Execution of Lady Jane Grey, 12 February 1554


From an Illustration Cassell's Century Edition History of England, pub circa 1901 Jane was nominally queen of England for nine days in 1553, an unfortunate pawn in an unsuccessful bid to prevent the accession of the Catholic Mary Tudor.


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Location: Tower of London
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