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Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (née Lady Frances Brandon; 16 July 1517 – 20 November 1559), was an English noblewoman. She was the second child and eldest daughter of King Henry VIII 's younger sister, Princess Mary, and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk.
Jul 4, 2018 · Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, died on 20th November 1559 aged forty-two and was buried at Westminster Abbey, with her husband several years later completing the grave with an expensive effigy that remains in the abbey today.
Few Tudor women—with the exception of Anne Boleyn—have become as enshrouded with myth as Frances Grey (née Brandon), Marchioness of Dorset and later Duchess of Suffolk, the mother of Lady Jane Grey. Stories abound of her greed, ruthlessness, gluttony, unbridled ambition, and cruelty.
Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (née Lady Frances Brandon; 16 July 1517 – 20 November 1559), was an English noblewoman. She was the second child and eldest daughter of King Henry VIII 's younger sister, Princess Mary, and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk.
Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk. Lady Frances Brandon (16 July 1517 – 20 November 1559) was the daughter of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. She was married to Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk and had three daughters: Jane, Mary and Katherine. Her daughter Jane became the Queen of England for nine days.
Nov 21, 2022 · On this day in Tudor history, 21st November 1559, Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, died at Richmond. Frances was laid to rest in St Edmund’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey, in London, on the orders of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. Frances’ second husband, Adrian Stokes, erected a tomb in her memory.
Myth #1: Frances Grey married her second husband, Adrian Stokes, within three weeks of the executions of her daughter and her first husband in February 1554. (One source I ran across last night has Frances rushing to the altar within 10 days of the executions.)
Dirge for the most noble Lady Frances, onetime Duchess of Suffolk: naught avails glory or splendour, naught avail titles of kings; naught profits a magnificent abode, resplendent with wealth.
Biography. Second wife of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk; daughter of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor; mother of Lady Jane Grey.
Nov 21, 2012 · Today marks the anniversary of the death of Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, at Richmond. She was buried in St Edmund’s Chapel in Westminster Abbey, on the orders of Elizabeth I, her cousin, and a tomb was erected in her memory by her second husband, Adrian Stokes.
