He Will Live for 40 years, King Edward VI dies in 1577

so I've been reading and something came up, a soothsayer shortly before King Edward VI's death in 1553 said that he would live for 40 years, what if that had come to pass, and King Edward VI lived to be 40 what would this reign look like?
 
Extremist Protestant, at least for a while. If there's a serious rebellion, which I suspect there will be, it may prompt something of a rethink on the part of the King. Then again, given the fact that Edward's father was never put off by revolt, it seems unlikely his son will either. The best way to moderate Edward is probably to have him marry a French princess, which I think was on the cards around the time of his death anyway. Could be wrong on that, though.

Edward has plenty of time to produce two or three children, though, and if he dies at forty, his heir should be in his early teens at least, which helps with the stability of the Tudor dynasty.
 
A much reformed Church of England closer in style to the Lutheran tradition I would suspect.
Likely he would face some form of Catholic rebellion in the north earlier than the one Elizabeth faced but possibly weaker given his political strength and the absence of an obvious Catholic replacement.

He was showing every sign of having inherited the same kind of temperament as his father and having become King at such a young age would probably have a very high opinion of himself.

As to his marriage with the failure of gaining the hand of Mary Queen of Scots the favoured choice was Elisabeth of Valois daughter of Henri II.

It would have made considerable political sense and depending on the age of Elisabeth at the time of the marriage then it doesn't necessarily follow that she would have remained a Roman Catholic over time.

If however the marriage hadn't taken place by the time of Francois II's death and Mary of Scots being widowed again then I wouldn't rule out another offer for Mary.
 
while Mary Queen of Scots and Princess Elisabeth of Valois were floated as wives for Edward by the time of his death his cousin The Lady Jane Grey was in the lead, and given Edward's views on Catholics I think he'd marry her
 
this is a fairly common misconception - Edward's surviving writings suggest it was untrue - he had a fairly typical view of his kingship and thought his bride should certainly be a royal princess.
In fact he was betrothed to Elisabeth of Valois in an agreement in 1551 which followed the humiliating treaty of boulogne in 1550,
His illness in 1553 was sporadic and not believed fatal until later in the year and Jane Grey was married to Dudley in May before the King's illness was viewed as fatal.
 
If Edward VI had remained alive (and therefore Mary doesn't become queen) who would be the probable second wife of Philip II?
 
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