English Nobility. He was the Marquis of Dorset, Duke of Suffolk, the son of Thomas Grey, and husband of Frances Brandon, a niece of Henry VIII. During the Tudor period, Grey was a powerful political ally to John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. He openly opposed the Catholic Princess Mary and helped Dudley install his daughter, Lady Jane Grey, on the throne upon the death of Edward VI. Jane Grey Dudley was the daughter-in-law of John Dudley, married to Guildford Dudley. After his daughter Jane's nine-day reign ended and Mary took the throne, Grey helped lead a revolt (Wyatt's rebellion) against Mary's forces. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London and executed, along with his daughter and son-in-law, for treason. The portrait shown (painted 20 years later in 1574) is not Henry Grey, but Sir Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, who was a brother to Guildford Dudley (son in law to Henry Grey).
English Nobility. He was the Marquis of Dorset, Duke of Suffolk, the son of Thomas Grey, and husband of Frances Brandon, a niece of Henry VIII. During the Tudor period, Grey was a powerful political ally to John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. He openly opposed the Catholic Princess Mary and helped Dudley install his daughter, Lady Jane Grey, on the throne upon the death of Edward VI. Jane Grey Dudley was the daughter-in-law of John Dudley, married to Guildford Dudley. After his daughter Jane's nine-day reign ended and Mary took the throne, Grey helped lead a revolt (Wyatt's rebellion) against Mary's forces. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London and executed, along with his daughter and son-in-law, for treason. The portrait shown (painted 20 years later in 1574) is not Henry Grey, but Sir Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, who was a brother to Guildford Dudley (son in law to Henry Grey).
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