Nine Days of a Queen's Reign

She was crowned queen of England… but her reign lasted only nine days — before her own cousin

signed her death warrant. Her name was Lady Jane Grey, a teenage girl caught

in a deadly power struggle after King Edward VI died in 1553. Powerful nobles

wanted to keep a Protestant on the throne — so they placed Jane there, even though she

never wanted the crown. But the people of England rallied behind Mary Tudor,

Edward’s half-sister. Within nine days, Jane was imprisoned in the Tower of London.

She was just 16 when she was executed — a queen for nine days, remembered as a

symbol of innocence destroyed by ambition. Nine days of power. A lifetime lost to history.