Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Edward the First of England was used to getting his own way. He was very controlling. And he had a temper. He didn ...

When Edward became King in January 1547, according to Ms Borman, “he was fired with an evangelising zeal”. ... “O Lord God, save thy chosen people of England!

Beginning in 927, Aethelstan was acknowledged as the first King of England. At this point, he also defined the borders with ...

In July 1553, King Edward VI of England died after a long illness at the age of 15. To the shock of many, the crown passed not to his elder half-sisters, Mary and Elizabeth, but to Lady Jane Grey ...

Edward VI - 1547-53; ... Henry was a descendant close descendant Someone who’s part of a direct family line, eg child, grandchild. of Edward III who was King of England between 1327 and 1377.