Well, then there was Lady Jane Grey, who lived all of eighteen years. She was highly educated and considered to be one of the most learned young women of her day, and with humanist views. As he lay on his death bed, fifteen-year-old Edward VII, only legitimate male heir of Henry VIII, named her as his successor.

She was known as "The Nine Day Queen" because she reigned for a mere nine days (from July 10 th to the 19th, 1553) before the Privy Council decided they would rather have Bloody Mary, a Catholic, as queen. So they dragged Queen Jane off to the tower, declaring her to be "a traitor," and beheaded her.

And when people look for historical figures with vicious and bloody reputations, they usually cite the Borgia family in Italy. Apparently, lots of people back in "the good old days" weren't very nice at all!

Wotthehell, everybody was doin' it!!

Don Firth