Edward VI

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Edward VI
Historical Information
Birth Name	Edward Tudor
Tenure	28 January 1547 – 6 July 1553
Dates	12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553 (aged 15)
Cause of Death	Tuberculosis
Family	Henry VIII (father) Jane Seymour (mother) Mary I (paternal half-sister) Henry, Duke of Cornwall (paternal half-brother) Henry FitzRoy (paternal half-brother) Elizabeth I (paternal half-sister) Arthur Tudor (paternal uncle) Thomas Seymour (maternal uncle) Catherine Parr (step-mother, aunt) Mary Seymour (cousin) Anna of Cleves (step-mother) Katherine Howard (step-mother) Edward I of England (ancestor)
Signature	"Edward"

Edward VI was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death on 6 July 1553. He was the son of King Henry VIII and his third wife, Jane Seymour. He is mentioned several times in Jane's song Heart of Stone, as well as multiple other times throughout Six the Musical.

Trivia

• When Edward found out that his father had died, he was with his sister, Elizabeth, and the two cried together.
• Edward was the first English monarch to be raised as a protestant.
• While writing the show, Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss considered adding Edward into the show as a backing vocalist alongside the other children; however, they instead decided that the cast would be comprised of the queens alone.