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4 unusual facts about Lady Jane Grey


Jane Dudley

For other people named Jane Dudley, see Jane Dudley, Duchess of Northumberland and Lady Jane Grey

Lady Jane

Lady Jane Grey (1537–1554), the 16-year old who was made monarch of England for nine days in 1553

Nina Vanna

She sometimes played in historical dramas, playing Lady Jane Grey in the first of three film versions of her life (Lady Jane Grey; or, the Court of Intrigue) and Lucrezia Borgia in what may be the first of several versions.

Queen Jane

Lady Jane Grey (1537–1554), the Queen Regnant of England for nine days in 1553


Blois family

Lady Catherine Grey, sister of Lady Jane Grey, was imprisoned at Cockfield Hall in 1567 to recover from her privations in the Tower of London but died shortly after her arrival and was buried in the Cockfield Chapel in Yoxford church.

Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness Harington

Cecily Bonville had many notable descendants, including Lady Jane Grey, Lady Catherine Grey, Elizabeth FitzGerald, Countess of Lincoln, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Elizabeth Vernon, Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset, Sir Winston Churchill, as well as those who are living today which include Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Sarah, Duchess of York.

Nathaniel Westlake

The subjects were 'Lady Jane Grey discourses with Roger Ascham' and 'By Industry and Perseverance', symbolising the importance of female endeavour in higher education.


see also

Catherine Seymour

Catherine Seymour, born Lady Catherine Grey, sister of Lady Jane Grey, claimant to the throne of England

Pyrgo Park

On 24th April 1559, a few months after her accession to the throne, hearing his plea of poverty, Elizabeth gave the manor with its royal residence to her second-cousin, Lord John Grey, uncle of Lady Jane Grey, from that time on known as Lord John Grey of Pirgo.