Kinda. Well maybe not. It’s either Lady Jane Grey or Jane Seymour (King Henry VIII’s 3rd wife and the mother of King Edward VI). If you trace back in Rowena’s (David I’s only wife and the mother of Samuel I) family tree you’ll find that she is actually related to one of Lady Jane Grey or Jane Seymour’s “ladies-in-waiting“. I can’t remember which one. But anyway Rowena is related to the Royal Family!! Kinda.
Why am I sharing all this??? Well, being reasonably familiar with these characters in English history, I was really glad to have the Proclamation of Lady Jane Grey as Queen in 1553 as the document in today’s Church History exam! Yessss. She was only Queen for 9 days until Queen Mary I assumed the throne. Although not directly involved, Jane was implicated in some riots in January 1554, and was subsequently executed. She lived a tragically short life, however from the things I’ve read, I’m encouraged that Lady Jane Grey seemed to be a genuine Christian.
We’re going to watch the movie when Row gets home from Bible study.
ps – the document we were given spelt her surname with an ‘a’. it should have been an ‘e’
Its Jane Seymour, Henry VIII’s favourite wife. The story is that my Mum’s grandmother used to tell her as a little girl that a relative was one of Queen Victoria’s Ladies in waiting. Mum never thought much about it, I guess she thought it was a bit of a tall story she was told to make her feel special until… my uncle who is a bit of a history buff was researching the family tree and worked out that my Mum’s family is decended way back from one of Jane Seymour’s sisters. While that means I’m not directly blood related to Jane Seymour I guess you can say that she is a a great aunt of sorts!!! In terms of the Lady in Waiting bit to Queen Victoria, Mum now reckons that this is legit, as because her family was in with the royals back in the Henry VIII days it makes sense that they stayed tight with the royals such that another relative was part of Queen Vicky’s close posse. So yes you can call me your royal highness if you like!!!!
thanks for dropping by your majesty.
According to some very intense research our family has done through
Ancetry .com,an wickipedia ,an amazing,surprising direct relatioship of our
family with eary settler and English ship captain Francis. Grey esq.
According to some very intense research our family has done through
Ancetry .com,an wickipedia ,an amazing,surprising direct relatioship of our
family with eary settler and English ship captain Francis. Grey esq.who sails
Settled in