Jane Grey

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1. 1537–1553Bradgate House · LeicestershireBorn at Bradgate in Leicestershire, great-granddaughter of Henry VII. Taught from childhood by John Aylmer and others, she was proficient in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, received a firm Protestant humanist education, and was regarded as a devout and learned noble girl.
2. 1553London · LondonMarried Guildford Dudley, son of the Duke of Northumberland, in May 1553; the wedding took place at the Dudley house in London. This marriage bound the Grey family to the regency faction's political alliance, laying the groundwork for the subsequent arrangements over the throne.
3. 1553Tower of London and Westminster · LondonAfter Edward VI's death, acceded on 10 July according to his will, becoming queen of England. She received her subjects' allegiance at Westminster, but the country quickly turned to support Henry VIII's eldest daughter Mary. On 19 July Parliament declared Mary the lawful sovereign; Jane was forced to abdicate after a reign of only nine days.
4. 1553–1554Tower of London · LondonAfter abdicating, imprisoned in the Tower of London together with her husband. Following the outbreak of Wyatt's Rebellion in January 1554, Mary's government viewed her as a potential threat and convicted her of treason. On 12 February her husband was publicly executed on Tower Hill, and she was shortly beheaded in the Tower's garden, aged only sixteen, her last words still professing her Protestant faith.