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Lady Jane Grey became queen of England . ◾ born c.1536/1537 – executed.12 February 1554), also known as Lady Jane Dudley or The Nine Day Queen, was an English noblewoman and de facto monarch of England from 10 July until 19 July 1553. . ▪ 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. . ▪ 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. . ▪ Jane was imprisoned in the Tower of London when the Privy Council decided to change sides and proclaim Mary as queen on 19 July 1553. . 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. . ▪ 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. . Portrait by Henry Pierce Bone, 1844 . Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2021. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1553 #Queen #QueenofEngland #JaneGrey #LadyJaneGrey #LadyJaneDudley #Royalty #Royals #TheNineDayQueen #Monarchy #Royalty #EnglishMonarchy #Portraitpainting #RoyalCollection #HouseofTudor #TheTudors #Tudor #History #OnThisDay #historyinpictures #TudorHistory #Tudors #otd #BritishMonarchy #D10Jul #Monarch #Historic #thequeen (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRKPxPksCM4/?utm_medium=tumblr

Lady Jane Grey was Proclaimed Queen of England . . ◾ 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. . ▪ 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. . ▪ 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. . ▪ Jane was imprisoned in the Tower of London when the Privy Council decided to change sides & proclaim Mary as queen on 19 July 1553. . 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. . ▪ 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. . Portrait by Henry Pierce Bone, 1844 . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1553 #Queen #QueenofEngland #JaneGrey #LadyJaneGrey #Otd #OnThisDay #RoyalHistory #Bradgatepark #LadyJaneDudley #TheNineDayQueen #Monarchy #Royalty #EnglishMonarchy #portraitpainting #TudorHistory #TudorDynasty #artwork #henrypiercebone #Britishhistory #portraitpaintings #HouseofTudor #TheTudors #Tudor #History #RoyaltyinArt #BritishMonarchy #D10Jul (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCenB2wjNTL/?igshid=1cc7xlf2uhhyv

On This Day In History . 1 October 1553 . MARY I was crowned Queen aged 37 . . ◼ The atmosphere in London, was of open rejoicing as Queen Mary made the traditional progress from the Tower of London to Westminster. As a queen, she was habitually attended by women, & on this occasion she was accompanied by seventy ladies on horseback, all dressed in crimson velvet. . ◼ Five hundred gentlemen, nobles & various ambassadors & dignitaries went before her; & Mary herself was seated in a splendid litter covered in cloth of silver & supported between six white horses. She was dressed in a gown of blue velvet, furred with ermine, & on her head was a caul of gold network, enriched with pearls & precious stones. . ◼ John Stow, the contemporary London historian, remarked that this headpiece was so heavy ‘that she was fain to bear up her head with her hand.’ . ◼ Following just behind Mary, riding in an open carriage decorated with crimson velvet came the Princess Elizabeth – later Elizabeth I – accompanied by Henry VIII’s only surviving widow, Anne of Cleves. Both of them were dressed in robes of cloth of silver with large hanging sleeves. Anne of Cleves, now aged thirty-eight, had lived in comfort since being summarily divorced for being an unsuitable wife for Henry. As for Elizabeth, she had lived in obscurity & poverty. At twenty, she was enjoying the first happy public event of her life. Seeing her in splendour for virtually the first time, Londoners must have marvelled at what a beautiful young woman she had now become. . ◼ The city was highly decorated, & pageant after pageant presented extraordinary entertainments for the coronation guests. . . . #Onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #TheYear1553 #D1Oct #MaryI #MaryIofEngland #QueenMaryI #History #Historyfacts #Coronation #Houseoftudor #QueenofEngland #London #EnglishMonarchy #Royalty #ElizabethI #thequeen #Tudor #Tudors #Britishmonarchy #OnThisDay #RoyalHistory #bloodymary #heritage #EnglishHeritage #artwork (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3FX2YuguGH/?igshid=az9s9gflrvxc

On This Day In Royal History . 6 July 1553 . King Edward VI died aged 15 . . The cause of death and the burial; . ◼ The cause of Edward VI’s death is not certain. As with many royal deaths in the 16th century, rumours of poisoning abounded, but no evidence has been found to support these. . ▪ Another theory held that Edward had been poisoned by Catholics seeking to bring Mary to the throne. . ◼ The surgeon who opened Edward’s chest after his death found that “the disease whereof his majesty died was the disease of the lungs”. The Venetian ambassador reported that Edward had died of consumption in other words, tuberculosis a diagnosis accepted by many historians. . ◼ It is now believed that Edward contracted the tuberculosis after a bout of measles & smallpox in 1552 that suppressed his natural immunity to the disease. Loach suggests instead that his symptoms were typical of acute bronchopneumonia, leading to a “suppurating pulmonary infection” or lung abscess, septicaemia, & kidney failure. . ◼ He was buried in Henry VII Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey on 8 August 1553, with reformed rites performed by Thomas Cranmer. . ◼ The procession was led by “a grett company of chylderyn in ther surples” & watched by Londoners “wepyng & lamenting”; the funeral chariot, draped in cloth of gold, was topped by an effigy of Edward, with crown, sceptre, & garter. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1553 #d6jul #KingofEngland #EdwardVI #EdwardVIofEngland #KingEdwardVI #kingofengland #Royalty #Monarchy #HouseofTudor #RoyalHistory #Greenwichpalace #Tudor #History #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #otd #historyinpictures #historyfacts #OnThisDay . Portrait - Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018 (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCUH5wJDSHJ/?igshid=1hvpy49q6ve1y

On This Day In History . 6 July 1553 . King Edward VI died aged 15 . . The cause of death and the burial; . ◼ The cause of Edward VI's death is not certain. As with many royal deaths in the 16th century, rumours of poisoning abounded, but no evidence has been found to support these. . ▪ Another theory held that Edward had been poisoned by Catholics seeking to bring Mary to the throne. . ◼ The surgeon who opened Edward's chest after his death found that "the disease whereof his majesty died was the disease of the lungs". The Venetian ambassador reported that Edward had died of consumption in other words, tuberculosis a diagnosis accepted by many historians. . ◼ It is now believed that Edward contracted the tuberculosis after a bout of measles & smallpox in 1552 that suppressed his natural immunity to the disease. Loach suggests instead that his symptoms were typical of acute bronchopneumonia, leading to a "suppurating pulmonary infection" or lung abscess, septicaemia, & kidney failure. . ◼ He was buried in Henry VII Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey on 8 August 1553, with reformed rites performed by Thomas Cranmer. . ◼ The procession was led by "a grett company of chylderyn in ther surples" & watched by Londoners "wepyng & lamenting"; the funeral chariot, draped in cloth of gold, was topped by an effigy of Edward, with crown, sceptre, & garter. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1553 #d6jul #KingofEngland #EdwardVI #EdwardVIofEngland #KingEdwardVI #kingofengland #Royalty #Monarchy #HouseofTudor #Greenwichpalace #Tudor #History #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #RoyalHistory #historyfacts #Crown #London #OnThisDay #otd Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018 (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzlHYdYArXi/?igshid=1oqyr9md93kz1

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

On This Day In History . 1 October 1553 . MARY I was crowned Queen aged 37 . . ◼ The atmosphere in London, was of open rejoicing as Queen Mary made the traditional progress from the Tower of London to Westminster. As a queen, she was habitually attended by women, & on this occasion she was accompanied by seventy ladies on horseback, all dressed in crimson velvet. . ◼ Five hundred gentlemen, nobles & various ambassadors & dignitaries went before her; & Mary herself was seated in a splendid litter covered in cloth of silver & supported between six white horses. She was dressed in a gown of blue velvet, furred with ermine, & on her head was a caul of gold network, enriched with pearls & precious stones. . ◼ John Stow, the contemporary London historian, remarked that this headpiece was so heavy ‘that she was fain to bear up her head with her hand.’ ◼ Following just behind Mary, riding in an open carriage decorated with crimson velvet came the Princess Elizabeth – later Elizabeth I – accompanied by Henry VIII’s only surviving widow, Anne of Cleves. Both of them were dressed in robes of cloth of silver with large hanging sleeves. Anne of Cleves, now aged thirty-eight, had lived in comfort since being summarily divorced for being an unsuitable wife for Henry. As for Elizabeth, she had lived in obscurity & poverty. At twenty, she was enjoying the first happy public event of her life. Seeing her in splendour for virtually the first time, Londoners must have marvelled at what a beautiful young woman she had now become. . ◼ The city was highly decorated, & pageant after pageant presented extraordinary entertainments for the coronation guests. . . Read the full story of her coronation on my latest blog at Www.thebritishmonarchy.co.uk . . . #Onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #TheYear1553 #D1Oct #MaryI #MaryIofEngland #QueenMaryI #History #Historyfacts #Coronation #Houseoftudor #QueenofEngland #London #EnglishMonarchy #Royalty #ElizabethI #Thebritishmonarchy #Britishmonarchy (at Westminster Abbey) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoZ-XHClAyA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=waa5uzgqcok0