Lady Jane Grey
Not Just the Tudors
History Hit
4.8 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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On a cold February morning in 1554, Lady Jane Grey was beheaded for high treason. Named as King Edward VI as his successor, Queen Jane had reigned for just 13 tumultuous days before being imprisoned in the Tower, condemned and executed.
In this edition of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks to author and historian Nicola Tallis who reveals the moving, human story of an intelligent, independent and courageous young woman, forced on to the English throne by the great power players in the Tudor court.
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| 0:39.3 | On 6 July 1553, King Edward VI died and his death created a dynastic crisis. |
| 0:48.1 | Age 15 and unmarried he died without a direct male heir. |
| 0:52.9 | After all hen with the its preoccupation with the male heir earlier in the century, |
| 0:57.5 | in 1553 two women now contested the English throne. |
| 1:02.3 | Lady Jane Grey, Edward VI's first cousin and Lady or Princess Mary, Edward VI's half-sister. |
| 1:11.3 | So who was Lady Jane Grey? |
| 1:13.9 | What was her claim to the throne and why did her tragic story unfold as it did? |
| 1:20.1 | And was she ever the rightful queen? |
| 1:23.1 | Queen Jane the First. |
| 1:25.5 | To discuss Jane, I'm joined by Dr. Nicola Talis with a PhD in history in which she examined |
| 1:31.5 | the dual recollections of the orchestra and early Tudor Queens |
| 1:34.7 | and as a previous curator at Sudely Castle, Nicola has written three books on Tudor women. |
| 1:40.3 | Uncrowned Queen, the fateful life of Margaret Bofford, Tudor Matriarch, |
| 1:43.9 | the latest came out in 2009. |
| 1:46.3 | Before that there was Elizabeth Rival, the tumultuous tale of Lettice Knowles, |
| 1:50.1 | Countess of Lester. But her first book was Crown of Blood, |
| 1:54.0 | the Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey, |
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