Edward VI

  Born in 1537, Prince Edward was given a thorough education befitting a Renaissance ruler.  Edward was a precocious  scholar, and under his Reform minded tutors became devoted to the 'new' religion.

  After Henry VIII's  death in 1547, Edward and his advisors transformed England into a Protestant nation. When the young King lay dying from tuberculosis in 1553, he designated his cousin Lady Jane Grey as Queen instead of his own two sisters Mary and Elizabeth.

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Pictured: Prince Edward (Simon Henderson) with Henry VIII (Keith Michell) from the film Henry VIII and His Six Wives.

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