Researchers believe they may have identified the only known portrait of Lady Jane Grey, the so-called “Nine Days Queen,” painted before her death.
The Catholic Mary Tudor came to the throne in 1553 after a ... and only four Catholics were put to death as heretics. However, it is estimated that 250 Catholics were executed for the crime ...
Following the death of Edward VI in 1553, unscrupulous politicians propelled the staunchly Protestant young girl to the throne in a bid to prevent her Roman Catholic relative, Mary Tudor ...