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So let's get right into it. It's a day, you guys. It's a day. It's a day in which

we are going to talk about Jane Dormer. Who was Jane Dormer? Jane Dormer was the, a lady in waiting

to marry the first. She also then married a Spaniard. Of course, the Spaniards

were all in England hanging out because Mary married Philip, and Jane fell in love with one of

the Spanish people in Phillips Retinue, Don Gomez Suarez de Figueroa, the Duke of Theria,

and she became the Duchess of Theria. And we're going to

talk about that. She was an English noblewoman who navigated the political and religious tides

of the mid-16th century. She was a lady in waiting to marry the first, and she became the wife of a Spanish

Duke. Her life bridged two, count them two, powerful courts, and then made her a beacon for

exiled English Catholics under Elizabeth. After Queen Mary's death, Jane left England for Spain, where she continued her fight for the Catholic cause.

And today we are going to talk about her early years, her time with Queen Mary and her marriage to Don Gomez Suarez de Figueroa, Duke of Feria.

So much fun to say.

So Jane Dormer was born January 6th, Kingsday, The Epiphany, 1538 at Eithorpe, Buckinghamshire. Her family was very much like many families, divided by the religious upheavals of the Reformation. On one side, the dormers were staunch Catholics, while her mother's family,

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