temperance".

Edward VI died at the age of 15 at Greenwich Palace on 6 July 1553, either of tuberculosis, arsenic poisoning, syphilis or rheumatoid arthritis. His last words were said to have been: "Oh my Lord God, defend this realm from papistry and maintain Thy true religion." He was buried in Henry VII Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey by Thomas Cranmer with Protestant rites on 9 August 1553, while Mary had Mass said for his soul in the Tower.

Answer 4

Edward (born 12 October 1537, died 6 Jul 1553), the much-longed for son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour (Henry's third wife) was brought up in princely fashion and as a staunch Protestant.  He never knew his mother as she died only a few days after his birth from puerperal (childbirth) fever.

He was a rather cold personality, and had been cruel to animals.  He did die a horrible death, probably from the Tudor curse of TB.

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Edw... (short, easy site)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_fi... (short but informative)

http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs... (long, but good site, with personal information)