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Lady Jane Grey

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Profession
Queen
Died
Feb 12, 1554
Zodiac
LeicesterEngland
Born in
Feb 121554
About
English noblewoman who held the throne of England and Ireland from July 10 to July 19, 1553, earning the nickname "Nine Days' Queen." Her reign was part of an unsuccessful bid to prevent the accession of the Catholic Mary I of England, known at the time as Mary Tudor. She and her husband were executed the following year by Mary I for high treason.
Family
She was the eldest daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and his wife, Frances. She was also the great-granddaughter of Henry VII and was a first cousin once removed of Edward VI. She married Guildford Dudley in May 1553.

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