What was lady's Jane Grey claime to the throne?
Lady Jane Grey, known as the Nine Days Queen (1537 - 1554) and a
descendant of Henry VII, was pushed forward as queen after the
death of Edward VI, the only son of Henry VIII. In fact the next in
line for succession was Mary I, Henry's oldest daughter and a
staunch Roman Catholic. Lady Jane's father in law, the powerful
Protestant Duke of Northumberland, was the chief architect of this
power play. Jane was proclaimed queen four days after Edward's
death in 1553, but Jane had just nine days as a queen, and support
for Mary I as the rightful heir to the throne saw Jane and the
rebels behind her, arrested and imprisoned. Mary was proclaimed
queen, and six months later in 1554, Jane was beheaded for treason,
along with her husband, Guildford Dudley. Jane was only a young
girl, and was used as a pawn in this attempt to take the throne
from Mary I.