Henry VIII did all that he could to protect his son’s health. He had the castle sanitized and kept Edward VI in close seclusion. This ended when Henry VIII married his last wife, Katharine Parr, who became a beloved mother to Edward and he adopted the Protestantism which she championed (englishhistory.net).

He grew very close to his half-sister Elizabeth, and even shared a house with her for many years. His

The bad thing about this is that we associate all these things with Edward’s reign when in all reality Edward never made any of these decisions. He was a very scholarly and kept a journal during his whole reign, which means he may have been able to have a say in some decisions, but none of them were noted to him. People did note this though, it is said that he potentially could have lived to be one of England’s greatest kings (Britannia.com). Jane Austen wrote in the nineteenth century that “This man was on the whole of a very amiable character,” from which Becket in the twelfth century added, “as docile as a lamb, if indeed his gentleness did not amount to absolute sheepishness.”

This whole movement and especially the Act increased contention between Roman Catholics and those who followed that of the Protestant movement (infoplease.com). From this an unsuccessful rebellion occurred in the west. The first actual conflict that turned into battle was when the Scots who promised to betroth Mary, Queen of Scots, to Edward broke the promise they made for Mary to marry Edward. To think after all that Henry VIII went through and his son and heir (being so sickly) may now not be able to reproduce (since he has no wife) and carry on the Tudor name. This caused Seymour, Edward’s uncle and Protector, to lead a punitive expedition against the Scots. Seymour being a very able soldier led England to their victory at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh in 1547. The battle was never followed up with satisfactory peace terms though (royal.gov.uk).

After the execution of Seymour the Duke’s popularity went diving down. Fear of the accession of the Catholic princess, Mary, rose. The Duke hurriedly married his son Lord Guilford Dudley to Lady Jane Grey, one of Henry VIII’s great nieces and a claimant to the throne (royal.gov.uk). Edward then accepted Jane as his heir (being one of his only true friends), and when he died

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