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Lady Jane Grey, by Caroline clark.
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Lady Jane Grey was the great granddaughter of King Henry
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the seventh.
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All three of Henry's Children died Childless jane became queen
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after her father in law deemed her cousin mary the
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rightful heir illegitimate in the eyes of the court and
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convinced the king to leave the throne to jane.
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How long was jane the queen?
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Only nine days?
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Why was she overthrown, Jane had been raised a devout
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protestant. The country of England was mostly catholic when told
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to convert to Catholicism, jane refused soon after she was
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overthrown by her cousin mary mary deemed her a threat
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to the throne and chose to execute her.
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Lady Jane Grey was born 1536 in Broadgate Park, United
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Kingdom. She was the daughter of Henry Gray and Lady
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Frances Brandon.
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At the age of 10 she moved to live with
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Thomas Seymour, Henry VI uncle and his wife, Catherine parr.
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Lady Jane Grey had an arranged marriage to Lord Guilford
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Dudley, whose father was King Henry the sixth Sense advisor
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On, July 10, 15 year old Jane was crowned Queen
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of England On July 19, she was overthrown by her
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cousin mary tutor.
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In November of 1553.
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She was found guilty of treason and sentenced to death.
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She was beheaded on February 12 1554.
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At the age of 15, Lady Jane Grey wasn't a
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published author.
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Her best known work are letters that she wrote to
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her father in the prayer book that she carried with
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her until the very moment before she died throughout history.
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Lady Jane Grey has become a romantic figure of many
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novels, paintings and films.
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She has been viewed as a protestant martyr and has
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also been referred to as a traitor heroine of the
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reformation. There have been many books and novels written about
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Lady jane, some of which are Lady jane Grey, a
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tutor, mystery, innocent traitor, and documents of Lady jane Grey
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nine Days Queen of England 1553.
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There are many paintings of Lady jane all over the
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world. This one is the most well known.
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It is the execution of Lady jane Grey by paul
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de Laroche, Which was completed in 1833.
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Three movies have been made telling Lady Jane's story.
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The three are Tudor rose, which was from 1936, Lady
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Jane from 1986, And the Forgotten Martyr, Lady Jane Grey
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from 2007.
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