Lady Jane Grey

Lady Jane Grey

Lady Jane Grey (c. 1537 – 12 February 1554), also known as Lady Jane Dudley after her marriage and as the "Nine Days' Queen", was an English noblewoman who claimed the throne of England and Ireland from 10 to 19 July 1553. Jane was the great-granddaughter of King Henry VII through his daughter, Mary Tudor, and was therefore a grandniece of King Henry VIII, and a first cousin once removed of Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. She had an excellent humanist education, and a reputation as one of the most learned young women of her day. In May 1553, she married Lord Guildford Dudley, a younger son of Edward VI's chief minister John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lady Jane Grey has received more than 12,899,217 page views. Her biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Lady Jane Grey is the 71st most popular nobleman (down from 61st in 2019), the 254th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 233rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Nobleman.

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