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  1. Jun 26, 2024 · On a page of the prayerbook she carried to the scaffold, now in the British Library's collection, she penned a heartfelt message to her father, urging him not to mourn her and her husband Guildford...

  2. Sep 26, 2024 · Who was Lady Jane‚ and why does the story of her disastrous reign still resonate today? Here’s how the teenager became queen and lost the throne in just a few fateful days in 1553.

  3. Jul 14, 2016 · He was unfairly vilified for reporting the cannibalism of Franklin’s crews, and his reputation, blighted by Lady Jane Franklin and friends, has never recovered. Lady Jane died in 1875, and John Rae in 1893.

  4. Perhaps one of the main misconceptions of Lady Jane Greys reign is that she died on the 10th day after her successful removal from the throne. In fact, Jane was kept at the Tower of London for several months whilst the new queen assessed how much of a threat she posed.

  5. Aug 29, 2016 · The powerful and well-connected Lady Jane Franklin did all that she could to destroy Rae’s reputation. She enlisted her friend, Charles Dickens, to write a scorching piece that accused...

  6. The execution of Lady Jane Grey in London, 1554, by Jan Luyken, c. 1698. Rijksmuseum. Public Domain. The story of Lady Jane Grey, the 'traitor-heroine of the Reformation', is perhaps the most poignant personal tragedy in British political history. The grand-daughter of Henry VIII's younger sister Mary and eldest child of the Duke and Duchess of ...

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  8. Jul 2, 2024 · Since the times were particularly restless, many people suspected that Edward had instead been poisoned—by Catholics or by powerful barons—but no evidence has ever been found to support...

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