Guilford was the son of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. Power-hungry and eager to sustain the cause of the Protestants, his father locked him into an unlucky marriage with Jane Grey, the nine days queen. Mary I imprisoned the young couple in the Tower and had them beheaded on the same day [1]. Northumberland was arrested and beheaded after his army was defeated. [2]
Ironically, Guilford's brother, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester became Queen Elizabeth I's favourite.[2]
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