Researchers believe they may have identified the only known portrait of Lady Jane Grey, the so-called “Nine Days Queen,” painted before her death.

There have been many 'girl power' females who have helped shape the course of history, including these four rulers from Tudor times: Elizabeth I, Lady Jane Grey, Mary I and Mary Queen of Scots.

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 ...