Women of History ATC #2 ~Lady Jane Grey

I love MadameCupcakes Series, and after thinking I thought what a great thing to combine with a love of history as well. So I will be starting the monthly Historical Women ATC series.

For the Month of Jan we have Lady Jane Grey (1536/1537 – 12 February 1554), also known as The Nine Days' Queen,[2] was an English noblewoman who was de facto monarch of England from 10 July until 19 July 1553 and was subsequently executed. A great-granddaughter of Henry VII by his younger daughter Mary, Jane was a first-cousin-once-removed of Edward VI.

In May 1553 Jane was married to Lord Guildford Dudley, a younger son of Edward's chief minister, John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. When the 15-year-old King lay dying in June 1553, he nominated Jane as successor to the Crown in his will, thus subverting the claims of his half-sisters Mary and Elizabeth under the Third Succession Act. During her short reign, Jane resided in the Tower of London. She became a prisoner there when the Privy Council decided to change sides and proclaim Mary as Queen on 19 July 1553..

1 ATC for 1 Partner

You can interpret the theme , be creative and have fun.

ATCs will be of standard size (2.5 x 3.5 inches) make sure that you use a good backing for your ATC good stiff card stock or something similar. I myself love to re use things like soda boxes.

Make sure you fill out the back, Username Swap date and title. The basics for the back of your ATC so your partner has the information!

** If you have any idea's for a theme you would like to see send me a message let me know!