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Lady Jane Grey (1536/7 – 12 February 1554), also known as Lady Jane Dudley after her marriage [ 3 ] and as the " Nine Days' Queen ", [ 6 ] was an English noblewoman who claimed the throne of England and Ireland from 10 to 19 July 1553.
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.
My Lady Jane: Created by Gemma Burgess. With Emily Bader, Edward Bluemel, Anna Chancellor, Rob Brydon. Lady Jane Grey and her husband Guildford live during the reign of Edward, son of Henry VIII.
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. This challenge cost her the...
The Execution of Lady Jane Grey is an oil painting by Paul Delaroche, completed in 1833, which is now in the National Gallery in London. It was enormously popular in the decades after it was painted, but in the 20th century realist historical paintings fell from critical favour and it was kept in storage for many decades, for much of which it ...
Since her execution 470 years ago, Lady Jane Grey has lived on in the public imagination as the quintessential victim. Just 16 when she was pushed on to the English throne by her ambitious...
Lady Jane Grey was Queen of England for just nine days, from 10 July to 19 July 1553. She was proclaimed Queen as part of an unsuccessful bid to prevent the accession of her Catholic cousin, Mary Tudor.
Lady Jane Grey was the eldest child of Lord Henry and Lady Frances Grey, the duke and duchess of Suffolk. She was a viable heir to the English throne because of her maternal grandmother, Princess Mary Tudor.
HISTORY & CULTURE. How a teenage girl became queen of England for nine days. The showMy Lady Janetook creative liberties, but Jane’s real-life rise and fall were full of drama. Fourth in line at...
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…