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Jane Dudley, Duchess of Northumberland (née Guildford; 1508/1509 – 15 or 22 January 1555) was an English courtier. She was the wife of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and mother of Guildford Dudley and Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester. Having grown up with her future husband, who was her father's ward, she married at about age ...
Jane Dudley (April 3, 1912 – September 19, 2001) was an American modern dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Inspired by her mentor, choreographer Martha Graham, Dudley helped bring her movement inspired by social ills to the American Dance Festival at Connecticut College in the 1950s.
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504 [1] – 22 August 1553) was an English general, admiral, and politician, who led the government of the young King Edward VI from 1550 until 1553, and unsuccessfully tried to install Lady Jane Grey on the English throne after the King's death.
Lord Guildford Dudley was the second youngest surviving son of John Dudley, later Duke of Northumberland and his wife, Jane Guildford. [2] The Dudley lineage goes back to a family called Sutton. In the early 14th century, they became the lords of Dudley Castle, [3] from whom Guildford descended through his paternal grandfather.
Some women to have held the title Duchess of Northumberland, as wives of the Duke of Northumberland, include: First creation. Jane Dudley, Duchess of Northumberland (1508/9–1555), (née Guildford), wife of the duke; Third creation. Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland (1716–1776), (née Seymour), wife of the 1st duke
What to know about the real Lady Jane Grey, who inspired Prime Video's romantic fantasy series, 'My Lady Jane'
James B. Dudley (1859–1925), president of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Jane Dudley (1912–2001), American dancer, choreographer and teacher Jane Dudley, Duchess of Northumberland (1508/1509–1555), wife of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
Robert Dudley was the fifth son of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and his wife Jane, daughter of Sir Edward Guildford. [6] His paternal grandfather, Edmund Dudley, had been an adviser to King Henry VII and was executed for treason in 1510 by King Henry VIII.