Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk

Her Grace

Lady Frances Brandon
Duchess of Suffolk
Portrait of a woman tentatively identified as Frances, c. 1560
Born16 July 1517
Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Kingdom of England
Died20 November 1559(1559-11-20) (aged 42)
London, Kingdom of England
Buried5 December 1559
Westminster Abbey
Noble familyBrandon
Spouse(s)
(m. 1533; died 1554)
    (m. 1555)
    Issuefirst marriage
    Henry Grey, Lord Harington
    Daughter
    Lady Jane Grey
    Katherine Seymour, Countess of Hertford
    Lady Mary Keyes
    second marriage
    Elizabeth Stokes
    Elizabeth Stokes (II)
    Son
    FatherCharles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
    MotherMary Tudor
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    Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (née Lady Frances Brandon; 16 July 1517 – 20 November 1559), was an English noblewoman. She was the second child and eldest daughter of King Henry VIII's younger sister, Princess Mary, and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. She was the mother of Lady Jane Grey, de facto Queen of England and Ireland for nine days (10 July 1553 – 19 July 1553), as well as Lady Katherine Grey and Lady Mary Grey.