{"id":20118,"date":"2026-09-13T10:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T09:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/?p=20118"},"modified":"2026-09-13T10:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T09:11:16","slug":"should-jane-be-known-as-queen-or-lady-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/?p=20118","title":{"rendered":"Should Jane be known as Queen or Lady?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Valerie Schutte<\/b> (editor of Mid-Tudor Queenship and Memory: The Making and Re-making of Lady Jane Grey and Mary I)<\/a> <\/p>\n

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Jane Grey should be known as Lady Jane, and if we want to be more accurate, perhaps Lady Jane Dudley. <\/p>\n

For those in favor of Jane being Queen of England, it is possible to argue that Mary Tudor was legally a bastard and unfit to become queen. For those in favor of Mary being Queen of England, it is possible to argue that Jane was no more than a pawn in a larger political game and was not legally able to become queen because of the succession statutes previously agreed to in Henry VIII’s reign. <\/i> <\/p>\n


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Sylvia Soberton<\/b> (author of Rival Sisters: Mary & Elizabeth Tudor)<\/a> <\/p>\n

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I think she should be known as Queen Jane because she was officially proclaimed queen and accepted the role, even though her reign was very short. She exercised royal authority for a brief period, so the title “Queen Jane” better reflects her place in English history.<\/i><\/p>\n


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