Frances Brandon, Duchess Of Suffolk Was Buried In St Edmund`s Chapel In Westminster Abbey Editorial Photo

Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk was buried in St Edmund`s chapel in Westminster Abbey. She was the elder daughter of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk d.1545 and his third wife Mary d.1533, sister of King Henry VIII and widow of King Louis XII of France. She was born on 16th July 1517 at Hatfield. In 1533 she married Henry Grey, Marquess of Dorset and later Duke of Suffolk. Their three daughters were Jane, Katherine and Mary. Lady Jane Grey was the `nine days queen` executed in 1554. Katherine married Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford and Mary married Thomas Keys. After the attempt to put Jane on the throne Frances was confined in the Tower of London for a time, her husband being beheaded a few days after Jane.