King Edward VI Quiz

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

Elizabeth (Bessie) Blount

Katherine of Aragon

Jane Seymour

Mary Boleyn

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

Nonsuch Palace

Hampton Court Palace

Greenwich Palace

Whitehall Palace

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

Thomas Seymour

John Dudley

William Paget

Edward Seymour

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

1548

1552

1549

1551

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

1

2

3

4

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

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

Q8) Who was Edward VI's maternal grandmother?

Margery Wentworth

Maude Green

Elizabeth Howard

Jocasta Culpeper

Q9) How old was Edward when he became king?

10

11

8

9

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

January

February

March

April