Is this the only known portrait of England’s doomed ‘Nine Days Queen’? Lady Jane Grey, a teenage pawn in the power struggles that plagued the Tudor court, ruled England for just nine days and was later executed for treason. Now, researchers believe they may have identified the only known portrait of the so-called "Nine Days Queen" painted before her death. Following the death of Edward VI in 1553, unscrupulous politicians propelled the staunchly ...
Is this the only known portrait of England_s doomed _Nine Days Queen_? Lady Jane Grey, a teenage pawn in the power struggles that plagued the Tudor court, ruled England for just nine days and was later executed for treason. Now, researchers believe they may have identified the only known portrait of the so-called "Nine Days Queen" painted before her death. Following the death of Edward VI in 1553, unscrupulous politicians propelled the staunchly Protestant young girl ...
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