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Lady Jane Grey (1536/7 – 12 February 1554), also known as Lady Jane Dudley after her marriage [3] and nicknamed as the "Nine Days' Queen", [6] was an English noblewoman who was proclaimed Queen of England and Ireland on 10 July 1553 and reigned until she was deposed by her cousin, Mary I, on 19 July 1553.
In June 1553, the terminally ill Edward, influenced by the regent John Dudley, named sixteen-year-old Jane Grey, great-granddaughter of Henry VII and daughter-in-law of John Dudley, as his successor. On July 6, 1553, Edward died, and three days later the Privy Council proclaimed Jane Grey Queen of England.
The oldest female monarch at the time of her accession was Mary I, [15] [self-published source] aged 37 years, 151 days when she became queen in 1553. The oldest queen consort was Camilla, wife of Charles III, who was aged 75 years, 53 days when she became queen consort in 2022.
The painting interprets [2] the moments preceding the death of Lady Jane Grey, who on 10 July 1553 was proclaimed Queen of England, only to be deposed nine days later and executed in 1554. Jane is sometimes referred to as the "Nine Days' Queen" due to the brevity of her reign. [3]
(9 years, 182 days) c. 923. Son of Edward the Elder ... Four days after his death on 6 July 1553, Jane was proclaimed queen—the first of three Tudor women to be ...
The Queen has sat for over 200 official portraits during her reign, the first was in 1933 when she was seven-years old and was a portrait painted by Anglo-Hungarian artist Philip Alexius de Laszlo.
July 9: Battle of Sievershausen. Year 1553 was a ... November 13 – Lady Jane Grey, who had claimed the title of Queen of England for nine days, ...
For 9 years, 9 months and 9 days he was unbeaten: A new film documents the journey of Olympic icon Edwin Moses. Sabrina Clay, CNN. September 21, 2024 at 9:53 AM. ... For 20 years, he was the ...