Edward VI the Boy King

Edward VI of England became king at just the age of nine. His father King Henry VIII died and his only male heir was Edward.
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Early Life
Edward was born to King Henry VIII and his third wife Jane Seymour. He was raised as a Protestant and was the first king of the Tudors to be brought up like so. He was born on October 12 1537 in Hampton Court Palace. His mother fell ill on October 23, right after his birth. She died the following night. When Edward was four years old he fell sick with quartan fever. After that, he was healthy until the last six months of his life. Edward was placed under the care of Margaret Bryan, who was previously taking care of baby princess Elizabeth.

Later Life, Illness, and Death
Edward became King when he was nine after his father, King Henry VIII died. He was called The Boy King because of his young age. Edward was a strong Protestant because of his Protestant upbringing. Edward became sick in January of 1553. His fever and couf grew worse and worse. He whisperd to his tutor - "I am glad to die." when his legs weaked and he could not resist his sickness. Edward died at the age of fifteen on July 6 1553. The cause of his death was never found out. Many say that the cause was tuberculosis.

Throne after Death
Edward left his throne to Lady Jane Grey, becasue she was a Protestent like himself. Although his father's request was that Edward's half-sister Mary became Queen after his death. Edward didn't want Mary to be Queen because of her belif of the Catholic faith. Jane became Queen Jane after Edward died. Jane was young herself and became the famous Queen for nine days. Mary soon heard of Edward's death and claimed herself Queen. Mary had more suppoters then Jane, so she soon held Jane and her husband in prison, becoming Queen.

Edward's story is a famous one in the Tudor textbooks. I recomend, if you want anymore information, check Wikipedia or another informational site about the Tudors.

Henry VIII and Cathrine of Aragon

Cathrine of Aragon was Henry VIII's first wife. Before Henry she was married to Arthur, Henry's older brother that died before he could become King. After Arthur, Cathrine married Henry and said that she never comsumted her marrige to Arthur. Henry was married to Cathrine for a very long time. He later had a mistress named Anne Boleyn and divorced Cathrine to marry Anne. Cathrine only had one surviving child named Mary, later to be known as Mary I, or Bloody Mary. I'll explain that in my next blog post.

The Other Boleyn Girl: Book to Movie

Okay so I just read "The Other Boleyn Girl" by Philippa Greggory. Then I saw the movie. To me the book was so much better then the movie. The book had all the facts right, the movie didn't. The movie was nothing like the book, unfourtuanly. I thought that the book would make a great movie, the director even said that he just used Greggory's book as a "rough draft". Too bad.

The book is about Mary Boleyn, in her perspective of the fall of Henry VIII's first wife, Cathrine of Aragon, the rise of her sister Anne, and the fall of her sister Anne. You probably know this Anne as Anne Bolyen, the girl who pushed Cathrine off the throne and then got beheaded after. This story shows so much detail about Anne and Mary. Mary Boleyn was the King's mistress before Anne. Mary is most known for being the mistress of two Kings, one in France, one in England. The book didn't say that though. It portrayed Mary as little and innocent. The book also had George, the less famous Boleyn sibling. George is Mary and Anne's brother. In the end of the book he gets beheaded too, along with his friends, like Francis Weston, and Anne Boleyn. The book shows how a King like Henry VIII can go from a perfect King to an evil dictator. Henry wanted a son so bad, that he divorced his first wife, then killed the second. Mary, the 'other boleyn girl' has a son and daughter, as the King's mistress. Then she later marries to William Stafford, who is way under her class. She marries for love. She is the only Boleyn that does not die in the end.

The movie is so different. In the movie Mary's mother loves her children, in the book she doesn't care about them at all. William Stafford is barley mentioned in the movie, but is a huge part in the book. George and Anne try to comite incest in the movie, which is not mentioned, but highly hinted on in the book. George is not gay in the movie, but comes out in the book. Mary only has a son in the movie, but she has a daughter too. See there are many things I wish the director put in.

If you read the book, see the movie. If you saw the movie, read the book. If you have done both of those, comment. Tell me what you thought of the movie and book.