Lady Jane Grey, Queen of England (disputed)

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 and de facto Queen of England and Ireland from 10 July until 19 July 1553.

After Edward's death, Jane was proclaimed queen on 10 July 1553 and awaited coronation in the Tower of London. Support for Mary grew very quickly, and most of Jane's supporters abandoned her. The Privy Council of England suddenly changed sides and proclaimed Mary as queen on 19 July 1553, deposing Jane. Her primary supporter, her father-in-law the Duke of Northumberland, was accused of treason and executed less than a month later. Jane was held prisoner at the Tower and was convicted in November 1553 of high treason, which carried a sentence of death—though Mary initially spared her life. However, Jane soon became viewed as a threat to the Crown when her father, Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, got involved with Wyatt's rebellion against Queen Mary's intention to marry Philip II of Spain. Both Jane and her husband were executed on 12 February 1554.

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Lady Jane Grey, Queen of England (disputed) was born circa October 12, 1537 in Bradgate Park, Charwood Forest, Leicestershire, England. Her parents were Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 3rd Marquess of Dorset and Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk. She was a Queen of England, Queen of England for 9 days, Queen.

Jane married Lord Guilford Dudley on May 21, 1553 in Durham House,London,England.

She died on February 12, 1554 in Tower Green, inside the Tower of London, England from Execution and was buried in 1554 in Chapel of St Peter-ad-Vincula, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom.

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The question of whether or not she was actually queen hinges on her legal standing. Though Edward had named her as his successor, the laws of succession, as ratified by Parliament in 1543,had established the line as going to Mary and then Elizabeth, and the king had no right to change the succession without the consent of Parliament.

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Find-a-Grave Memorial #1971, Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England

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Lady Jane Grey was born in October 1537 at Bradgate Manor, Bradgate, Leicestershire, England.

She was also reported to have been born in 1536.

She was the daughter of Sir Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Lady Frances Brandon. She married Lord Guilford Dudley, son of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Jane Guilford, on 21 May 1553.

She died on 12 February 1554 at age 16 executed.

She was buried at Church of St. Peter-ad-Vincula, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England.

Lady Jane Grey gained the title of Queen Jane I of England on 10 July 1553.

She was deposed as Queen of England on 19 July 1553.5

She has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Citations:

• 1. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 160. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.
• 2. [S3409] Caroline Maubois, "re: Penancoet Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Penancoet Family."
• 3. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 158.
• 4. [S4172] Unknown author, "unknown article title", Notes and Queries : volume 55, no. 2, page 146-148.
• 5. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 159.
• 6. [S18] Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995), reference "Dudley, Lady Jane, 1537-1554". Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Jane_Grey

Known as The Nine Days' Queen, was an English noblewoman who occupied the English throne from 10 until 19 July 1553 and was executed for high treason.

Contradicting the Succession Act, which restored Mary and Elizabeth to the line of succession, Edward named Dudley's daughter-in-law Lady Jane Grey, the granddaughter of Henry VIII's younger sister Mary, as his successor. Lady Jane's mother was Frances Brandon, who was Mary's cousin and goddaughter. Just before Edward VI's death, Mary was summoned to London to visit her dying brother. She was warned, however, that the summons was a pretext on which to capture her and thereby facilitate Lady Jane's accession to the throne. Instead of heading to London from her residence at Hunsdon, Mary fled into East Anglia, where she owned extensive estates and Dudley had ruthlessly put down Kett's Rebellion. Many adherents to the Catholic faith, opponents of Dudley, lived there. On 9 July, from Kenninghall, Norfolk, she wrote to the privy council with orders for her proclamation as Edward's successor.

On 10 July 1553, Lady Jane was proclaimed queen by Dudley and his supporters, and on the same day Mary's letter to the council arrived in London. By 12 July, Mary and her supporters had assembled a military force at Framlingham Castle, Suffolk. Dudley's support collapsed, and Mary's grew. Jane was deposed on 19 July. She and Dudley were imprisoned in the Tower of London. Mary rode triumphantly into London on 3 August 1553 on a wave of popular support. She was accompanied by her half-sister Elizabeth, and a procession of over 800 nobles and gentlemen. wikipedia.

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Lady Jane Grey had an excellent humanist education and a reputation as one of the most learned young women of her day. A committed Protestant, she was posthumously regarded as not only a political victim but akin to a martyr.