[Autograph] / Edward. [between 1500 and 1553]

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[Autograph] / Edward. [between 1500 and 1553]

Holograph fragment with Edward VI, King of England's signature.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7012017

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Edward VI, King of England, 1537-1553

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Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was crowned on 20 February 1547 at the age of nine. Edward was the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour and the first English monarch to be raised as a Protestant. During his reign, the realm was governed by a regency council because he never reached maturity. The council was first led by his uncle Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1547–1549), and then by John Dudley, 1st ...