Grey,Lady Jane

Grey,Lady Jane
Grey, Lady Jane. 1537-1554.
Queen of England for nine days (1553). Proclaimed queen on the death of Edward VI (July 10, 1553), she was imprisoned after her short reign, replaced by the popular Mary Tudor, later Mary I, and subsequently beheaded for treason.

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