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 13,042,133 page views. Her biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Lady Jane Grey is the 61st most popular nobleman (down from 58th in 2019), the 233rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 242nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Nobleman.

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