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Jane

Jane [Na].
English queen of the House of Tudor in 1553. Born 1537, daughter of Frances, daughter of Mary Tudor, the younger sister of Henry VIII, and Henry Grey, duke of Suffolk. Married Lord Guildford Dudley, son of the duke of Northumberland. Deposed July 1553, and executed February 1554 aged 16, having reigned nine days.

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