On This Day In Royal History . 6 July 1553 . King Edward VI died aged 15 . . The cause of death and the burial; . ◼ The cause of Edward VI’s death is not certain. As with many royal deaths in the 16th century, rumours of poisoning abounded, but no evidence has been found to support these. . ▪ Another theory held that Edward had been poisoned by Catholics seeking to bring Mary to the throne. . ◼ The surgeon who opened Edward’s chest after his death found that “the disease whereof his majesty died was the disease of the lungs”. The Venetian ambassador reported that Edward had died of consumption in other words, tuberculosis a diagnosis accepted by many historians. . ◼ It is now believed that Edward contracted the tuberculosis after a bout of measles & smallpox in 1552 that suppressed his natural immunity to the disease. Loach suggests instead that his symptoms were typical of acute bronchopneumonia, leading to a “suppurating pulmonary infection” or lung abscess, septicaemia, & kidney failure. . ◼ He was buried in Henry VII Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey on 8 August 1553, with reformed rites performed by Thomas Cranmer. . ◼ The procession was led by “a grett company of chylderyn in ther surples” & watched by Londoners “wepyng & lamenting”; the funeral chariot, draped in cloth of gold, was topped by an effigy of Edward, with crown, sceptre, & garter. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1553 #d6jul #KingofEngland #EdwardVI #EdwardVIofEngland #KingEdwardVI #kingofengland #Royalty #Monarchy #HouseofTudor #RoyalHistory #Greenwichpalace #Tudor #History #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #otd #historyinpictures #historyfacts #OnThisDay . Portrait - Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018 (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCUH5wJDSHJ/?igshid=1hvpy49q6ve1y

















