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** King Edward is DEAD! (1537-1553) **  About nine a clock yesterday night, King Edward said his last words, "I am faint; Lord have mercy upon me, and take my spirit". The last weeks England has waited and prepared for the worst news that unfortunately came today, but the whole English and Irish royal family mourn over the tragic death and will still not believe it’s true. There was a really sad atmosphere when employed people from his home in Greenwich Palace confirmed that Edward was dead. There were lots of questions to answer to the national newspapers this morning. Edward will be deeply missed by relatives, friends and the rest of the country. If he had lived into manhood, he potentially could have become one of England's greatest kings, Lady Jane Grey, one of Edwards only true friends said. // King Edward waves good bye to the world//
 * // July 6, 1553 //**
 * Our great King Edward the fourth had no chance against the tuberculosis anymore. Not surprising, yesterday night Edward was the next royal victim in line for this horrifying disease. Read about our exemplary king’s last days and his life here, today. **

After hoping Henry getting a son in more than a quarter century, we finally got our new king successor on October 12, 1537. We all remember the great happiness by the birth. Edward early seemed to be a really smart boy when he was taught Geography, Government, History, French, German, Greek, and Latin. We remember Edward as a Protestant even if Henry severed our connection to the Roman Catholic Church. There was no question about who our next king would be after Henrys death in 1547. Edward, who was only nine years old, became our new king.

Early January this year, only five years after Edward was crowned, we in England and Ireland got the sad message that Edward had become ill. The illness began with a fever and coughs that slowly worsened. We could see that Edward still felt well enough in early April to move from Westminster to his last home in Greenwich, but that he by the end of the month became really ill. Earlier this year doctors discussed what disease Edward was suffering from, but they sadly found out that it was tuberculoses. Later in May, the doctors admitted that Edwards’s life was in danger. His legs became so swollen that he had to lie on his back, he lost the strength to resist the disease and his mouth was sometimes coloured green, yellow, black and even pink like the colour of blood. Edward had is last speech in public on 1 July, when he showed himself at his window in Greenwich Palace. We do remember how scared we were when we saw his thin and wasted condition. You, I and the rest of the large number of people who arrived hoping to see the king again after the first of July, were told that the weather was too chilly for him to come out. A small comfort for all of us is that Edward was glad to die.