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July 10: Lady Jane Grey Become Queen of England, 1553The Lady Jane Grey was Queen of England for only nine days. She was executed for a rebellion that she had no part in.
Lady Jane GreyLady Jane Grey was the pawn of ambitious and selfish men in a bid to seize the throne of England. Her life was short and tragic.
The Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Delaroche; Facts V. Myth; 2010 National Gallery ExhibitionThe oil depicts Lady Jane, 16, who was convicted of high treason, just before the axeman beheads her. Sister-in-law sentenced her death.- The Reign of Bloody Mary: Mary I of EnglandWhen the young Edward died, Edward IV named Lady Jane Grey, his first cousin, as his legal succession and she took the throne for those few days in July of 1553 until Mary I was able to gain support and depose her.
- The Haunting of Sawston HallA sixteenth-century house in Cambridgeshire, England, that is believed to be haunted by the ghosts of Mary Tudor and a gray lady.
- Movie Review - "Lady Jane" with Helena Bonham Carter and Cary ElwesLady Jane Grey reigned as the Queen of England for nine days until Queen Mary gathered her forces to claim the throne. Queen Jane and her husband and father were executed for treason.
- Movie Review: Lady Jane (1986)Lady Jane went down in history for having sat on the throne of England the shortest amount of time. Known as The Nine Days' Queen, Jane faced the machinations of her parents and the perils of the more powerful claimant to the throne, Princess Mary.