<Tr> <Td> Catherine Howard Hampton Court Palace 28 July 1540 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Catherine Parr Hampton Court Palace 12 July 1543 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edward VI 28 January 1547--6 July 1553 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 12 October 1537 Hampton Court Palace Son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour </Td> <Td> Unmarried </Td> <Td> 6 July 1553 Greenwich Palace Aged 15 </Td> <Td> Son of Henry VIII (primogeniture) </Td> </Tr> <P> Edward VI named Lady Jane Grey as his heir presumptive, overruling the order of succession laid down by Parliament in the Third Succession Act . Four days after his death on 6 July 1553, Jane was proclaimed queen--the first of three Tudor women to be proclaimed queen regnant . Nine days after the proclamation, on 19 July, the Privy Council switched allegiance and proclaimed Edward VI's Catholic half - sister Mary . Jane was executed in 1554, aged 16 . Many historians do not consider her to have been a legitimate monarch . </P>

Who ruled england in the late 16th century