Lady Jane Grey
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Lady Jane Grey, also known as Lady Jane Dudley after her marriage, and nicknamed the "Nine Days Queen", was an English noblewoman who was proclaimed Queen of England and Ireland on 10 July 1553 and re
17th-century portrait of a lady in the collection of Audley End House, labelled as Jane Grey, copy of the original at Syon House. Based on a portrait type identified as Lady Katherine Grey or Elizabeth I, it is believed that the Syon Portrait was created by William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, with the help of his grandfather, Lady Katherine Grey's widower, who had also known Jane Grey, tweaking the portrait type into a genuine resemblance of her.
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Jane's father-in-law and strongman, led much of his daughter-in-law's brief reign.
Edward VI's "devise for the Succession". The draft will was the basis for letters patent, which declared Jane Grey successor to the Crown. Edward's autograph shows his alteration of his text, from "L Janes heires masles" to "L Jane and her heires masles". Inner Temple Library, London.
Lord Guildford Dudley
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Lord Guildford Dudley was an English nobleman who was married to Lady Jane Grey. She occupied the English throne from 10 July until 19 July 1553, having been declared the heir of King Edward VI. Guild
Lady Jane Grey
…after her cousins. She had a humanist education and a reputation as one of the most learned young women of her day. In May 1553, she was married to Lord Guildford Dudley, a younger son of Edward VI's chief minister, John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. In June, the dying Edward VI wrote his will, nominating Jane and her…
19th-century depiction of Guildford Dudley in the Houses of Parliament, Westminster
The Crown Offered to Lady Jane Grey, as imagined in the 1820s: Guildford and Jane are in the centre. Engraving after painting by Charles Robert Leslie