John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland

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English nobleman human military leader politician statesman

John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, was a powerful 16th-century English nobleman and statesman who effectively ruled England during the later years of Edward VI’s reign and played a central role in the succession crisis surrounding Lady Jane Grey.

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John Dudley	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English nobleman ⓘ human ⓘ military leader ⓘ politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ
arrangedMarriageFor	Lady Jane Grey ⓘ surface form: Guildford Dudley and Lady Jane Grey
birthDate	1504 ⓘ
causeOfDeath	execution by beheading ⓘ
child	Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick ⓘ Guildford Dudley ⓘ John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick ⓘ Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
convictedOf	high treason ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate	1553-08-22 ⓘ
deFactoRulerOf	England NERFINISHED ⓘ
education	household of Sir Edward Guildford ⓘ
era	Tudor period ⓘ
father	Edmund Dudley ⓘ
fullName	John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: John Dudley
houseOrDynasty	Dudley family ⓘ
militaryConflict	Italian War of 1542–1546 ⓘ War of the Rough Wooing ⓘ surface form: Rough Wooing
monarchServed	Edward VI of England ⓘ surface form: Edward VI Henry VIII of England ⓘ surface form: Henry VIII
mother	Elizabeth Grey ⓘ
nobleTitle	Duke of Northumberland ⓘ Earl of Warwick ⓘ Viscount Lisle ⓘ
notableFor	central role in the succession crisis of 1553 ⓘ leading the government during the later years of Edward VI’s reign ⓘ promoting Lady Jane Grey’s claim to the English throne ⓘ
numberOfChildren	13 ⓘ
opposedClaimantToThrone	Mary Tudor, Queen of France ⓘ surface form: Mary Tudor
parliamentaryRole	member of the House of Lords ⓘ
periodOfDeFactoRule	c. 1550–1553 ⓘ
placeOfBirth	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
placeOfDeath	Tower Hill, London ⓘ
placeOfExecution	Tower Hill, London ⓘ
positionHeld	Lord High Admiral of England ⓘ surface form: Lord Admiral of England Lord Great Chamberlain ⓘ Lord President of the Council ⓘ Master of the Horse ⓘ Warden of the Scottish Marches ⓘ
relativeByMarriage	Lady Jane Grey ⓘ
religion	Protestantism ⓘ
servedIn	English navy ⓘ
spouse	Jane Guildford NERFINISHED ⓘ
style	The Right Honourable ⓘ
supportedClaimantToThrone	Lady Jane Grey ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland → fullName → John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Dudley

Edward VI of England → regent → John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland ⓘ

Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset → successorAsLordProtector → John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland ⓘ