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King Edward VI Quiz

Claire Ridgway

How much do you know about King Edward VI, the third Tudor monarch? Test yourself with this fun quiz! Good luck!

Edward VI Quiz

Q1) Which of the following was Edward VI's mother?

Elizabeth (Bessie) Blount

Katherine of Aragon

Jane Seymour

Mary Boleyn

Correct!
Wrong! It was Jane Seymour.

Q2) Edward was born in October 1537, at which location?

Nonsuch Palace

Hampton Court Palace

Greenwich Palace

Whitehall Palace

Correct!
Wrong! He was born at Hampton Court Palace.

Q3) On Edward's accession in 1547 this man was named Lord Protector...

Thomas Seymour

John Dudley

William Paget

Edward Seymour

Correct!
Wrong! It was Edward Seymour.

Q4) In which year was Thomas Seymour, Edward VI's uncle, executed for high treason?

1548

1552

1549

1551

Correct! He was executed on 20th March 1549.
Wrong! He was executed on 20th March 1549.

Q5) How many surviving acknowledged half-siblings did Edward have?

1

2

3

4

Correct! Mary (I) and Elizabeth (I). Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, had died in July 1536.
Wrong! The answer is two - Mary (I) and Elizabeth (I). Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, had died in July 1536.

Q6) Which of these is Edward VI's reign most remembered for?

The Book of Common Prayer

The first English translation of the Bible

The number of Catholics he burnt

His founding of the Royal Navy

Correct!
Wrong! It's the Book of Common Prayer of 1549.

Q7) In his "Devise for the Succession", who did Edward VI leave his crown to?

His half-sister Mary

Lady Jane Grey, his cousin once removed

His half-sister Elizabeth

Nobody, it was unfinished

Correct!
Wrong! It was Lady Jane Grey.

Q8) Who was Edward VI's maternal grandmother?

Margery Wentworth

Maude Green

Elizabeth Howard

Jocasta Culpeper

Correct!
Wrong! It was Margery Wentworth.

Q9) How old was Edward when he became king?

10

11

8

9

Correct!
Wrong! He was nine.

Q10) Edward was crowned at Westminster Abbey in 1547, but in which month?

January

February

March

April

Correct! His coronation was on 20th February 1547.
Wrong! He was crowned on 20th February 1547.

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