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an English noblewoman and de facto monarch of England and Ireland from 10 July until 19 July 1553. 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. Lady Jane Grey had an excellent humanist education and 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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05/25/1553-English Lady Jane Grey marries Guildford Dudley
07/10/1553-Lady Jane Grey becomes queen of England (for nine days)
07/19/1553-15-year-old Lady Jane Grey deposed as England's Queen after 9 days
11/13/1553-English Lady Jane Grey, bishop Thomas Cranmer and others arrested and accused of high treason
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William Rufus Chetwood
...published writing appears to have been a Life of Lady Jane Grey, published in Dublin in 1715. By June 1715 he...
Lord Guildford Dudley
the husband of Lady Jane Grey who, declared as his heir by King Edward VI, occupied the English throne from 10 July until 19 July 1553. Guildford...
John Dudley [1]
...until 1553, and unsuccessfully tried to install Lady Jane Grey on the English throne after the King's death. The...
Richard Grafton
...he printed a proclamation of the accession of Lady Jane Grey, in which he signed himself "Printer to the Queen."...
Nicholas Ridley
...Persecutions for his teachings and his support of Lady Jane Grey. He is remembered with a commemoration in the...
Nicholas Ridley
...Persecutions, for his teachings and his support of Lady Jane Grey. Ridley is remembered with a commemoration in...
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