Dr Kat and Lady/Queen Jane Grey

I've been thinking more about "right to rule" and monarchical authority over the last couple of weeks, which has led me to today's topic. Why is Jane Grey most commonly referred to as "Lady" rather than "Queen"? What can we learn about this from looking at her life, reign and fall?

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Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeIkbW49B6A]
Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):

Portrait of Lady Jane Grey by an unknown artist (c. 1590-1600). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon attributed to Jan Gossaert (c.1516). Held in the collection of the Earl of Yarborough; Brocklesby Park, Lincolnshire.

Portrait of Lady Katherine Grey and her son Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp of Hache by an unknown artist (c. 1562). Location unknown.

Portrait of Lady Mary Grey attributed to Hans Eworth (1571). Held at Chequers.

Portrait of Elizabeth I before becoming Queen, formerly attributed to William Scrots (c.1546). Held by the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle.

Full-length portrait of Katherine Parr attributed to Master John (circa 1545). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait of Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley by Nicholas Denizot (c.1545–1549). Held by the National Maritime Museum.

Portrait of Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford by an unknown artist (16th century). Held in the collection of Marquess of Bath, Longleat House, Wiltshire.

Portrait of Edward VI of England by an unknown artist, the circle of William Scrots (mid-sixteenth century). Held in a private collection, location unknown.

Portrait of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland by an unknown artist (between 1605 and 1608). Held by the National Trust.

Edward VI and the Pope: An Allegory of the Reformation by an unknown artist (c.1547 -1570s). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait of Mary I of England by Hans Eworth (1554). Held by the Society of Antiquaries of London.

Lord Guildford Dudley, husband of Lady Jane Grey. Painted in the 19th century as part of a series. Held by the Houses of Parliament.

Edward VI's "devise for the succession", 1553, written in his own hand. (Inner Temple, Petyt MS 538, vol. 47 fo. 317.)

“The Crown Offered to Lady Jane Grey”. Engraving after Romantic-era painter Charles Robert Leslie (c.1827).

Portrait of Queen Mary I of England by Antonis Mor (1554). Held by the Museo del Prado.

Portrait of Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger by Hans Holbein the Younger (c.1540-2). Held by The Weiss Gallery, London.

Portrait of King Philip II of Spain and his second wife Queen Mary I of England by Hans Eworth (1558). Held by Woburn Abbey.

“The Execution of Lady Jane Grey” by Paul Delaroche (1833). Held by the National Gallery.


Quoted texts:

Alison Plowden, "Grey [married name Dudley], Lady Jane (1537–1554), noblewoman and claimant to the English throne." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 23 Sep. 2004.

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