Lady Jane Grey was Proclaimed Queen of England
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◾ Born c.1536/1537 – executed.12 February 1554), Jane is also known as Lady Jane Dudley or The Nine Day Queen. Se was an English noblewoman & de facto monarch of England from 10 July until 19 July 1553.
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▪ The great-granddaughter of Henry VII through his younger daughter Mary, Jane was a first cousin once removed of Edward VI. In May 1553, she was married to Lord Guildford Dudley, a younger son of Edward’s chief minister, John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland.
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▪ When the 15-year-old king lay dying in June 1553, he nominated Jane as successor to the Crown in his will, thus subverting the claims of his half-sisters Mary and Elizabeth under the Third Succession Act.
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▪ Jane was imprisoned in the Tower of London when the Privy Council decided to change sides & proclaim Mary as queen on 19 July 1553.
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Jane was convicted of high treason in November 1553, which carried a sentence of death, although her life was initially spared. Thomas Wyatt’s rebellion of January & February 1554 against Queen Mary I’s plans to marry Philip of Spain led to the execution of both Jane & her husband.
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▪ Lady Jane Grey had an excellent humanist education & 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 also a martyr.
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Portrait by Henry Pierce Bone, 1844
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