When Mary rides into town proclaiming herself the rightful queen, Jane puts up no fight and is happy to relinquish the title to her cousin. Even many Protestant nobles, whose support had been counted on, rally to Mary. There is little support for her claim, though.

On Edward's death, Northumberland and Henry Grey go forward with their plan and put Jane on the throne, proclaiming her to be the rightful heir to the throne.Īt first, a reluctant Jane instead proclaims Mary the rightful queen, but is forced by her elders to take the throne as her own. Jane is openly displeased with the man chosen to be her husband. To secure his position Northumberland marries Jane off to Guilford Dudley, his youngest son. Frances, the daughter of Mary, relinquishes her right to the crown in order for it to go to her eldest daughter, Jane, since she had no sons. According to Edward's father's will, if all his children were to die without heirs, then the succession to the crown would follow the lineage of his late younger sister, Mary Tudor. He does this by proclaiming his half sisters, Mary and Elizabeth I of England, both bastards and not fit to take the throne. John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, gets the young Edward to proclaim Jane as his successor. When it becomes clear that the young king will not live long, other plans are made for Jane. After Henry VIII's death and Catherine Parr's marriage to Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, Jane goes to live with the former queen and her husband to further her education while her elders plot her marriage to Edward VI of England. Ellen and is highly educated, to the standards of a princess. The daughter of Lady Frances Brandon and Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Jane is seen as a burden by her parents, both of whom resent her for being a girl instead of a boy, and is regularly beaten by her mother.

It tells of her relationship to the future Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth I along with her forced and unwanted marriage. This book tells of Jane's childhood and offers explanation to her conversion to the Protestant faith. This book tells the life of 'The Nine Day Queen' through various characters' eyes, from Lady Jane to Queen Mary. Previously known for her non-fiction publications, Innocent Traitor was Weir's first work of fiction she later spoke of its impact on her, saying she 'learned so much from the editorial process about the writing and craft of fiction.' Summary It is the story of Lady Jane Grey, who was Queen of England for nine days in 1553. Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey is a historical novel by Alison Weir, published in 2006.

Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir