Nikola Benin, Ph.D
Lady Jane Grey (1536/1537 – 12 February 1554) also known as Lady Jane Dudley but primarily known as the ‘Nine Days Queen’ , de facto monarch of England and Ireland from 10 July until 19 July 1553., was the great-niece of Henry VII and the Tudor usurper who took the crown from Queen Mary I.
A tragic figure used as a pawn in a political game, she was only 17 when she was beheaded.
On the morning of 12 February 1554, the authorities took Lord Guildford Dudley, her husband, from his rooms at the Tower of London to the public execution place at Tower Hill, where he was beheaded. A horse and cart brought his remains back to the Tower, past the rooms where Jane was staying. Seeing her husband's corpse return, Jane is reported to have exclaimed: "Oh, Guildford, Guildford."
She was then taken out to Tower Green, inside the Tower, to be beheaded.
The painter De Heere, a Protestant, was born in Ghent, and became a refugee from the Dutch Revolt against Philip II of Spain, who tried to suppress Protestantism. De Heere had to flee to England where he was very popular during his career.
A tragic figure used as a pawn in a political game, she was only 17 when she was beheaded.
On the morning of 12 February 1554, the authorities took Lord Guildford Dudley, her husband, from his rooms at the Tower of London to the public execution place at Tower Hill, where he was beheaded. A horse and cart brought his remains back to the Tower, past the rooms where Jane was staying. Seeing her husband's corpse return, Jane is reported to have exclaimed: "Oh, Guildford, Guildford."
She was then taken out to Tower Green, inside the Tower, to be beheaded.
The painter De Heere, a Protestant, was born in Ghent, and became a refugee from the Dutch Revolt against Philip II of Spain, who tried to suppress Protestantism. De Heere had to flee to England where he was very popular during his career.
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