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Lady Jane Grey, Queen Of England
1537 - 1554 (16 years)
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Name Jane Grey Prefix Lady Suffix Queen Of England Nickname The Nine Days Queen Birth 15 Oct 1537 Bradgate, Yorkshire, England 
Gender Female Deposed 19 Jul 1553 England, Unitd Kingdom Deposed by Mary Tudor, just 9 days after accepting the throne. _AMTID 192683756938:1030:204653251 _COLOR 14 _FSFTID MFCB-7PZ _UID 5115EDDFBB66466D9C308A93E7C836FFD3F5 Death 12 Feb 1554 London, Middlesex, Englalnd Cause: Short/thin. Eyebrows darker than reddish hair. Freckled face. Eyes brownish. Address:
Executed - Beheaded - Tower GreenBurial 12 Feb 1554 Saint Peter Vincula, Tower of London, Middlesex, England Person ID I105289 World of Hyde Last Modified 25 Apr 2020
Father Henry Grey, b. 17 Jan 1517, Bradgate House, Dorset, England d. 1 Mar 1555, Executed - Beheaded In Tower of London, England (Age 38 years) Mother Lady Frances Brandon, b. 16 Jul 1517, Hatfield, Welwyn Hatfield District, Hertfordshire, England d. 21 Nov 1559, Richmond Upon Thames, London, England, United Kingdom (Age 42 years) Marriage May 1533 Southwark, London, England RoyalHouse Tudor Family ID F34053 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lord Guildford Dudley, b. 1532, Dudley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom d. 12 Feb 1554, Tower Hamlets, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (Age 22 years) Marriage 25 May 1553 Durham House, London RoyalHouse Tudor Family ID F34065 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 5 Sep 2025
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Event Map 
Birth - 15 Oct 1537 - Bradgate, Yorkshire, England 
Deposed - Deposed by Mary Tudor, just 9 days after accepting the throne. - 19 Jul 1553 - England, Unitd Kingdom 
Death - Cause: Short/thin. Eyebrows darker than reddish hair. Freckled face. Eyes brownish.,Address:
Executed - Beheaded - Tower Green - 12 Feb 1554 - London, Middlesex, Englalnd = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Jane was the great-granddaughter of Henry VII through his younger daughter Mary, and was a first cousin once removed of Edward VI. She had an excellent humanist education and a reputation as one of the most learned young women of her day.[6] In May 1553, she married Lord Guildford Dudley, a younger son of Edward's chief minister John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. In June 1553, Edward VI wrote his will, nominating Jane and her male heirs as successors to the Crown, in part because his half-sister Mary was Roman Catholic, while Jane was a committed Protestant and would support the reformed Church of England, whose foundation Edward claimed to have laid. The will removed his half-sisters, Massachusetts ry and Elizabeth, from the line of succession on account of their illegitimacy, subverting their claims under the Third Succession Act.
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 in 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.
- Jane was the great-granddaughter of Henry VII through his younger daughter Mary, and was a first cousin once removed of Edward VI. She had an excellent humanist education and a reputation as one of the most learned young women of her day.[6] In May 1553, she married Lord Guildford Dudley, a younger son of Edward's chief minister John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. In June 1553, Edward VI wrote his will, nominating Jane and her male heirs as successors to the Crown, in part because his half-sister Mary was Roman Catholic, while Jane was a committed Protestant and would support the reformed Church of England, whose foundation Edward claimed to have laid. The will removed his half-sisters, Massachusetts ry and Elizabeth, from the line of succession on account of their illegitimacy, subverting their claims under the Third Succession Act.