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The life of LADY KATHERINE GREY began with so much promise. The daughter of Lady Frances Brandon and Henry Grey, Marquess of Dorset, she was the younger sister of Lady Jane Grey, older sister of Lady Mary Grey, the granddaughter of Princess Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk and as such, a niece of Henry VIII and in the line of succession to the English throne after the Act of Succession of 1544 and Henry’s subsequent will of December 1546. In short, she was one of the great ladies of the land. Whilst still a child though, it would all fall apart. Her parents’ botched attempt to put Jane on the throne in 1553 ended in disaster and the execution of Katherine’s father, sister and brother-in-law. Katherine inherited Jane Grey’s claim to the throne and would spend time at the court of Mary I, despite the fact that the Queen had had her older sister killed. When Elizabeth I became Queen, Katherine was the heiress presumptive to the throne, a maid of honour to the Queen and a potentially valuable royal bride. Again though, everything fell apart. In today’s episode from History Calling we look at this young woman’s tragic and short life and ask, could Lady Katherine Grey have become Queen?
Among other things I’ll talk about her betrothal or marriage at the age of about 13 to Henry Herbert, son of the Earl of Pembroke, which ended in annulment; her illegal and scandalous marriage to Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, which led to them both being locked in the Tower of London where their two sons were born; what the annulment of their marriage in 1562 meant for Katherine; why Elizabeth hated Lady Katherine Grey so much, how Katherine Grey nearly became Queen herself when Elizabeth I caught smallpox and the final years of her life, which were spent in prison before she died in 1568, aged only 27, possibly due to ano**x*a. I’ll also explain how she and Hereford vindicated nearly 60 years after her death.
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The life of LADY KATHERINE GREY began with so much promise. The daughter of Lady Frances Brandon and Henry Grey, Marquess of Dorset, she was the younger sister of Lady Jane Grey, older sister of Lady Mary Grey, the granddaughter of Princess Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk and as such, a niece of Henry VIII and in the line of succession to the English throne after the Act of Succession of 1544 and Henry’s subsequent will of December 1546. In short, she was one of the great ladies of the land. Whilst still a child though, it would all fall apart. Her parents’ botched attempt to put Jane on the throne in 1553 ended in disaster and the execution of Katherine’s father, sister and brother-in-law. Katherine inherited Jane Grey’s claim to the throne and would spend time at the court of Mary I, despite the fact that the Queen had had her older sister killed. When Elizabeth I became Queen, Katherine was the heiress presumptive to the throne, a maid of honour to the Queen and a potentially valuable royal bride. Again though, everything fell apart. In today’s episode from History Calling we look at this young woman’s tragic and short life and ask, could Lady Katherine Grey have become Queen?
Among other things I’ll talk about her betrothal or marriage at the age of about 13 to Henry Herbert, son of the Earl of Pembroke, which ended in annulment; her illegal and scandalous marriage to Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, which led to them both being locked in the Tower of London where their two sons were born; what the annulment of their marriage in 1562 meant for Katherine; why Elizabeth hated Lady Katherine Grey so much, how Katherine Grey nearly became Queen herself when Elizabeth I caught smallpox and the final years of her life, which were spent in prison before she died in 1568, aged only 27, possibly due to ano**x*a. I’ll also explain how she and Hereford vindicated nearly 60 years after her death.
BUY MY BOOK (Find Your Irish Ancestors Online): amzn.to/3Z2ChnG
Website (with 2 FREE DOWNLOADS): historycallingofficial.com
Patreon: patreon.com/historycalling
Amazon storefront: amazon.com/shop/historycalling
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YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE:
PORTRAIT OF LADY JANE GREY?
youtu.be/66YkitHniAc
CATHERINE PARR OR LADY JANE GREY?
youtu.be/JER9tUmNooQ
LADY JANE GREY’S EXECUTION
youtu.be/JirVfl8gsj8
CHARLES BRANDON: TUDOR BAD BOY
youtu.be/hc6UxVIAKv0
HOW WE BEAT SMALLPOX
youtu.be/h6QDH6k_-RU
TUDOR MONARCHS’ PLAYLIST
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSjVq5Qtb0FD_vatnjVq9egboPYy8Kg0
LEARN MORE:
Leanda de Lisle, The sisters who would be Queen: the tragedy of Mary, Katherine and Lady Jane Grey (2010)
amzn.to/3xNnX7O
Eric Ives, Lady Jane Grey: a Tudor mystery (2011)
amzn.to/4bCUCul
Want to watch/hear/read more about history (and a whole host of other topics)? Then you might benefit from a free Audible or Prime video trial. They are available from the following links:
AUDIBLE
amzn.to/44MvlMi
AUDIBLE PLUS & AUDIBLE PREMIUM PLUS
amzn.to/42rh3PF
PRIME VIDEO
amzn.to/3LW7ykg
GEAR USED
Apple MacBook Pro Laptop (for video editing): amzn.to/3S6IoRK
DJI Drone: amzn.to/38h1vXr (UK LINK) OR amzn.to/39hROZm (US LINK)
Go-Pro Hero 10 camera: amzn.to/3EPIK9U (UK LINK) OR amzn.to/3rTWScL (US LINK)
GoPro 3-Way 2.0 (Tripod/Grip/Arm): amzn.to/37CdC1r (UK LINK) OR amzn.to/3vaVxjU (US LINK)
Memory Card: amzn.to/36QvcOQ (UK LINK) OR amzn.to/3KeLZZs (US LINK)
Microphone: amzn.to/3MFtoaK (UK LINK) OR amzn.to/3rYtjH8 (US LINK)
NB: Links above may be affiliate links. This means if you make a purchase through one of these links, I earn a small commission. It in no way affects the price you pay.
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