Lady Jane Grey: life of the week

She's gone down in history as the tragic Nine Days Queen. But what do we really know about Lady Jane Grey? In this episode of the History Extra podcast, Isabel King is joined by historian Nicola Tallis to explore the remarkable life and death of this often misunderstood Tudor monarch. Hello Nicola, thanks for joining me today. We're here to talk about the life of a key but often misunderstood Tudor figure, Lady Jane Grey.

So to kick us off, when was Lady Jane Grey born and what kind of world was she born into? Well, that's sort of the million dollar question actually, when was she born? Because for such a well known figure, we don't actually know exactly when she was born. There have been various dates purported.

We now know that the traditional date of birth given for her, which is October 1537, is almost certainly false. And the likelihood is that she was born sometime in either the latter part of 1536 or the first part of 1537. And she was born into a world that was becoming increasingly cultured. She was born at a time when her great-uncle Henry VIII was King of England and was awaiting the outcome of the pregnancy of his third wife, Jane Seymour, who in October 1537 gives birth to the king's longed-for male heir, Prince Edward.

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