Mary I

On 6 July 1553, at the age of 15, Edward VI died from a lung infection, possibly tuberculosis. [69] He
did not want the crown to go to Mary because he feared she would restore Catholicism and undo his
reforms, as well as those of Henry VIII, and so he planned to exclude her from the line of
succession. His advisers, however, told him that he could not disinherit only one of his sisters, but
that he would have to disinherit Elizabeth as well, even though she embraced the Church of
England. Guided by John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and perhaps others, Edward I on 6
July 1553, at the age of 15, Edward VI died from a lung infection, possibly tuberculosis. He did not
want the crown to go to Mary because he feared she would restore Catholicism and undo his
reforms, as well as those of Henry VIII, and so he planned to exclude her from the line of
succession. His advisers, however, told him that he could not disinherit only one of his sisters, but
that he would have to disinherit Elizabeth as well, even though she embraced the Church of
England.

Guided by John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and perhaps others, Edward excluded both of
his sisters from the line of succession in his will. Excluded both of his sisters from the line of
succession in his will. On 6 July 1553, at the age of 15, Edward VI died from a lung infection,
possibly tuberculosis. He did not want the crown to go to Mary because he feared she would restore
Catholicism and undo his reforms, as well as those of Henry VIII, and so he planned to exclude her
from the line of succession. His advisers, however, told him that he could not disinherit only one of
his sisters, but that he would have to disinherit Elizabeth as well, even though she embraced the
Church of England. Guided by John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and perhaps others,
Edward excluded both of his sisters from the line of succession in his will.