Historical Timeline of Prince Edward Tudor
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Timeline of Historical Events in the Life of |
October 12, 1537 | born at Hampton Court Palace, only legitimate son of Henry VIII to survive infancy |
October 15, 1537 | lavish baptism held at Hampton Court, half sisters Mary and Elizabeth participated in the ceremony, the knights of the garter proclaimed him Duke of Cornwall and Earl of Chester |
October 24, 1537 | mother, Jane Seymour, dies from puerperal (or "child bed") fever a fatal variety of septicemia |
late 1537 | Lady Margaret Bryan is removed from Lady Elizabeth's household and transferred to Prince Edward's, she would be the "lady mistress" of his household until he reached the age of six |
November 12, 1537 | Jane Seymour is buried in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle |
January 6, 1540 | father marries Anne of Cleves |
July 9, 1540 | father's marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled |
July 28, 1540 | father marries Katherine Howard |
February 13, 1541 | Katherine Howard is beheaded at Tower Green (marriage to father annulled earlier) |
November 24, 1542 | Battle of Solway Moss |
July 1, 1543 | Treaty of Greenwich signed betrothed Edward to Mary Stuart daughter of James V of Scotland |
July 12, 1543 | father marries Catherine Parr |
September 9, 1543 | Mary Stuart becomes Queen of Scots, Treaty of Greenwich is overturned in December in favor of an alliance with the French |
1544-1548 | war against Scotland called "the rough wooing", led by uncle Edward Seymour the English army would burn the cities of Edinburgh, Leith and others to the ground in retaliation for the broken Treaty of Greenwich |
February 27, 1545 | Battle of Ancrum Moor |
January 28, 1547 | father dies, ascends to the throne as King Edward VI at the age of nine |
January 31, 1547 | uncle Edward Seymour becomes Lord Protector of England |
February 16, 1547 | father buried in St. George's Chapel at Windsor beside mother Jane Seymour |
February 20, 1547 | coronation of King Edward VI |
February 7, 1548 | Mary Queen of Scots escapes Scotland for France and avoids English capture, War of Rough Wooing ends |