Following the death of Edward VI in 1553, unscrupulous politicians propelled the staunchly Protestant young girl to the ...

After conducting a new analysis, some researchers think it may be the only portrait of Grey created during her lifetime—a ...

Research by the charity English Heritage suggests it may have found a portrait of England's shortest-reigning queen Lady Jane ...

Mary Tudor, from becoming Queen. The mysterious portrait, on loan to conservation charity English Heritage from a private collection, shows a young woman clad modestly in a white cap and shawl.

Lady Jane Grey, who was crowned in 1553, was executed by Mary Tudor within a year Christopher Ison/English Heritage The sitter’s costume, including her sleeves and coif, was modified ...

While many portraits of the so-called “nine-day queen” immortalized her after ... England rejected her in favor of Mary Tudor, the first daughter of Henry and a devout Catholic.

and was proclaimed Queen as part of an unsuccessful bid to prevent the accession of her Catholic cousin, Mary Tudor. The portrait that was on display at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire, for 200 years ...

Now, English Heritage says a Tudor-era work ... On July 10, Jane became queen but was deposed nine days later after her support melted away in the wake of an uprising by Mary’s supporters.