Lady Jane Grey: The Tragic Nine Day Queen
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- čas přidán 16. 05. 2024
- For nine days in 1553, Lady Jane Grey claimed the thrones of England and Ireland, an impertinence that caused her to be executed for high treason in February, 1554. Jane was a descendant of King Henry VII, a first cousin once removed of Elizabeth I, Mary I, and King Edward VI, and a grandniece of their collective father, King Henry VIII. By right of the last will and testament of King Edward VI, she was the successor to the British throne, largely because her Protestant faith made her a less disagreeable Monarch than the Catholic Mary, at least to British Protestants of the day.
At first, the Privy Council of England agreed with her accession and supported her claim to the throne, but in less than two weeks, political support for Mary Tudor led to her being proclaimed Queen, and Jane’s confinement in the Tower of London as a treasonous usurper. Lady Jane’s story, like many surrounding the English monarchy of the time, is one of intrigue, treachery, betrayal, religious intolerance, fear of Spanish power, and ultimately, royally sanctioned murder.
In that, it is not unlike many tales which swirl around the British Monarchy and its long and complicated history. Tales of hooded executioners, imprisonments in the Tower of London, ministers both loyal and duplicitous, secret missions, and public executions are all part of the history of the monarchy. Lady Jane’s tale is a relatively small part of that history. Yet, it is still worth telling.
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Ah Tudor England, That time period where even 15 year old girls lost their heads
Seemed like a strange time to live
I wouldnt want to live back then !😮@chriswalther7329
Well... she was being passed around more than the Mashed Potatoes at Thanksgiving Dinner.
Worse, they were often married off to men twice their age or more.
@@lisamariepocza4377 Not often. It did happen, of course, but it was far from the norm. The average age of marriage for a woman was early twenties, and men mid twenties.
You gotta feel sorry for Jane here. Being queen was obviously everyone else’s idea not hers. She was like her cousins, A pawn of her family
Samuel Johnson didn't publish the first English dictionary until 1755. Prior to this all spelling variations were correct, meaning Jane didn't misspell Queen as it wasn't standardised during her lifetime.
I was going to say the same thing! Normally, I wouldn't make a fuss, but Karl made such a big deal out of it haha
Aside from his abolitionist views, Dr. Johnson was quite batty. He was so obsessed with that dictionary that he ignored his wife's affairs and even committed murder. And then the original dictionary was destroyed by some idiot named Baldrick.
"The crown is not my right, and pleaseth me not. The Lady Mary is the rightful heir."
-- Jane Grey
Every time I hear her story i get angry on her behalf. I even feel for Mary here, cause in the end if Jane's family had behaved she might have lived longer as it seems Mary didn't want to order her death. But there were so many power hungry idiots around Jane, Poor thing...
Lady Jane is a very interesting topic, Some says her parents manipulated her with help from the Duke of Northumberland, She was just just a girl who loved books.
random person: "History can't be as incestuous and full of intrigue as Game of Thrones".
historians: "Oh sweet summer child."
Meanwhile in Ancient Egypt: “Hold my beer”
At least Henry only thought about marrying Henry Fitzroy to Mary, he didn’t actually go through with it.
She had no desire to be Queen. The Dudley’s wanted power and dragged her into it. I’ve even read that her marriage was a ‘love match’. Her husband wasn’t even interested
Back in that time period, people even spelled their own names differently. For example, Boleyn and Bullen were used interchangeably sometimes within the same document or sentence - by the Boleyn family as well as other people. So, spelling 'Queen' in a different way does not reflect lack of education or intelligence.
Suggestion karl! Please do Richard III The last Plantagenet king of england
Love your work karl! Please stay as host!😊😊😊
British history doesn’t “suck” it’s interesting and complicated
This was a great video. Keep up the good work, Karl.
Great episode Karl! Thanks guys!
Gilbert Dudley was Lord Guildford Dudley, son of Sir John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland.
Any chance for anne boleyn?
I actually love about a 20 minute walk from the house where Lady Jane grew up in Bradgate Park. She’s a bit of a local legend here but sadly far less known in the rest of the country.
Henry 's will only made Jane an heir to the throne of his so and both his daughters took the throne and died without heirs. It was Edward not Henry who skipped Mary and Elizabeth and made Jane his heir.
Yes, because he had no way of excluding Mary that didn't exclude elizabeth, so he had to pass over both of them.
Edward was a male. Females were put on the bottom of the list of succession after the males. I think this legally changed to any gender by order of birth in the 20th century.
@@SafetySpooonDo you mean Edward? He wanted to exclude both his sisters because he did not believe in women rulers and they were both illegitimate. Lady Jane was of the same fanatical Protestantism as Edward, which also appealed to him.
Thanks for the video 👍🏻
Please do a biography on adam smith the father of economics
Thanks.
2:20 - Chapter 1 - A lady of style, education & grace
5:05 - Chapter 2 - Becoming a puppet of power
9:05 - Chapter 3 - The path to the throne
12:05 - Chapter 4 - Ascension as queen
14:45 - Chapter 5 - Trial for treason
17:05 - Chapter 6 - Wyatt's rebellion
20:05 - Chapter 7 - Legacy
22:05 - Conclusion
Hunsdon is in Hertfordshire which last I checked was in East Anglia and not near the Welsh border. Is someone getting Hertfordshire and Herefordshire confused?ETA: Both she and Guildford Dudley are buried in The Church of St Peter Ad Vincula (the church within The Tower.
6:40 Karl goes on about how Thomas Seymour was Jane Seymour’s brother so close to Henry that way but completely skips Catherine Parr was Henry’s wife. 😂
It's not inaccurate: Jane's death after giving birth to the longed for son meant the Seymours gained a lot of prestige, and they exploited that.
I haven't seen this channel in a while, what happened to Simon?
"The demise of the device!" 🤣
Do one on John von Neumann next!! Severely underrated figure
Please make a video about another executed British Monarch Charles I
Should do one on Mannerheim… super fascinating chap…
It’s okay man my last name is “Touchstone”
Interesting video
We need to stop calling her LADY Jane Grey.
She was crowned and coronated as a QUEEN.
She at least deserves that recognition and respect.
"Quene" was not "spelled wrong"; spelling was not as codified as it is today.
The portrait shown of Mary Tudor at 13:08 is that of Mary Tudor, youngest sister of Henry VIII and not his daughter Mary I. Jane was Queen for 13 days not 9. Her spelling of the word Queen is totally accepted since at the time spelling was flexible and there was not only one way to spell any given word
9 days, not 13...read a few history books
So was she the first Queen of England (besides Matilda)?
Pls. Make a series of Biographies about Charles Darwin and his correspondence and others like Henry William Wilberforce and the 1860 Oxford Evolution Debate and some insights about the oxford movement perhaps
So how small we talking? 🤏🏾
She had a great cameo in an episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures.
I like Karl as a host, and he has some interesting thoughts that he isn't afraid to share.
The Tudors........I really can't say anything, I'm a Texan so....yeah.
Trouble to those who aspire to greatness, there are always hidden agendas.
Small wood.. that's not gonna be a lasting fire
Poor girl
Still interim host?? Been awhile no??
Is Simon Whistler dead 🤔
What’s the name of the place where she was born again, pikie?
Love you, Karl. One of the few simone replacements i never click off of
5:50 not weird at all🙄
No dude, you ARE Karl Smallwood. You have been around CZcams, forever!
Yes, we are used to Simon. But the material is still good and the presenter isnt bad. Its the presentation. Very dull and dreary background, excessively large and unnatractive microphone in the foreground. No lively colors or interesting things to draw the eye. Audio quality isn't great either. Hopefully this will improve....
Why can't this host have had half the days she had?
You still can’t be Catholic and monarch because you are also head of the church of England which is Protestant
Liz Truss’ spirit mammal.
Smallwood?? HAHAHAHA I'm just joking...I'm not a 10 year old boy lol
Man what a crappy short life.
Never watch Biographics .
Been doing this like a year now…why keep saying interim if your never going to leave? Stop getting our hopes up
I like eggs
16:40 there was no standardisation of spelling back then, so you couldn’t really spell anything ‘wrong’.
Wh-
Hunh?
Where's Simon gone?
0:04 #LinusMediaGroup has a Sarah *Butt* . So feel no shame with a cool name.
Someone remind me, when and why did Simon stop presenting on this channel?
Karl, Karl, Karl, Quene was a perfectly acceptable form of spelling the title at the time. It wasn't formally spelt as Queen for some time later. As much as you read english you really shouldn't comment on olde (pronounced old not old-e) english esp as you struggle to pronounce some modern English 😆
Oh, if there was only a simpler word for "skeletonized head"...
I like the other guy better
Biographics is now so terrible….why can’t Karl just read the script and not try to be funny…
I would make a name joke but I'm too transfixed by your accent.
I win
78th
Wasn’t Karl a writer for these channels?
Yes
Why is he talking like there's a race to just get the video over with??! Didn't make it very enjoyable to watch. And please stop harping on her education being lacking because she "misspelled" the word queen. I'm thinking whoever wrote this episode is the uneducated one if they don't realize that in this time period, spelling one word with multiple spellings was extremely common. Goodness.
Also...history is full of people who make mistakes and do notorious and horrible things. Every country in ALL time periods has humans who do these things. So if these people truly believe "British history sucks", tell me why they're bothering to make these videos in the first place? Maybe it's this excuse for a documentary that sucked, not so much British history 💁♀️😅
Cool info, but breaking every 30 secs to explain. “Yeah this is weird” or “it kinda sucked back then” really doesn’t add anything. Like saying a joke and stopping midway through to explain “this is just a joke by the way”. Guess I’m just spoiled by Dan Carlins hardcore history.
Karl is a great host, I hope he sticks around
Bring back Simon
Simon made the decision to part ways.
When is the grown up presenter back? You know, the one who can pronounce eschew and isn't gobsmacked that folk from history had different notions than us.
I thought you had gotten rid of this guy!! PLEASE GET RID OF HIM, because I am THIS CLOSE TO UNSUBSCRIBING!!!!!
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
Then feel free to unsubscribe. I doubt the channel will hurt much from your absence. At this point, the bullying of Karl has gotten bloody ridiculous.
You don’t have to announce your departure.
@@AnnaAnna-uc2ff That's pretty impolite on your part. Why don't you learn how to behave like a human being.
@@joeobrien196 Yes I do!!! The people who run the channel NEED TO KNOW WHY people unsubscribe or are about to unsubscribe. That way they can make the necessary changes. After all they make videos FOR VIEWERS! If viewers are displeased, they need to know. The bottom line is less viewers and subscribers = less money for the people who run the channel, just like every other media out there!
I wouldve loved to learn about ljg, but your choice of presenter won't allow it.