On This Day In History . 25 May 1553 . Lady Jane Grey married Lord Guildford Dudley . . ◼ Lady Jane acted as chief mourner at Catherine Parr's funeral; Thomas Seymour showed continued interest to keep her in his household, & she returned there for about two months before he was arrested at the end of 1548. Seymour's brother, the Lord Protector, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, felt threatened by Thomas' popularity with the young King Edward VI. Among other things, Thomas Seymour was charged with proposing Jane as a bride for the king. . ◼ In the course of Thomas Seymour's following attainder & execution, Jane's father was lucky to stay largely out of trouble. After his fourth interrogation by the King's Council, he proposed his daughter Jane as a bride for the Protector's eldest son, Lord Hertford. Nothing came of this, however, & Jane was not engaged until the spring of 1553, her bridegroom being Lord Guildford Dudley, a younger son of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland. The duke was then the most powerful man in the country. . 👑 On 25 May 1553, the couple were married at Durham House in a triple wedding, in which Jane's sister Catherine was matched with the heir of the Earl of Pembroke, Lord Herbert, & another Katherine, Lord Guildford's sister, with Henry Hastings, the Earl of Huntingdon's heir. . ◼ Lady Jane Grey (c. 1537 – 12 February 1554), known also as Lady Jane Dudley (after her marriage) & as "the Nine Days' Queen", was an English noblewoman & de facto Queen of England & Ireland from 10 July until 19 July 1553. . ◼ She was the great-granddaughter of Henry VII through his younger daughter, Mary Tudor, Jane was a first cousin, once removed, of Edward VI, King of England and Ireland from 1547-1554. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear1553 #d25may #History #JaneGrey #Lady #LadyJaneGrey #LadyJaneDudley #TheNineDaysQueen #EnglishMonarchy #Heritage #Protestant #Royalty #HouseofTudor #Royalhistory #Heritage #Historyfacts #England #Tudor #Tudors #Monarchy #Royalwedding #Royalweddings #Ladyjane #Historians #Historic #onthisday #Britishmonarchy (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx4__B_g6sK/?igshid=m5wrsr7ogvfy
