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My favourite period? This exact moment when King Edward desperately wanted a male heir to succeed him on the English throne, was dying, and nature told them no. Every descendant, even from the lines they didn't want (bastards, Catholics), was female. So on his death bed, he placed a woman in line of the succession for the first time ever: Jane, a 16 year old girl and I think one of the brightest people ever. She did become queen that next day and stayed so for a few more days, deposed by another woman (Mary I) who raised an army.
This is Tudor times and I don't know whether that counts as medieval or modern.
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“Lady #JaneGrey reigned for just 9 days as Queen of #England.
She was deposed by a faction supporting #MaryTudor and beheaded at Tower Hill on 12 Feb 1554.
#PaulDelaroche uses shallow stage-like theatre space”. Credits to National Gallery..
#VisitLondon #VisitEngland #VisitBritain