England's Forgotten Queen: The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey

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England's Forgotten Queen: The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey — Season 1, Episode 1: Episode 1

Documentary, War & Politics59 min1 season, 3 episodes7.3/10

Episode synopsis

On his deathbed King Edward cuts his sister Mary out of the line of succession and leaves the throne to his cousin Jane. It forms the basis of a constitutional crisis that brought the country to the edge of civil war.

About England's Forgotten Queen: The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey

Historian Helen Castor presents a three-part docudrama piecing together the story of the woman who was the de facto Queen of England and Ireland for nine days in 1553.

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