What do we know about Lady Jane Grey? Quite a lot actually. She was the great-granddaughter of Henry Vll (and a grand-niece of Henry Vlll). She was highly educated and spoke Latin and Greek from an early age. After the death of Edward Vl she was proclaimed Queen of England on 10 July 1553. It didn't last; on July 19 (just nine days later, before she was even coronated) she was usurped by Mary l, and a month later was executed for treason aged just 16.
Mick Jagger wrote a song about her. It was lifted as a single from their Aftermath album; Brian Jones, fittingly, plays the dulcimer.
The Rolling Stones - Lady Jane (1966)
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