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Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (née Brandon; 16 July 1517 – 20 November 1559) was an English noblewoman, the second child and eldest daughter of King Henry VIII's sister Mary and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. She was the mother of Lady Jane Grey, Lady Catherine Grey, and Lady Mary Grey. ==Early life and first marriage== Frances Brandon was born 16 July 1517 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire and spent her childhood in the care of her mother. Although her father, the Duke of Suffolk, had obtained a declaration of nullity regarding his earlier marriage to Margaret Neville (the widow of John Mortimer) on the ground of consanguinity, in 1528 he secured a bull from Pope Clement VII assuring the legitimacy of his marriage with Mary Tudor, and therefore the legitimacy of his daughter Frances.〔(O'Day, Rosemary. ''The Routledge Companion to the Tudor Age'', Routledge, 2012, ISBN 9781136962530 )〕 Frances was close to her aunt Catherine of Aragon, first wife of her uncle King Henry VIII, and was a childhood friend of her first cousin, the future Queen Mary I. In 1533 Frances married Henry Grey, Marquess of Dorset.〔("Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk", Westminster Abbey )〕 The marriage took place at Suffolk Place, a mansion which belonged to her parents on the west side of Borough High Street in Southwark, . Her first two pregnancies resulted in the births of a son and daughter who both died young. These were followed by three surviving daughters: * Lady Jane Grey (12 October? 1537 – 12 February 1554). * Lady Catherine Grey (25 August 1540 – 26 January 1568) - married Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford. * Lady Mary Grey (1545 – 20 April 1578) - married Thomas Keys. Frances is considered to have been a strong and energetic woman. Her residence at Bradgate was a minor palace in Tudor style. After the death of her two brothers, the title Duke of Suffolk reverted to the crown, and was granted to her husband as a new creation. She saw to it that her daughters were well educated. Around 1541 Bishop John Aylmer was made chaplain to the duke, and tutor of Greek to Frances's daughter, Lady Jane Grey.〔Mendle, Michael. ''Dangerous Positions; Mixed Government, the Estates of the Realm, and the Making of the "Answer to the xix propositions'', University of Alabama Press, 1985. p. 61〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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