Born in 1540, Katherine Grey was the younger sister of Lady Jane Grey. Through her grandmother, Mary Tudor (Henry VIII’s sister), Katherine stood next in line to the English throne under Henry VIII’s will. When Elizabeth I became queen, Katherine became something dangerous: a young, Protestant woman with a legitimate claim — and the ability to produce heirs. Elizabeth forbade her from marrying. Katherine married anyway. In 1560, she secretly wed Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford. It was not a reb

Lady Jane Grey was born in 1537—brilliant, gentle, and far more interested in books and faith than power. But her life was never meant to be her own. At just sixteen, she was pushed into marriage with Guildford Dudley and swept into a dangerous plot to control the English throne. When King Edward VI died, Jane was proclaimed queen—against her will, and without her consent. She reigned for only nine days. Mary Tudor took the crown, and Jane was sent to the Tower. There, she spent her final weeks