Timeline July 1553

Events in July 1553 3

• 1537 – 1553 Edward VI (1537-1553) Died 6 July 1553, aged 15 Edward VI, son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, became King of England at the age of nine and reigned under a series of regents through a period of rapid Protestant reform. He died of a lung ailment at Greenwich before reaching adulthood, having attempted to alter the succession in favor of Lady Jane Grey. His death triggered the succession crisis that brought Mary I to the throne.
• 1553 Lady Jane Grey Proclaimed Queen of England Known afterward as the Nine Days Queen Following the death of Edward VI, Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed queen in an attempt by the Duke of Northumberland to keep the crown Protestant and bypass Mary Tudor's claim. Support for her collapsed within days as the Privy Council and public opinion swung to Mary. She was deposed after nine days and imprisoned in the Tower of London.
• 1553 Mary I Becomes Queen of England First queen regnant of England secures the throne from Lady Jane Grey Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, was proclaimed queen on 19 July 1553 after rallying support against the attempt to install Lady Jane Grey. She entered London in triumph and was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 1 October 1553. Her reign began a reversal of the Protestant reforms carried out under Edward VI.