Name:
Edward VI, King of England
Relationship to Peter James Bridge :
Change 13th cousin 18 times removed
Henry I Beauclerc (King of England 1100-1135) -> Robert de Mellent de Caen, 1st Earl of Glouceste -> William FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester -> Alice FitzRobert -> Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Gloucester -> Isabella de Clare -> Sir Robert le Brus -> Robert I Bruce, King of Scotland -> Margorie Bruce, Princess of Scotland -> Robert II Stewart, King of Scotland -> King Robert III Stewart (King of Scotland) -> Lady Mary Stewart -> William Douglas (2nd Earl of Angus) -> George Douglas (4th Earl of Angus) -> Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus -> Marion Douglas -> William Cunningham (4th Earl of Glencairn) -> Alexander Cunningham -> William Cunningham -> Jean Cunnigham -> William Fergusson -> Robert Fergusson -> John Fergusson -> Alexander Fergusson -> Jean Ferguson -> Margaret Riddel -> James Goldie -> Mary Goldie -> John Macmillan -> Robert Macmillan -> Alice Mary Goldie Macmillan -> Margaret Goldie Hall -> Peter James Bridge
Henry I Beauclerc (King of England 1100-1135) -> (Matilda) MAUD -> Henry II PLANTAGENET -> John I [O8] PLANTAGENET -> HENRY III [SB19] Plantagenet -> EDWARD I [Sb20] Plantagenet -> EDWARD II [O11; SB21; Y1] Plantagenet -> Edward III, King of England -> John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster -> Joan de Beaufort -> Cecily de Neville -> Edward IV, King of England -> Elizabeth of York, Princess of England -> Henry VIII Tudor King of England -> Edward VI, King of England
Remarks:
REIGNED: the last king in the male line of the house of Tudor. He succeeded to the throne on the death of his father early in 1547. On his accession, his maternal uncle, Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, was named Lord Protector and duke of Somerset. In 1549 Somerset's attempt to help poor peasants by forbidding enclosure was thwarted by rich landowners, with the result that the peasants revolted. The opportunity was used by John Dudley, later duke of Northumberland, to remove Somerset from power. Edward was thereafter virtually controlled by Dudley, who in 1552 persuaded him to have Somerset executed for treason.
The king became seriously ill of tuberculosis the year after. Shortly before Edward's death, Dudley induced him to sign a will depriving his half sisters, who later ruled as Mary I and Elizabeth I, of their claim to the royal succession. The right of succession then fell to Lady Jane Grey, who had married Dudley's son, but she was deposed by Mary a few days later.
Tudor 1547-1553, betrothed to Mary Queen of Scots