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
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