Edward VI
Henry VIII. left three children, Mary, daughter of Catharine of Arragon, Elizabeth, daughter of Anne Boleyn, and Edward, son of Jane Seymour. The last succeeded him, with the title of Edward VI., in his 10th year, Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, uncle of the young king, being appointed protector; and after his fall, the Duke of Northumberland was raised to the same office. Edward's short reign was distracted by contests between those to whom the direction of public affairs was intrusted ; but the Protestant influence prevailed in the government, the cause of the Reformation was promoted, and the reformed liturgy was modelled under the direction of Cranmer ; yet a great part of the people were still attached to the Catholic faith. Edward, a prince of great hopes and virtues, died in his 16th year, deeply lamented.
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