| Black Hills Doll Designs Presents: Lady Jane Grey
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1st in the series: Tudor Queens ![]() |
| Jane was a reluctant
queen, who didn't aspire to the throne. She was well educated and
religious, and had no interest in being a queen. She was also the
cousin of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor. She was a young girl, of about
16 when she was placed on the throne by her family. She was not
actually in the succession as written by Henry VIII. She was placed next in line by Henry's son, Edward VI, after he was pressured by some of his councilors. Edward was Protestant, as was Jane, and she was pushed to the throne to keep England from becoming ruled by Catholics. Jane only reigned over England for a mere nine days, and is remembered as the "Nine Days Queen". Mary Tudor, Edward's sister and the daughter of Henry VIII, and the rightful heir to the throne, returned to England and imprisoned Jane and her husband Guilford Dudley. Both Jane and Guilford were tried for treason, as Jane was viewed as a usurper of the throne. They were both found guilty and sentenced to death. |
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Mary had assured Jane that they would be released after a time
in the tower. While Jane and Guilford were in the tower, Jane's
father led Wyatt's Rebellion, an uprising against Mary and her throne.
Mary was engaged to Prince Phillip of Spain, who was also a Catholic. In
order to stop the uprisings in Jane's name, and to quiet Spain's Prince
Phillip's concerns of further uprisings, Mary reluctantly choose to
follow through with the executions.
Jane didn't rule long enough to make any real changes in the
history of England, but her story is a sad reminder of how brutal life
was in Tudor England, and touches almost everyone who reads it.
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