Edward VI. (1537‒1553)

Edward VI., king of England (1547-1553), son of Henry VIII. and Jane Seymour; his reign, which was a brief one, was marked by a victory over the Scots at Pinkie (1547), Catholic and agrarian risings, and certain ecclesiastical reforms (1537‒1553).

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)