Image: Arms of Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk
Description: Arms of Frances Brandon (Duchess of Suffolk) (1517-1559), second child and eldest daughter of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, by his wife Princess Mary, younger daughter of King Henry VII of England (and thus a sister of King Henry VIII) and widow of King Louis XII of France. She married Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and was the mother of Lady Jane Grey, de facto Queen of England. Henry VII was the son of Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (a half-brother of Henry VI of England) by his wife Lady Margaret Beaufort, a legitimised descendant of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, 3rd son of King Edward III. She displays the arms of Beaufort (with France modern), i.e. Royal arms of King Edward III within a bordure compony azure and argent. Quarterly of 4: 1: Beaufort; 2&3: Brandon; 4: Quarterly of 4: 1& 4: Lozengy ermine and gules (Rokele); 2&3: Azure, a cross moline or (Brune)
Title: Arms of Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk
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