Born / died: 1537-1554
Reign: 1553-1553
Lady Jane Grey, queen for 9 days, but not normally listed as a member of the monarchy.
A great granddaughter of Henry VII of England.
Her brief reign resulted from Edward VI's will which gave her precedence over other candidates, but the unpopular Jane was deposed and Mary I, and her half-sister Elizabeth I, rode into London to claim the crown
Jane was executed, rather unjustly, at Mary I's order, at the Tower of London and buried in the Chapel Royal of St. Peter ad Vincula there.
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