On this day in 1554, Lady Jane Grey was executed. Her husband had been beheaded a few hours earlier. It was almost exactly a year after her nine days reign as Queen of England.
She was sixteen at the time of her death.
They played for keeps. No doubt…
And interestingly for those of us who care about religion, with this a major turn in the events that would birth the Anglican church…
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