Opening The Coffin Of The 9 Day Queen's Father In Law

On the 22nd August 1553, one of the most powerful men in England was led to the execution scaffold in Tower Hill. He was there to meet the axeman and executioner, who was to take his head clean off with the axe. John Dudley was the 1st Duke of Northumberland, and following the downfall of Edward Seymour the Lord Protector, John Dudley emerged as the de facto regent and ruler for England during the reign of King Henry VIII’s young son Edward VI. Dudley was a very powerful man and he oversaw a turbulent time in England as following the death of young Edward VI, there was a dispute for the throne as Dudley’s daughter in law Lady Jane Grey was made Queen. Dudley was a master manipulator and someone who positioned himself as the main power behind the throne, but when Mary I, or Bloody Mary came onto the throne following Jane’s 9 days as queen, she dealt with Dudley ruthlessly. But after his execution, the body of Dudley was laid to rest inside of the Tower of London’s small chapel, but it was the dug up and was exhumed.

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Edward looked A LOT like his mom Jane Seymour in those paintings 😂❤

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Isn't the picture at 1:15 George Boelyn?

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Dug up and exhumed? Aren't they same thing?

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Stop with your anti-Catholic nonsense of "Bloody Mary".