Friday, 26 December 2025

1694) Lady Mary Keyes

Lady Mary Keyes (née Grey; 1545 – 1578). Youngest daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and Frances Brandon, and through her mother she had a claim on the crown of England.
Mary had two sisters, Lady Jane Grey and Lady Katherine Grey.

 

- "Mary, only a little over four feet tall, with red hair, freckles..." http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/MaryGrey.htm


 

1693) Henry and Charles Brandon

Henry Brandon, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (1535 – 1551), styled Lord Henry Brandon before 1545. English nobleman, son of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, by his fourth wife, Catherine Willoughby.

 
Charles Brandon, 3rd Duke of Suffolk (1537 – 1551), known as Lord Charles Brandon until shortly before his death. English nobleman, son of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, by his fourth wife, Catherine Willoughby.

Half-brothers of Frances Grey

During an epidemic of the sweating sickness, the two youths died, Henry first and his younger brother was said to have died half an hour later.

Charles Brandon, portrait miniature by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1541

Henry Brandon, portrait miniature by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1541

 

1692) Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk

Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (née Lady Frances Brandon; 1517 – 1559). 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.


Portrait of a woman, tentatively identified as Frances Grey

 

The Streatham portrait. According to art historian Maike Vogt-Lüerssen, the sitter was Lady Frances Grey and not Lady Jane Grey