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Lady Jane Grey (c. 1537 – 12 February 1554), also known as Lady Jane Dudley after her marriage and as the "Nine Days' Queen", was an English noblewoman who claimed the throne of England and Ireland from 10 to 19 July 1553.
Lady Jane Grey (* 1536/1537 in Bradgate in Leicestershire (Mittelengland); † 12. Februar 1554 im Tower in London ) beanspruchte als Erbin von König Eduard VI. vom 10. bis zum 19. Juli 1553 [3] den Titel einer Königin von England.
4 days ago · Lady Jane Grey (born October 1537, Bradgate, Leicestershire, England—died February 12, 1554, London) was the titular queen of England for nine days in 1553. Beautiful and intelligent, she reluctantly allowed herself at age 15 to be put on the throne by unscrupulous politicians; her subsequent execution by Mary Tudor aroused universal sympathy.
Apr 2, 2014 · Lady Jane Grey is one of the most romanticized monarchs of Tudor England. Her nine-day reign was an unsuccessful attempt to maintain Protestant rule.
A Protestant martyr. After Mary I’s unsuccessful reign, Lady Jane Grey became known as a Protestant martyr, while in the 19th century she was seen as an innocent victim, as imagined in Paul Delaroche’s dramatic painting from 1833. The artist has imagined Jane in a gloomy Tower cell rather than out on the scaffold.
5 days ago · In reality, Lady Jane Grey was a far more complex character. The grand-niece of Henry VIII, she was "a rather abrasive person", suggests Dr Samantha Rogers, who teaches Tudor history at Nashville ...
Lady Jane Grey was the eldest daughter of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk and she was the great-grand-daughter of Henry VII. She was proclaimed Queen after the death of her cousin, the protestant King Edward VI, son of Henry VIII.
Jul 19, 2017 · February 12, 1554: Lady Jane Grey is executed. Grey was executed along with her husband because she was an ongoing alternative claimant to the throne. She was still a teenager.
Read a brief biography about Lady Jane Grey - Queen of England for a matter of days and great-granddaughter of Henry VII. Discover who ordered her execution and why…
Jun 28, 2017 · Northumberland persuaded the sickly Edward VI to name Lady Jane Grey as his heir just before his death on 6 July 1553. As one of Henry VIII's great-nieces, the young girl was a genuine claimant to the throne.
