[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History July 19

Steve K. Rourke steverourke at charter.net
Wed Jul 19 13:18:20 PDT 2006




> Enquiring minds want to know what Lady Jane Grey did
> to be replaced as Queen of England after only 9
> days??? Must have been realy bad at the job.
> Rose

Jane's mother, Lady Frances Brandon, had a claim to the throne as the
daughter of King Henry VIII's younger sister Mary Tudor. (Frances Brandon's
father, Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, had married Mary Tudor as her
second husband.) Jane's status as a monarch remains controversial, as her
succession contravened two Acts of Parliament. The Act of Succession of 1544
enabled the will of King Henry VIII to specify the order of succession of
his children. In contrast, the published will of King Edward VI, which named
Lady Jane Grey as heir presumptive, contravened the law because Edward, as a
minor, had not legally reached an age where he could make a will.

Though Jane's "accession" breached the laws of England, many powers of the
land were willing to accept her as Queen of England, even if only as part of
a power-struggle to stop Henry's elder daughter, Princess Mary (a Roman
Catholic) from acceding to the throne. Jane's brief rule ended, however,
when the authorities revoked her proclamation as queen. The new Marian
régime eventually had her executed for treason.




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