Jane Grey

Elisabeth Parr, Marchioness Of Northampton - Elisabeth Brooke, Mary I and Jane Grey
... It was Elisabeth who came up with the idea that Jane Grey, the granddaughter of Henry’s sister Mary, would make a more acceptable queen than Henry’s eldest daughter ... as a prime mover in the marriage of John Dudley's son Guildford to Lady Jane Grey ... information, alleging Elisabeth's involvement to further Lady Jane Grey's claim to the throne, is entirely unsubstantiated by any reputable account of the ...

Colonial Heights, Virginia - Historical Attractions - Violet Bank Museum
... The “Widder Jane Grey” would remarry in 1804, Henry Haxall of Haxall Mills ... Latrobe in all probability made the acquaintance of Jane Grey Shore Haxall when he visited Petersburg in 1796 and went to the horse races with Thomas Shore on ... Jane Grey, having met the man, was likely to have passing knowledge of Latrobe’s architectural ideas ...

Cultural Depictions Of Lady Jane Grey - In Opera
... Giovanna Gray, a tragic opera (tragedia lirica) in three acts based on Jane Grey's last days, was composed by Nicola Vaccai, with a libretto by Carlo Pepoli ... Several minor composers did subsequently attempt operas about Jane Grey but with little success ... Timoteo Pasini's version, Giovanna Grey, set to a libretto by Giovanni Pennacchi, had a "triumphant" premiere at the Teatro Comunale in Ferrara in 1853 with Luigia ...

Lord Guildford Dudley - Family and Marriage
... son of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and his wife Jane, daughter of Sir Edward Guildford ... Through his father's mother, Elizabeth Grey, Viscountess Lisle, Guildford descended from the Hundred Years War heroes, Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and John Talbot ... tried to marry Guildford to Margaret Clifford, a cousin of Jane Grey ...