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NAME: Lady Jane Grey
OCCUPATION: Queen
BIRTH DATE: c. October 1537
DEATH DATE: February 12, 1554
PLACE OF BIRTH: Bradgate, England
PLACE OF DEATH: London, England
AKA: Lady Jane Dudley

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Lady Jane Grey was the titular queen of England for nine days in 1553. Her execution by Mary Tudor aroused universal sympathy.

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Lady Jane Grey was born October 1537 in Bradgate, England. When Edward died on July 6, 1553 she was proclaimed queen. She was the titular queen of England for nine days in 1553. She reluctantly allowed herself at age 15 to be put on the throne by unscrupulous politicians; her subsequent execution Edward VI's sister, Mary Tudor, on Feb. 12, 1554 aroused universal sympathy.

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