Guildford Dudley

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Guildford Dudley was an English nobleman best known as the husband of Lady Jane Grey, the "Nine Days' Queen," and a central figure in the political turmoil following the death of Edward VI.

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Guildford Dudley canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English nobleman
historical figure
associatedWith John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland
surface form: John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland

Lady Jane Grey
causeOfDeath beheading
chronologicallyAfter reign of Edward VI
chronologicallyBefore reign of Elizabeth I
convictedOf high treason
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth c. 1535
dateOfDeath 1554-02-12
detainedAt Tower of London
era Tudor period
familyName Dudley
father John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland
surface form: John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
givenName Guildford
languageSpoken English
mannerOfDeath execution
marriageDate 1553-05-21
marriagePlace Durham House, London
memberOf House of Dudley
mother Jane Guildford, Duchess of Northumberland
nobleFamily Dudley family
notableEvent execution following Wyatt's Rebellion climate
notableFor husband of Lady Jane Grey
role in succession crisis after Edward VI
participantIn Wyatt's Rebellion
surface form: English succession crisis of 1553

attempted proclamation of Lady Jane Grey as queen
placeOfBirth England
placeOfBurial Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula
surface form: Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London
placeOfDeath Tower Hill, London
politicalAlignment Protestant succession faction
positionHeld Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk
surface form: Lord Guildford Dudley
relative Edward VI of England
Elizabeth I of England
Mary I of England
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residence Durham House, London
Court of Edward VI
surface form: court of Edward VI
sexOrGender male
sibling Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick
Henry Dudley
Katherine Dudley
Mary Dudley
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
spouse Lady Jane Grey
title Lord Guildford Dudley

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John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland child Guildford Dudley
Dudley family notableMember Guildford Dudley
Lady Jane Grey spouse Guildford Dudley