Edward VI
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Edward VI 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. The only surviving son of Henry VIII by his third wife, J
Portrait c. 1550
Prince Edward in 1538, by Hans Holbein the Younger. He holds a golden rattle that resembles a sceptre; and the Latin inscription urges him to equal or surpass his father.
Edward as Prince of Wales, 1546. He wears the Prince of Wales's feathers and crown on the pendant jewel. Attributed to William Scrots. Royal Collection, Windsor Castle
The badge of Prince Edward, from John Leland's Genethliacon illustrissimi Eaduerdi principis Cambriae (1543)
Coronation of Edward VI
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The coronation of Edward VI as King of England and Ireland took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on 20 February 1547. Edward ascended the throne following the death of his father, King Henry VIII.
Medallion commemorating the coronation of Edward VI, with text in Latin, Hebrew and Greek
Edward VI, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Edward's coronation procession, from a wall painting at Cowdray House.
16th-century woodcut of actors performing as the adult twin warriors Valentine and Orson