Lady Jane Grey, Nine Day Queen (1537-1554)


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2nd and 5th wives of Jane's great-uncle Henry VIII were Queens by marriage, and not even foreign Princesses (like Catherine of Aragon); in Jane's veins there was a Royal blood.
 
ysbel said:
Hi Zonk, I know the movie you're talking about...they definitely romanticized Jane's marriage which looked like a marriage from hell in real life. I don't know if the story about her father taking part in Wyatt's rebellion is true.

I do know from another great book A Crown for Elizabeth that Mary spared Jane's mother because they had been childhood friends but Jane's mother Frances seemed the most conniving of the lot. Oddly enough, Frances went to Mary to beg for her husband's life but made no pleas for her daughter. Perhaps Jane was a lost cause by then but it did make you wonder what kind of family Jane was born into.
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I saw the movie years ago. Have been thinking of renting in online again recently but know I will annoyed...I know that Jane was not “in love”with the boy as the movie shows nor did she wish to be queen, which I do think is shown at least. I feel sorriest for Jane of all the Tudor queens.

She was not actually crowned, was she?

Also, I hate to say it but most of the Holbein portraits of women look so much the same to me, save dark hair or reddish. Of course the headgear does not help. Especially the English version a la Catherine of Aragon. And even one painting alleged to be of K. Howard makes her look middle-ages (probably not Holbein). But even the French hood so called,meant to be far racier, is not great. I also never understood, and still don’t, why hair is seen to be erotic and forbidden/hidden in some religions. Of course I have no religion but still...it’s just hair. Presumably it goes back to the supposed “Eve” but what is she have meant to done with her tresses that made it such a “taboo” to be seen in later centuries, I wonder.
 
Is it true that Jane's mother, Lady Frances, was abusive and cruel toward her daughter for her entire life?:sad:
 
I gave in, and just rented Lady Jane to watch on this cold night. Last time I watched it, years ago, I had yet to develop my passionate interest in all things Tudor, so I went in knowing next to nothing. Will see how I feel about this time...:)

ETA oh dear...may have overspent my $2.99 lol
 
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Lucy63 said:
I gave in, and just rented Lady Jane to watch on this cold night. Last time I watched it, years ago, I had yet to develop my passionate interest in all things Tudor, so I went in knowing next to nothing. Will see how I feel about this time...:)

ETA oh dear...may have overspent my $2.99 lol
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As I remember it was wildly inaccurate.....
 
Denville said:
As I remember it was wildly inaccurate.....
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Wildly indeed. Cringed at parts, nearly laughed at others. They made Jane and Guildford into epic lovers soon after they married while despising each other. Guilford was initially portrayed as a drunken thug who gambled and attended whore houses. But only a few days into the honeymoon, suddenly he is a thoughtful socialist and Janes falls head over heels. Their 9-day reign was shown as a child’s shopping spree of wishes to be granted in the form of orders, freeing the prisoners, banning branding beggars, making the shilling in silver again, etc...while Jane began using the royal “we” instantly, despite fighting against the idea of being named queen. Also had them together in the tower, again like honeymooners before a roaring fire, which seems unlikely at best.

And Mary executed them under order of Spain, as a potential threat, but under that premise, which is true as far as I know or nearly so, Elizabeth was much more of one. So her arrest should have garnered the same fate.

Best to watch if you know nothing about this bit of history.
 
I watched it many years ago because my husband liked Helena BC and liked Lady Jane.. but I seem to remember it was not very good....
 
466 Years Ago- July 10, 1553 – Lady Jane Grey (grand-daughter of Mary Tudor, Queen of France, sister of Henry VII of England was proclaimed Queen of England, beginning her reign as the “The Nine Days’ Queen”
 
Mary probably would have pardoned her if Jane's father had not started another rebellion against Mary.
 
CyrilVladisla said:
Guilford Dudley is England's most forgotten male consort, perhaps because he was only in that role for nine days.
http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-infamous-royal-consorts.php expressed:
Guilford insisted on being called King, despite his wife's refusal
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Soon after the arrival of Queen Mary ,Lord Guildford Dudley was arrested and sent to Bell Tower in July 1553.
Guilford's father was the first to go the block in August 1553,he had recanted and took Catholic communion before hand.
 
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