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Apr 16, 2024 · Lady Jane Grey (born October 1537, Bradgate, Leicestershire, England—died February 12, 1554, London) was the titular queen of England for nine days in 1553. Beautiful and intelligent, she reluctantly allowed herself at age 15 to be put on the throne by unscrupulous politicians; her subsequent execution by Mary Tudor aroused universal sympathy.
Grave of Lady Jane Grey, St Peter ad Vincula. Jane and Guildford are buried in the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula on the north side of Tower Green. No memorial stone was erected at their grave. Jane's father, the Duke of Suffolk, was executed 11 days after Jane, on 23 February 1554.
The third queen to meet her end within the Tower was 16-year-old Lady Jane Grey. She was on the throne for just nine days, and was the innocent pawn in a failed military coup by her father-in-law, the Duke of Northumberland. Expert and blundering executions.
Feb 12, 2021 · How did Lady Jane Grey die? Jane’s execution took place on 12 February 1554. By her own account, she was prepared to die. “My soul will find mercy with God,” she wrote.
An account of Lady Jane Grey’s execution on February 12 1554 was recorded by an eye witness. This account can be found in the following: Child-Life and Girlhood of Remarkable Women by W H D Adams. Life of Lady Jane Grey and of Guildford Dudley her husband by Edward Baldwin.
Location. National Gallery, London. The Execution of Lady Jane Grey is an oil painting by Paul Delaroche, completed in 1833, which is now in the National Gallery in London. It was enormously popular in the decades after it was painted, but in the 20th century realist historical paintings fell from critical favour and it was kept in storage for ...
Tried for treason, the 17-year-old Lady Jane was beheaded at Tower Hill on 12 February 1554. Delaroche shows the final moments of the blindfolded Lady Jane as she pleads, ‘What shall I do? Where is the block?’ She is being guided towards it by Sir John Brydges, Lieutenant of the Tower.
