One of the greatest tragedies of the Tudor period was the death of Henry VIII’s son and heir Edward VI. The young Tudor King had a horrific death inside of his palace, and he wasted away for months before his death then occurred. But Henry VIII quested greatly for a son and he wanted a male heir more than anything, and it was his third wife Jane Seymour who gave him this. But shortly after giving birth to Edward VI in 1537, Jane died inside the walls of Hampton Court Palace but Edward did survive, but the great hope for the Tudor period did not last too long, and he reigned for only a short number of years, and he was dominated by a regency council meaning Edward VI hardly had any impact on his nation. But what caused the death of Edward VI, let’s have a look at his postmortem.