The Nine Year Old King Who Replaced Henry VIII | Edward VI: Boy King | Chronicle

Often remembered as the "Forgotten Tudor King", Edward was just nine his father, King Henry VIII died and the young boy became King. Surrounded by advisors, he became further distanced from his beloved elder sister Mary. But by now they were divided not just by power and status, but also by faith. Mary was a staunch Catholic, Edward a reforming Protestant and the first Protestant King. In the Tudor world, such matters were not an issue of personal choice but matters of life or death, treason or heresy.
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[@A_Eichler]

Documentary starts, David Starkey's voice recognised... Yep, this is definitely worth watching!

[@SecretSquirrelFun]

Agreed 100%

[@ravinp371]

I totally trust your judgment!!

[@donnakerr4997]

Definitely worth watching 👍👍

[@bekymooneyham5056]

Everything he does is really interesting isn't it?

[@ms_scribbles]

Exactly. His passion for this subject is just unmatched.

[@ginaminotto6762]

This poor boy. Used and manipulated by everyone. And his father not around to protect him. Sad.

[@voraciousreader3341]

Read Starkey’s books, or the books of other reputable historians of the period….there are several. Even Richard Starkey can’t do justice to anyone in 48 minutes’ time! Everybody watching this should realize that, but there apparently many who don’t. His books are free to check out from your local public library, and they will borrow them from other libraries if they don’t have what you’re looking for. They even loan audiobooks! These documentaries are cotton candy for the human brain, which needs loads of protein in order to lead the brain with great connections which will fend off Alzheimer’s! Seriously, though…documentaries are fine, as long as the people watching understand they aren’t learning very much.

[@kennethmotolenich9820]

His father not being around was probably a godsend! His father was a hateful tyrant

[@JuanJose-in9gu]

Love the grounded reality of your channel ❤️❣️😁😁

[@Fireonthemountaintop]

Love the "baseball" and rope rings.

[@jumaris28]

Wow unlikely if Henry lived longer to see that was the bastard destitute Elizabeth 1 the one who brought the Gloriana Golden age to Uk .., not Edward his long time waited heir !! The Irony of life !! Thanks Mr Starkey for the video , always enjoyable 😊😊

[@katharper655]

DOCTOR STARKEY. REGARDLESS.. .

[@user-uq7io2os3r]

Another great Tudor story

[@jimjim-hx6fd]

Has it ever been considered that Edward was possibly on the spectrum? Having two siblings with ASD, I can say they exhibit many of the same mannerisms highlighted here which can be perceived as cold or aloof. Not taking away from the brutal and unusual circumstances of Edward, just a connection I couldn't help but make given the stark and emotionally bereft styles of writing presented here.

[@saskiamasaun-bw2et]

Probably, but wouldn’t have even been known about

[@abbigailburkes4408]

He may have been but they had no way of knowing then or now.

[@saskiamasaun-bw2et]

@@abbigailburkes4408 I guess now they could look into his personality

[@stephenwright8824]

I can see it. I'm an ASD myself (in the range they used to call Asperger's Syndrome). Frankly I rather enjoy being misperceived as cold and aloof; one gets a better sense of what others are really about that way.

[@Donttrustthatburger5144]

That moment when you watch this on October 12 and recognize the significance

[@GeorgieB1965]

Judging by some of the comments, there seems to a plethora of people who are mad about people making comments about the documentary w/o going through the bother of ACTUALLY reading any book about the topic in question. In my experience, a lot of people aren't able to carve out the time to read a weighty tome like a biography of this caliber. So the more knowledgeable commenters should stop getting their pantaloons in a bunch and instead appreciate the fact that people are actually choosing to learn about a historical person. It's hard to get a person's attention on a topic such as this for any longer than five minutes, so stop with the nitpicking already.

[@georger64]

Woe to you, o land, that has a youth for a king!

[@elexamariachristine4141]

Aweh ...Poor kiddo, I'm sure he kicked ass while he ruled though... a lot to take in for a child

[@becauseyesandisaidso3474]

He was said to be outgoing on his opinions

[@stephenwright8824]

@@becauseyesandisaidso3474 I should think so. Otherwise Mark Twain (?) wasted his time with THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER.

[@drsuuzihazen]

I always think more of these royal babies would have survived if they’d been nursed by their real mothers. When being nursed by Wet nurses they get no colostrum.

[@karahershey]

Not very likely illness like smallpoxs killed many young children not Just Royal children poor children died Just as often As Royal children did

[@annwilliams6438]

That is NOT how breast milk works! Of course there was colostrum. What they didn’t get was the closeness of mother and child. Sons especially were taken away and put in their own households from very early, even a few weeks old. So there landed up being a lot distancing between princes/kings and their mothers.

[@JeantheSecond]

@@annwilliams6438 A woman’s body produces colostrum exclusively for 2-5 days after birth, and a mix of milk and colostrum after that. If the wet nurse gave birth to her own baby more than 5 days ago, she will be producing milk and colostrum mixed, so the baby won’t receive only colostrum in its first days. I don’t know what effect that can have, but considering the mother’s body is built to give their baby nothing but colostrum for the first few days, I imagine there’s a good reason we evolved that way.

[@chrisschepper9312]

I doubt it.

[@drsuuzihazen]

@chrisschepper9312 why? Are you familiar with the science of breastfeeding and how the baby and mother have a symbiotic relationship that influences the immune factors and nutritional components of the milk? Or do you just think formula, cows milk or another woman's milk as as good as a child's mothers?

[@TheRealNova99]

I wonder whatever happened to old Barnaby Fitzpatrick?

[@niccoarcadia4179]

He's best known for " The feud between the Fitzpatricks and the Graces" A long lasting fued that saw murder, kidnapping, reputation/charater assassinations, and lasted to the next century (1602) He was quite a character and while some of his contemporaries demonized him some applauded him as a fine upstanding and loyal man. He did earn his knighthood and titles. Died in 1581

[@themaskedman221]

Not sure, but his descendants became lords and earls of Upper Ossory, and intermarried with the ruling aristocracy of England.

[@tanyagarcia3721]

edward, for being so young, may not have really and truly understood what was going on as far as his coronation that day and that was why he recorded so little in his journal of what was happening. it may have been because he wasn't told that much or didn't understand what all he was told when he was told anything about what was going on at the time

[@voraciousreader3341]

You vastly underrate and underestimate Edward, obviously because you’ve passively watched documentaries without reading any books about him or the period when he lived. Everybody should realize that a monarch’s life, however short, can’t possibly be encapsulated in a 48 minute documentary, and the excellence of the historian responsible for its contents doesn’t matter, because there’s no way in hell anybody can do even a minimally good job in that amount of time!! *Read David Starkey’s books,* ffs, they’re excellent and actually lay the whole thing out for you, as do other excellent historians of the period! And there’s no real excuse for not reading, because there’s something called the “Public Library,” where you can check books and even books on tape out….for FREE!

[@tanyagarcia3721]

@@voraciousreader3341 as far as your rant I don't think I will actually read anything you suggest because it sounds like your trying to since something down someone's throat you don't even know causing me to really not want to do anything you say. Obviously you don't know what you're talking about with the way the text reads to me

[@Luna.3.3.3]

It's all your fault, Dr. Starkey, for making me an utter UK history NERD nearly 20 years ago. (Thanks to TVO - public broadcasting, Ontario, Canada). I'm not exaggerating when I'd say I've seen this episode (and entire series) at least a dozen times I do *_Not agree_* with any of your politics - but you're absolutely the OG bard in my opinion.

[@voraciousreader3341]

You’ve done all _THAT,_ and never read one of his *BOOKS????* Wait….I’ve nearly fainted! _You don’t learn history by watching Starkey’s documentaries!! FFS, he has *LESS THAN 48 MINUTES AND 4 SECONDS* to encapsulate Edward VI’s *WHOLE LIFE!!!* You aren’t a history nerd, *BECAUSE NERDS READ BOOKS by different authors to get different perspectives of the same period!!!!* People who want history as cotton candy sit in chairs and watch pretty pictures….people who want history as red meat read glorious books! So, please, don’t make that mistake in future, and you also shouldn’t probably tell how many times you’ve watched the same videos over and over….how much have you really learned??

[@deed2157]

I could have sworn I heard this documentary already. Maybe it was from your sister channel?

[@TheBatugan77]

Or his sister's channel.

[@JangianTV]

It's on the Real Royal channel too.

[@TheBatugan77]

Eddie's head looked like a 2 pound loaf of bread balanced on a pencil.

[@kittye8340]

Leave the poor boy alone! He already had the misfortune of being born to a 400lb blob of utter disappointment. He can't help looking like an egghead.

[@Blak2blue]

Oh how I rooted for Edward! What an England he would have made

[@JangianTV]

Goodness, were you alive during his reign?!

[@moniquelucas5862]

@@JangianTV Apparantly according to historian Tracy Borman he had the makings of a monster if he had lived.

[@random_thoughts5343]

How in the world could you know what king of king he would have become??

[@pshaw8406]

Child throws a tantrum over being treated like a child. Classic.

[@aimeefriedman822]

When Edward was Prince, what was his title? EDWARD PRINCE OF (?). Was he Prince of Wales?

[@L0velySam]

Princess Edward of Hampton court he didn’t had the princess of wales title idk why

[@blancamarquez8697]

He was Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Chester, and Prince of Wales. There was also a painting of him wearing the Prince of Wales's feathers and crown on the pendant jewel.

[@aimeefriedman822]

@@blancamarquez8697 Thank you!

[@Kim-gv5bw]

Yeah,so much better to hear someone probably more educated and knowledgeable(and English!) then some American discussing my predecessors! Except that Edward was NEVER physically disciplined,he had a 'whipping boy'-Barnaby for that.

[@sophiee.h]

2 September 2016

[@vandapurvis9464]

And isay d friday😊

[@vickybennett2163]

The first time watching Young king Henry life smart boy good man so sad they they lost him at such a early age his father King Henry 111 would have been proud🫂❤️‍🩹👣⚔️🪄🤺🏇

[@jenrutherford6690]

Yes henry would be proud. Edward was a murderous religious fanatic . He did what he could to prevent Mary and Elizabeth from the crown . That was before he turned 18 !

[@bernardcassidy6497]

Sweet irony and poetic justice, the tyrant Henry VIII , beheaded 2 wives , imprisoned his true wife until death, put aside queen Anne of Cleves , lost the mother of the son within days and was drawing up plans to dispose of his sixth wife until death took him , the desperately wanted son didn't last long and he wasn't mourned much because he was cold, detached and developing into a cruel , pedantic tyrant , like his old man, England got lucky, they got lucky when the puritanical , warty Cromwell kicked the bucket, another experiment that failed .

[@philippadruaux2872]

I think it's so good for our country that he died young because he was still the son of a completely cruel king. and then he demonstrated in his childhood that he was going to be like his father, he killed a bird with his own hands. if he had reigned long ago he would have made the people of our ancestors suffer, I even think that he would have been as cruel as the emperors Nero, Caligula and also worse than King Richard III and as fanatical as King Charles IX who made Saint barthélémi. In my opinion it is an excellent thing that he died, it is true that he was orphaned young but this does not excuse his behavior which could turn into fanaticism and cruelty the proof he even exiled his half sister Lady Mary who because she was Catholic yet she took care of him he has no recognition, he even approved the execution of his 2 maternal uncles he could have if he had a little humanity to veto but no Once again he shows that he is cruel. I pity the people who have had to endure the tyranny of this king, poor kingdom

[@L0velySam]

It was said he had 1 mistresses and a boy lover.

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Why would the thumbnail on frontispiece portray the kind with an alien shaped head.

[@ARedMagicMarker]

Aaaaaaaand then he kicked the bucket at 15. Ooof.

[@traigounregalo]

Why did men were the rulers? It is much more powerful and glorious to give life!

[@chuckhillier4153]

Why does your head bob so much when you talk, I'm wondwering.

[@kennym4594]

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[@MiyshoiCollins]

Um glad um not part of no royal family.

[@papi5377]

Już było masońskie gówno

[@savagedarksider5934]

He would have been A great king when he died; the Tudors truly died .

[@waynereid9471]

Elizabeth?

[@jamiemohan2049]

@@waynereid9471 even if Elizabrth produced children the Tudor dynasty would be 'extinct' in terms of name. Any child birthed by Elizabeth or Mary would be the first rulers of a 'new' family. Taking on their fathers dynatic name. So yes, the Tudor name would truly die with him, he was the last hope to carry the name onwards

[@annwilliams6438]

He would have been a tyrant that would have made his father and sister ‘Bloody Mary’ seem like school room bullies!

[@ARedMagicMarker]

@@jamiemohan2049 I never got the whole thing of just guys carrying on the name. It's just a name. Be more concerned about the genes if you're that hung up about it.

[@marjolewis9405]

Hmmmm the golden age, perhaps you've forgotten Elizabeth?

[@bostonblackie9503]

The Tudors the only Royal Family England ever had! If I see one more drama or documentary on Henry the VIII I will scream. Nothing came before then of after. How limited is British history. No knowledge of previous King of England no history of the Kings of Scotland. Nothing on the history and culture of Northern Ireland or Wales. How sad British television is in showing the culture and history of all four countries that make up the United Kingdom. Pathetic! Part of the reason Scotland and Northern Ireland are leaving the United Kingdom that will no longer exist.

[@AmySarahSmith]

I would greatly like to have a history done of Ireland and Scotland as well.

[@yolandacroes5491]

I agree. Sick and tired of yt algorithms pushing the Tudors down my throat. Out of spite I avoid them like the plague and normally delete them. But I decided to watch this one and now the algorithm will once more force the Tudors on me like they’re the only and most fascinating royal family in all of history. Arghh

[@ria1636]

Try researching!

[@chrisschepper9312]

Hyperbole much? 🤷‍♂️

[@voraciousreader3341]

God, people who think they’re getting history in a video lasting 48 minutes make me crazy. This King left voluminous State papers behind, because he had a genius IQ and a very strong personality….I would also add heartless, because I’ve done much more than watch short documentaries about a young man who left the earth early, but since everybody’s feeling sorry for him in this comments section it would appall them! *READ DAVID STARKEY’S BOOKS, IN ADDITION TO WATCHING HIS VIDEOS!!!* And read books by OTHER historians about the same time period! Only then will you learn about Edward VI!

[@i.c.2333]

He was poison by his sister Mary.

[@kittye8340]

I don't think you are aware of the fact the Mary was extremely close to Edward. She and Edward had a close brother and sisterly bond, almost motherly. Mary loved children and deeply desired a child of her own. Edward also loved his sister Mary and went to great lengths to make exceptions for, pardons and show mercy ONLY to Mary. If you only did a little research you would know this. 😂 People also classify Mary as a psychopath when she did nothing that her brother, sister and father didn't do. All the tudors executed and burned "heretics". In fact, Elizabeth and Henry killed far more since their reigns were much longer. Mary showed mercy at the beginning of her reign. She even wanted to spare Jane Grey but was pressured heavily by both her supporters and by opposing factions who wanted Mary dead. Jane refused to become Catholic and relinquish her right to the throne. I'm not saying any of them are right. But Elizabeth execute Mary, Queen of Scots on what was likely false charges. Mary, all her life, was abused and tortured by Anne and her father. Seperated from her mother, humiliated and neglected by her husband. Let's not perpetuate stereotypes. None of the tudors were better or worse than one another. Elizabeth had the luck of longevity. That is all.

[@1501Anne]

This guy along with with a few other historians presenters are so irritating 😠 The documentary seems to feature more about themselves rather than the subject

[@TheLadyDiazepam]

he's just a bit hammy

[@Consrignrant]

He's full of himself, thinks the UK is the greatest thing that ever happened to humanity. And he's an appalling bigot.

[@publius7682]

Bruh David Starky!?

[@organicgardener1112]

They had communist back then?

[@tommyjohnson6410]

I love the story but i hate the lies of how they looked they need to tell the truth the was black

[@ria1636]

Yeah, sure and Elvis is still alive! 🙄

[@tommyjohnson6410]

@@ria1636 All the nobility, kings and queens of Europe was black up until the 1800s.

[@chrisschepper9312]

@@tommyjohnson6410😂😂😂

[@tommyjohnson6410]

@chrisschepper9312 It is true. I know it's hard to believe because of the lies we were taught. The information has been hidden, but you can still find some. Look up Agnes Dunbar she is the niece of the black King Robert the Bruce. Read her bio and notice her nickname, and then look at the pictures.