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Jane Grey was born in 1517 to a noble family. She was the great granddaughter of Henry VII. At age 10, she joined the household of Henry VIII’s last wife, Katherine Paff. She was smart and could speak Latin and Greek at an early age. She was also very pious Protestant. In 1551, her father became the Duke of Suffolk and he began to maneuver to use her to gain more power. Two years later, she was married off to the Duke of Northumberland’s son. The Duke was the head of King Edward VI’s council. That made him the most powerful nonking in the realm. Northumberland’s top priority was to keep Catholic Mary Tudor from succeeding her sickly brother. As Edward lay dying, the Duke convinced Edward to declare Mary and Elizabeth illegitimate and make Jane his successor. He died on July 6, 1553 and four days later Jane was crowned. The scheming caused a public uproar as Mary was popular. Mary gathered a large army and marched on London. Her father quickly abandoned his own daughter and urged her to abdicate to save their heads. She stepped down on July 19, 1553. Mary enter London in triumph and Jane, her father, and her huscband were arrested. At first, Queen Mary wanted to be lenient and kept her in the tower of London, but when Suffolk got involved with Wyatt’s Rebellion, he had to go and so did she. The trio were convicted of treason. On Feb. 12, 1554, the “Nine Day Queen” and her husband were beheaded. Her father joined them eleven days later. Northumberland lost his head later.
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