Prince Edward, later King Edward VI Franz Xaver Habermann singer Jacqui Abbott

singer Jacqui Abbott

Original: pencil

In the foreground the Archbishop of Canterbury is crowning the king

'How Mordred plotted against Sir Launcelot'

Lewis Weston Dillwyn was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1804

Prince Edward, later King Edward VI Franz Xaver Habermann singer Jacqui Abbott'Prince Edward, later King Edward VI', c1540, (1902). The son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Edward VI (1537 1553) became king in 1547 when just 9 years old. His rule was characterised by harsh Protestant reform. He died, probably of tuberculosis, in his teens. Illustration from Henry VIII, by A F Pollard, published by Goupil and Co, (London, New York, Paris, Edinburgh, 1902).