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Lady Jane Dudley (nee Grey) Queen of
England (disputed)
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Lady Jane Grey (c. 1537 - 12 February
1554), known also as Lady Jane Dudley
(after her marriage) and as "the Nine
Days' Queen", was an English noblewoman
and de facto Queen of England and
Ireland 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. 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 Protestant and would
support the reformed Church of England,
whose foundation Edward claimed to have
laid. The will named his half-sisters
Mary and Elizabeth illegitimate and
removed them from succession. This step
subverted 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 decided
to change sides and proclaimed Mary as
queen on 19 July 1553, deposing Lady
Jane. Her primary supporter, the Duke of
Northumberland, was accused of treason
and executed less than a month later.
Jane was held as a prisoner at the Tower
and was convicted of high treason in
November 1553, which carried a sentence
of death, though Mary initially spared
her life. After her father, Henry Grey,
1st Duke of Suffolk, became part of
Wyatt's rebellion of January and
February 1554 against Queen Mary's
intention to marry Philip of Spain, Jane
was viewed as a threat to the crown;
both Jane and her husband were executed
on 12 February 1554.
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 has
posthumously been regarded as not only a
political victim but akin to a martyr.
How is Jane related to Steven Dudley
Here's how:
1. Barry Ronald Dudley is Steven's
father
2. Philip Henry Dudley is the father of
Barry Ronald Dudley
3. William Henry Dudley is the father of
Philip Henry Dudley
4. James Robert Dudley is the father of
William Henry Dudley
5. James Augustus Granbury Dudley is the
father of James Robert Dudley
6. Peter Dudley, Sr. is the father of
James Augustus Granbury Dudley
7. Robert Dudley is the father of Peter
Dudley, Sr.
8. Willam Dudley is the father of Robert
Dudley
9. James Dudley is the father of Willam
Dudley
10. William Dudley is the father of
James Dudley
11. Edward Dudley is the father of
William Dudley
12. Robert Dudley, Jr. is the father of
Edward Dudley
13. Robert Dudley, Sr. is the father of
Robert Dudley, Jr.
14. John Dudley is the father of Robert
Dudley, Sr.
15. Richard (Sutton) Dudley is the
father of John Dudley
16. Thomas Sutton (Dudley) is the father
of Richard (Sutton) Dudley
17. Sir Edmund Sutton, Kgt is the father
of Thomas Sutton (Dudley)
18. John ('of Dudley') Sutton, of
Atherington, Esq. is a brother of Sir
Edmund Sutton, Kgt
19. Edmund Dudley is a son of John ('of
Dudley') Sutton, of Atherington, Esq.
20. John (Duke of Northumberland) Dudley
is a son of Edmund Dudley
21. Guildford Dudley is a son of John
(Duke of Northumberland) Dudley
22. Lady Jane Dudley is the wife of
Guildford Dudley
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