1-344-783 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Lady Jane Grey, Queen of England, (c1850). After the death of the 15 year-old King Edward VI, Lady Jane Grey (c1537-1554), the great-granddaughter of Henry VII, reigned as uncrowned queen regnant of the Kingdom of England for nine days in 1553. She was deposed by Henry VIII's eldest daughter Mary, who had her executed for treason the following year. Taken from the book Old England's Worthies, London, c1850.