1537

• October 12 – Prince Edward was born at Greenwich Palace. His mother was Jane Seymour. He was the only son of Henry VIII to survive infancy.
• October 15 – The baptism of Prince Edward was performed at Hampton Court. Both Mary and Elizabeth participated in the ceremony. Edward was declared Duke of Cornwall and Earl of Chester.
• October 24 – Edward’s mother, Jane Seymour, died from child-bed fever a fatal form of septicemia.
• Later this year – Lady Margaret Bryan was moved from Elizabeth’s household to Edward’s as his Lady Mistress.
• November 12 – Edward’s mother was buried in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor.

1540

• January 6 – Edward’s father, Henry VIII married Anne of Cleves, his fourth queen consort.
• July 9 – The marriage between Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves was annulled.
• July 28 – Edward’s father, Henry VIII married Katherine Howard, his fifth queen consort.

1541

• November 23 – Queen Katherine Howard is formally stripped of her title and was to be referred to as Lady Katherine Howard.

1542

• February 13 – Lady Katherine Howard (former queen consort) was executed at the Tower Green.

1543

• July 1 - Treaty of Greenwich was signed, it betrothed Prince Edward to Mary Stuart  daughter of the late James V of Scotland
• July 12 – Edward’s father, Henry VIII married Katherine Parr, his sixth and final queen consort.
• December 11 – Scottish Parliament broke the Treaty of Greenwich which led to an England-Scotland conflict called the Rough Wooing. Led by Edward’s uncle Edward Seymour.

1547

• January 28 – Edward’s father, Henry VIII died at Whitehall and young Edward succeeded him as King of England at nine years old.
• January 31 – Earl of Hertford (Edward Seymour) was named Lord Protector of the Realm and Governor of the King’s person during Edward’s minority.
• February 16 – Edward’s father, Henry VIII was buried beside his mother, Jane Seymour in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor.
• February 20 – Coronation of Edward VI.
• Spring/Summer – Edward’s step-mother, Katherine Parr married Thomas Seymour within six months after the death of Henry VIII.

1548

• February 7 – Young Mary, Queen of Scots flees Scotland to the safety of France to avoid capture by the English. This ends the War of Rough Wooing.
• September 5 – Katherine Parr died from child bed fever after having her only child, Mary with Thomas Seymour.

1549

• March 20 – After plotting against Edward VI his uncle, Thomas Seymour was executed.
• Edward introduced a uniform Protestant service in England based on his Book of Common Prayer.

1550

• October 8 – Edward’s grandmother, Margaret Wentworth died, she was mother to Queen Jane, Edward and Thomas Seymour all listed above.

1552

• Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset was executed after being deposed by John Dudley, 1st Earl of Warwick.

1553

• John Dudley arranged the marriage of his son to Lady Jane Grey and then convinced the ill Edward VI to name Lady Jane Grey as his heir.
• May 25 – Lady Jane Grey was married to Guilford Dudley.
• July 6 – Edward VI died and in his will he changed the succession by naming Lady Jane Grey and her male heirs in his line of succession.

PORTRAITS OF A KING: EDWARD VI