Lady Jane Grey. Questions and answers with John Piper. Lady Jane Grey is mythologised even fetishised as an innocent girl sacrificed on the altar of her mothers ambition.
She was only 16 or 17 years old. 1537 12 February 1554 also known as Lady Jane Dudley after her marriage and as the Nine Days Queen was an English noblewoman and Queen of England and Ireland from 10 July until 19 July 1553. Frances was Henry VIIIs niece the daughter of his sister Mary and her second husband Charles Brandon.
More importantly before his passing Edward had determined that Jane was to be his heir though.
It didnt make any difference. Frances was Henry VIIIs niece the daughter of his sister Mary and her second husband Charles Brandon. Lady Jane Grey was born sometime in the autumn of 1537 the eldest daughter of Lady Frances and Henry Grey 3rd Marquess of Dorset. She was actually fifth in line to the throne but was his personal choice as she was a Protestant.