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  • New light on brief life and brave death of Lady Jane Grey [The Nine-Day Queen]

    02/16/2018 2:55:05 AM PST · by beaversmom · 32 replies
    Leicester Mercury ^ | February 15, 2018 | Austin J Ruddy
    Leicestershire's young Nine-Day Queen showed bravery and humilityShe was Leicestershire’s own monarch – and the very first reigning queen of England. But the tragic story of Lady Jane Grey is often overlooked by historians. Only now does a three-part TV series – the second part is tomorrow at 9pm on BBC4 – shed any new light on Jane. Born in Bradgate in October, 1537, Jane’s life was as short as it was tragic. Beautiful and intelligent, she was reluctantly proclaimed Queen of England in 1553, aged just 15. She reigned for just nine days, before being imprisoned in the Tower...