A bout of measles apparently activated a smoldering case of tuberculosis and led to the death in 1553 of King Edward VI, son of Henry VIII, at the age of 15, today’s New England Journal of ...

Edward VI, the son of Henry VIII, became king at the age of nine upon the death of his father. Given the King’s young age, a Regency was created with Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford and soon-to ...

The life of Edward VI, son of Henry VIII, was short, and his death in 1553 was untimely and tragic. The cause of his death has never been clearly understood. We believe that his death was due to ...